fullname updated amateurteam majorwins discipline role article_title name
richard william ewart poole november 2008 middlesex club -rsb- road club -lsb- http://www.fccc.org.uk/ farnborough & camberley cycling 1965 hours -- land 's end-john o'groats , under 48 road endurance rider dick poole -lrb- cyclist -rrb-
 dick poole
dick poole -lrb- cyclist -rrb-

richard william ewart poole was the first man to cycle from land 's end to john o'groats , the length of mainland britain , in less than two days .
he then beat the 1,000-mile record ... only to find he was a few yards too short .
