This team from the British League of Racing Cyclists will leave England for Warsaw where they will compete in the Warsaw - Berlin - Prague Cycle RAce , 1952 , starting 30 April and ending on 13 May . The team , consisting of six cyclists , a manager , a masseur , and a mechanic will cover 12 265 miles during the race in which 15 nations are participating . The cyclists are Ian Steel - Glasgow ; Ian Greenfield - Edinburgh ; Bevis Harold Wood - Stalybridge , Cheshire ; Ken Jowett - Bradford ; Les Scales - London and Frank Seel - Manchester . Manager is Percy Stallard - Wolverhampton ; masseur Charles Fearnley - London and mechanic is Bob Thom - Wolverhampton . 24 April 1952