Tour of the West


Australia

New South Wales stage race between 1949 and 1955. The race has been abandonned in 1952 forced by the severe damage caused to roads by the recent heavy rains and in 1954 the race was replaced by "Sydney-Melbourne"

1955
19-09 1º stage Bourke (New South Wales) - Cobar (New South Wales) 160,9 km
   Murray French
20-09 2º stage Cobar (New South Wales) - Nyngan (New South Wales) 136,7 km
   Robert Leach
21-09 3º stage Nyngan (New South Wales) - Dubbo (New South Wales) 167 km
   Robert Leach
22-09 4º stage Dubbo (New South Wales) - Canowindra (New South Wales) 185 km
   Mick Shannon
23-09 5º stage Canowindra (New South Wales) - Crookwell (New South Wales) 197,9 km
   Angelo Catalano
24-09 6º stage Crookwell (New South Wales) - Nowra (New South Wales) 181,8 km
25-09 7º stage Nowra (New South Wales) - Sydney (New South Wales) 193 km
General Classification Bourke (New South Wales) - Sydney (New South Wales) 1222 km
   Murray French
1953
03-09 1º stage Dubbo (New South Wales) - Condobolin (New South Wales) 209 km
   Eddie Smith
04-09 2º stage Condobolin (New South Wales) - Forbes (New South Wales) 107,8 km
   Hector Sutherland
Forbes (New South Wales) - Young (New South Wales) 218,8 km
   Reginald Arnold
06-09 4º stage Young (New South Wales) - Bathurst (New South Wales) 238 km
   Peter Anthony
07-09 5º stage Bathurst (New South Wales) - Mudgee (New South Wales) 228,4 km
   Reginald Arnold
08-09 6º stage Mudgee (New South Wales) - Dubbo (New South Wales) 238 km
   Basil Halsall
General Classification 1240 km
   Hector Sutherland
1951
27-09 1º stage Mudgee (New South Wales) - Dubbo (New South Wales) 238 km
   Max Rowley
28-09 2º stage Dubbo (New South Wales) - Parkes (New South Wales) 244,5 km
   Don Williams
29-09 3º stage Parkes (New South Wales) - Orange (New South Wales) 226,8 km
   John Beasley
30-09 4º stage Orange (New South Wales) - Lithgow (New South Wales) 128,7 km
   Tom Williams
01-10 5º stage Lithgow (New South Wales) - Mudgee (New South Wales) 159,3 km
   Max Rowley
General Classification 997,6 km
   John Beasley
1950
01-09 4º stage part c Bathurst (New South Wales) - Lithgow (New South Wales) 70,8 km
   Don Williams
28-09 1º stage part a Mudgee (New South Wales) - Mudgee (New South Wales) 45 km
   Don Williams
28-09 1º stage part b Mudgee (New South Wales) - Dubbo (New South Wales) 159,3 km
   Len Hammond
29-09 2º stage part a Dubbo (New South Wales) - Parkes (New South Wales) 127,1 km
   Don Williams
29-09 2º stage part b Parkes (New South Wales) - Forbes (New South Wales) 33,7 km
   Dean Whitehorn
30-09 3º stage part a Forbes (New South Wales) 74 km
   Dean Whitehorn
30-09 3º stage part b - Orange (New South Wales) 83,6 km
   Don Williams
01-10 4º stage part a Orange (New South Wales) 57 km
   Tom Williams
01-10 4º stage part b Orange (New South Wales) - Bathurst (New South Wales) 57,9 km
   Don Williams
02-10 5º stage part a Lithgow (New South Wales) - Penrith (New South Wales) 114,2 km
   Keith Rowley
02-10 5º stage part b Penrith (New South Wales) - Sydney (New South Wales) 55 km
   Max Rowley
General Classification Mudgee (New South Wales) 820,6 km
   Max Rowley
1949
05-11 1º stage part a Lithgow (New South Wales) - Lithgow (New South Wales) 58 km
   Don Williams
05-11 1º stage part b Lithgow (New South Wales) - Bathurst (New South Wales) 70,8 km
   Don Williams
06-11 2º stage Bathurst (New South Wales) - Mudgee (New South Wales) 148 km
   Don Williams
07-11 3º stage Mudgee (New South Wales) - Lithgow (New South Wales) 157,7 km
   Alby Saunders
General Classification 434,4 km
   Fred Arnold