Percy Osborn

Percy Osborn (1901-1991)[1] was an Australian racing cyclist.

Percy Osborn
Personal information
Full namePercy Osborn
Born(1901-12-19)19 December 1901
Koo Wee Rup, Victoria
Died21 December 1991(1991-12-21) (aged 91)
Koo Wee Rup, Victoria
Team information
RoleRider

Osborn from Koo Wee Rup, Victoria competed in the 1928 Tour de France with fellow Australians Hubert Opperman and Ernest Bainbridge and New Zealander Harry Watson where he finished 38th. He was 22 hours 1 minute and 49 seconds behind the winner Nicolas Frantz. The Australians cycling tour of Europe was financed by a fund raising campaign run by The Sporting Globe.

In 1927 Osborn was the fastest professional in the Goulburn to Sydney Classic with a time of 5hrs 54mins, the first time the race has been completed in less than 6 hours.[2] The feature race of 1927 was the Dunlop Grand Prix, which at the time was the biggest cycling race in the British Empire and the richest race in the world.[3] The race was held in four stages from the 14-19 November, 1927, covering 690 miles (1110 km).[4] Osborn finished sixth behind Opperman, Watson and Bainbridge.[5]

Osborn lived and worked in Koo Wee Rup for the rest of his life, and died while a resident at Koo Wee Rup’s Killara hostel.[6]

References
  1. ProCyclingStats
  2. "Aussie Highlights at Goulburn - Sydney Cycle Classic". Australian Cycling Memories website. Archived from the original on 25 July 2015. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
  3. "Opperman scores". New Zealand Truth. 24 November 1927. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
  4. "Cup Trophy - Cycling, Awarded to Hubert Opperman, C.B. Kellow, Dunlop Road Race (Dunlop Grand Prix), Victoria, 1927". Museum Victoria website. Archived from the original on 24 July 2015. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
  5. "Dunlop Grand Prix". The Australasian. Melbourne, Vic.: National Library of Australia. 26 November 1927. p. 72.
  6. Slade, Andrew. "Koo-Wee-Rups cycling heritage" (PDF). Koo Wee Rup Blackfish, August 2014. Retrieved 24 July 2015.


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