Club History
Stan Brittain during the climb of the Col d'Iozard in the 1958 Tour de France.
Stan was part of an International team comprising of four riders from the UK, four from Denmark, two from Portugal and the remaing two from Austria .
Stan also finished 3rd in the 1955 Peace Race and won a silver medal in the 1956 Olympics.
Norman Sheil was a member of the Phoenix who became World Pursuit Champion in 1955 and 1958.
In June 2021 Louise Johnson, Hannah Fawcett and Janet Fairclough broke the world record for cycling to and then walking up the national 3 Peaks.
Click on the image to read their Cycling Weekly interview.
The GB squad at the 1961 TDF including Stan Brittain (left), Brian Robinson (second from right) and Harry Reynolds (fourth from right).
They attended the Phoenix 100th Anniversary Dinner (see below).
The Phoenix 100th Anniversary Dinner in 2019 with (l-r) Harry Reynolds, Brian Robinson and Stan Brittain.
Bradley Wiggins riding the Phoenix Time Trial in 2006 as training for the Tour de France prologue