Tony Hoar

{{Short description|British cyclist (1932–2019)}} {{about||the computer scientist|Tony Hoar}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2025}} {{Use British English|date=September 2025}} {{Infobox cyclist | name = Tony Hoar | image = Tony Hoar (1955).jpg | caption = Hoar in 1955 | birth_date = {{birth date|1932|2|15|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Emsworth]], [[Hampshire]], England | death_date = {{death date and age|2019|10|5|1932|2|10|df=yes}} | death_place = | height = | weight = | discipline = Road | role = Rider | ridertype = | amateuryears1 = | amateurteam1 = Emsworth CC | proyears1 = 1955 | proteam1 = Hercules Cycles | proyears2 = 1956 | proteam2 = Cilo - Saint-Raphaël | majorwins = | medaltemplates = | show-medals = }}

'''Tony Hoar''' (10 February 1932 – 5 October 2019) was a British [[bicycle racing|racing cyclist]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.timescolonist.com/news/local/tour-de-france-cult-figure-inventor-tony-hoar-dies-at-87-1.23971311 |title=Tour de France cult figure, inventor Tony Hoar dies at 87 |work=Times Colonist |access-date=10 October 2019}}</ref><ref name="CyclingArchives">{{cite web |url=http://www.cyclingarchives.com/coureurfiche.php?coureurid=8821 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130703051346/http://www.cyclingarchives.com/coureurfiche.php?coureurid=8821 |url-status=usurped |archive-date=3 July 2013 |title=Tony Hoar |access-date=22 April 2014 |work=Cycling Archives}}</ref>

== Biography == Hoar represented the [[England at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games|English team]] at the [[1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games]] held in Vancouver, Canada,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000669/19540622/064/0002 |title=The cyclists to represent England in Vancouver |work=Birmingham Daily Gazette |date=22 June 1954 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=18 September 2025}}</ref> where he participated in the [[Cycling at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games|road race]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/45385|title=Athletes and results|publisher=Commonwealth Games Federation|access-date=22 July 2019|archive-date=14 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190414221238/https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/45385|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/vancouver-1954/athletes|title=1954 Athletes|publisher=Team England}}</ref>

He gained selection for the Tour de France, where he finished in [[Lanterne rouge|last place]] in the [[1955 Tour de France]].<ref name="ProCycling">{{cite web |url=http://www.procyclingstats.com/rider.php?id=172656 |title=Tony Hoar |access-date=22 April 2014 |work=ProCyclingStats}}</ref>

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==External links== *{{cycling Archives|8821}}

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