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from Matt Talbot (Rapha Condor) and Andy Roche (Pinarello). The 53rd version of the race was scheduled to run in Spring 2008 but had to be cancelled because of policing issues. The future of the race then became uncertain; it was scheduled to be held again on 19 April 2009, but sponsorship problems
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as a "long running classic". The first edition was held in 1956 and won by British rider, Alfred Howling. 1968 saw the first non-British winner when
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The Archer Grand Prix was run annually for over fifty years, organised by Stuart Benstead of the
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won the race. The race has in the past, adopted the name of its main sponsor, including
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while the small finish circuit included the finish at
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Consistently routed around the roads and lanes of the
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Index

British Cycling
Premier Calendar
Archer Road Club
British Cycling
Jan Krekels
Netherlands
Harp
Pernod
Cycling Weekly
Chiltern Hills
Whiteleaf Hill
Hughenden Valley
Winchmoor Hill
Simon Gaywood
Plowman Craven Associates team
Great Britain
Great Britain
Great Britain
Ron Coe
Great Britain
Great Britain
Great Britain
Albert Hitchen
Great Britain
Great Britain
Great Britain
Les West
Great Britain
Hugh Porter
Great Britain

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