# Manx Trophy

The Manx Trophy or Isle of Man International Road Race is a bicycle road race run annually on the Isle of Man. In the 1960s the race attracted the world's top professional cyclists including Fausto Coppi, Jacques Anquetil and Eddy Merckx.
The race was a feature of the Isle of Man cycling festival, an annual event which ran from 1936 to 2003 and was started by journalist and cycling enthusiast Curwen Clague. The first festival included a massed-start road race (a rarity in mainland Britain at the time but allowed in the Isle of Man, a self-governing crown dependency) which featured the top riders of the day. Despite closed roads the race saw many crashes and only a few riders finished. The first winner was Charles Holland of Birmingham, later one of the first two Englishmen to ride the Tour de France.
The first event involved riders racing a single lap of the famous TT circuit of 37.75 miles (60.75 km). The course runs from Douglas to Ramsey then climbs for 5 mi (8 km) to a high point on the mountain of Snaefell at 1,384 ft (422 m) before descending to Douglas. The distance was later increased to two and then three laps (113 mi or 182 km).
The Manx Trophy was reintroduced in April 2016 as a one-day race by Manx International Cycling Ltd, named the Manx International Cycling GP, forming part of the British Cycling Spring Cup over 3 laps of the TT Mountain Circuit, and in 2017 hosted the National Road Race Championships where Steve Cummings won both the National Time Trial and Road Race events. In 2019 the event was relaunched as a 3 day stage race forming part of the HSBC UK|British Cycling National Mens Road Race Series.

## Winners (not a complete list)
### Manx Trophy/Isle of Man International Road Race

| Year | Country | Rider | Team |
| 1936 | Great Britain | Charles Holland | Midland Cycling and Athletic Club |
| 1937 | Great Britain | Jack Fancourt | Yorkshire RC |
| 1938 | France | Pierre Chazaud | |
| 1939 | Great Britain | Bill Messer | |
| 1940–45 | No race due to World War II | No race due to World War II | No race due to World War II |
| 1946 | France | Jean Baldessari | |
| 1947 | France | Jean Baldessari | |
| 1948 | Great Britain | Alan Barnes | |
| 1949 | Great Britain | Desmond Robinson | |
| 1956 | Italy | Ercole Baldini | |
| 1957 | No race | No race | No race |
| 1958 | Belgium | Henri De Wolf | |
| 1959 | Ireland | Seamus Elliott | Helyett–Leroux–Fynsec–Hutchinson |
| 1960 | France | André Darrigade | Helyett–Leroux–Fynsec–Hutchinson |
| 1961 | Netherlands | Jo de Roo | Helyett–Fynsec–Hutchinson |
| 1962 | Germany | Rudi Altig | Saint-Raphaël–Helyett–Hutchinson |
| 1963 | Great Britain | Tom Simpson | Peugeot–BP–Englebert |
| 1964 | Ireland | Seamus Elliott | Saint-Raphaël–Gitane–Dunlop |
| 1965 | France | Jacques Anquetil | Ford France–Gitane |
| 1966 | Netherlands | Wim Schepers | Caballero |
| 1967 | Great Britain | Tom Simpson | Peugeot–BP–Michelin |
| 1968 | Great Britain | Arthur Metcalfe | Carlton–B.M.B. |
| 1969 | Netherlands | Jan Harings | Caballero |
| 1970 | Great Britain | Barry Hoban | Sonolor–Lejeune |
| 1971 | France | Bernard Bourreau | |
| 1972–74 | No race | No race | No race |
| 1975 | Great Britain | William Nickson | |
| 1976 | Great Britain | Paul Sherwen | Altrincham Road Club - Rotalac Plastics |
| 1977 | No race | No race | No race |
| 1978 | Great Britain | Steve Lawrence | |
| 1979 | Isle of Man | Steve Joughin | Manx Road Club |
| 1980 | Great Britain | John Herety | |
| 1981 | No race | No race | No race |
| 1982 | Great Britain | Joseph Waugh | |
| 1983 | Switzerland | Hans Reis | |
| 1984 | Great Britain | Mark Walsham | |
| 1985 | Great Britain | Paul Curran | |
| 1986 | New Zealand | Brian Fowler | |
| 1987 | Great Britain | Darryl Webster | |
| 1988 | Great Britain | Paul Curran | |
| 1989 | Great Britain | Wayne Randle | |
| 1990 | Great Britain | Tim Hall | Liverpool Mercury CC |
| 1991 | France | Christophe Mengin | |
| 1992 | Ireland | David Hourigan | |
| 1993 | Great Britain | Brian Smith | Banana–Falcon |
| 1994 | Great Britain | Simeon Hempsall | Choice Accountancy |
| 1995 | Great Britain | Robert Millar | Le Groupement |
| 1996 | Ireland | David McCann | |
| 1997 | France | Christophe Morel | |
| 1998 | Great Britain | John Tanner | Brite |
| 1999 | Great Britain | David Millar | Cofidis |
| 2000 | Great Britain | Julian Winn | Elite 2/3 |
| 2001 | Great Britain | Matthew Stephens | Linda McCartney–Jacob’s Creek–Jaguar |
| 2002 | Ireland | David McCann | Volksbank–Ideal |
| 2003 | Great Britain | Mark Lovatt | |

### Manx International Cycling GP

| Year | Country | Rider | Team |
| 2016 | Great Britain | Ian Bibby | NFTO |
| 2017 | Great Britain | Steve Cummings | Team Dimension Data |
| 2019 | Great Britain | Matthew Holmes | Madison Genesis |