CHAS MESSENGER DIES AGED 94

Chas Messenger, former Milk Race organiser and British road team manager, has died aged 94 after a period of ill health.

As a stalwart of the breakaway British League of Racing Cyclists, Chas, together with Peter Itter, the chairman of the racing committee of the establishment National Cycling Union, forged the links for the formation of today?s British Cycling Federation, including negotiations with the police constabularies for the holding of open road racing, which continues to this day.

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