Mick Stallard
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Mick Stallard - son of Percy Stallard
Percy Stallard
Percy Thornley Stallard was an English racing cyclist who reintroduced massed-start road racing on British roads in the 1940s....

 - was a highly successful competitor in cyclo-cross
Cyclo-cross
Cyclo-cross is a form of bicycle racing. Races typically take place in the autumn and winter , and consists of many laps of a short course featuring pavement, wooded trails, grass, steep hills and...

 races, winning the British National Cyclo-cross Championship
British National Cyclo-cross Championships
The British National Cyclo-cross Championships are held annually. The winners of each event are awarded with a symbolic white cycling jersey featuring blue and red stripes, which can be worn by the rider at other cyclo-cross events in the country to show their status as national champion...

 three times in a row (1963-65), and then had a brief career (1966–68) as a professional road-racer with Falcon.

After retiring from racing Mick had his own bike shop in Bradmore
Bradmore, West Midlands
Bradmore is a suburb of Wolverhampton in the West Midlands of England. It lies at the meeting point of the Graiseley, Park and Merry Hill wards of Wolverhampton City Council....

and later also took over his father's shop.

He died on 6 April 2002.
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