The Malvern Star Honour Roll

1924, 1926, 1927 & 1929

Oppy won his first Australian Road Cycling Title at the age of 20, and went on to win it three more times.

1924, 1926, 1927 & 1929	Australian Road Cycling Titles	Oppy won his first Australian Road Cycling Title at the age of 20, and went on to win it three more times.	images/honour_roll/oppy03.jpg
1924, 1926, 1929, 1930 & 1932	Melbourne to Warrnambool Classic Blue Riband	Oppy won the Blue Riband for the fastest time in 1924, 1926 and 1929, while 'Fatty' Lamb won it in 1930 and 1932.	images/honour_roll/oppy01.jpg
1926	Australian 5, 10 & 100 Mile Paced Track Records	Oppy's records were 4 minutes 42 seconds, 9 minutes 32 seconds and 1 hour 39 minutes 38 seconds respectively.	images/honour_roll/oppy02.jpg
1928	Bol d'Or 24 Hour Classic	Oppy won the prestigious Bol d'Or 24 Hour Classic at a 500m velodrome in Paris, with 50,000 French citizens yelling “allez Oppy”. The winning margin was 30 minutes. He received a hero's welcome when he returned to Melbourne later that year	images/honour_roll/1928_boldor.jpg
1928	Oppy's first Tour de France	Oppy's participation and captaincy – he finished 19th in his first Tour de France - set an example for more recent Australian riders to follow in his path.	images/honour_roll/1928_tourdefrance.jpg
1930	Australian 1 Hour Paced Track Record	Oppy's record was 59 miles, 629 yards.
1931	Lyon - Geneve - Lyon	Oppy won this epic 375km race against high-quality European opposition.	images/honour_roll/1931_lyonGenLyon.jpg
1931	Non Stop Paris-Brest-Paris Tour	Oppy won the 1931 Non Stop Paris-Brest-Paris tour (726 miles, 1166 kilometres), breaking all previous records over the distance in the time of 49 hours 23 minutes. After this win he was idolised in the French press and by the French public.	images/honour_roll/1931_parisBrestParis.jpg
1932	Australian 1000 Mile & 24 Hour Paced Track Records	Oppy's records were 28 hours 55 minutes and 865 miles respectively. Along the way, he also set 250 Mile and 500 Mile as well as 2 Hour, 12 Hour and 18 Hour records.	images/honour_roll/1932.jpg
1933/34	World 100 & 1000 Mile Records
1938	Australian Unpaced 1000 Mile Road Record	Oppy's record was 63 hours 37 minutes 30 seconds.
1940	Australian 24 Hour Unpaced Track Record	Oppy set more than 100 distance records in a 24 hour cycling marathon at a Sydney velodrome. Many of these distance records were not broken until decades later.
1949	Australian Sprint - Time Trial Track Championships	Sid 'Patto' Patterson won every Australian track championship in 1949: sprint, time trial, 1 mile and 5 mile.
1949	World Amateur Sprint Championship	After conquering Australian tracks, Sid Patterson took on the world and won. He finished first in this prestigious race in Copenhagen.
1949	Australian Sprint/Time Trial/1 & 5 Mile Track Championships	Sid 'Patto' Patterson won every Australian track championship in 1949: sprint, time trial, 1 mile and 5 mile.
1950	World Amateur Pursuit Championships
1950	Empire Games Road Race	Hec Sutherland won the road race Gold Medal at the Empire Games in Auckland on a Malvern Star Five Star Road Racer.
1952	World 1000m Time Trial Record
1952/53	World Professional Pursuit Championships
1955	Paris 6-Day Race	Sid Patterson, Russell Mockridge and Roger Arnold emerged victorious at the Velodrome d'Hiver.
1956	Olympic Games Tandem Race	Ian Browne and Tony Marchant beat a Czechoslovakian pair in the final of the 2000m race. The Malvern Star tandem they rode is on public display at the MCG's Olympic Museum.
1962 & 1964	Austral Wheelrace	Sid Patterson was 34 when he won the 1962 Austral off scratch. He shot to the front with a lap to go and held on to become the first scratch-marker to win the Austral in 40 years. He repeated the triumph two years later	images/honour_roll/paddo01.jpg
1984	Olympic 4000m Team Pursuit	The Australian team of Dean Woods, Michael Grenda, Kevin Nicholls and Michael Turtur beat the United States cyclists by 3.86 seconds. The team was coached by Charlie Walsh, and were dubbed 'Charlie's Angels'.
2008	The Legend Returns	Malvern Star has combined 105 years of rich heritage with modern day class-leading componentry to launch its new Legends range. The range was developed with the help of Tour de France stage winner and Commonwealth Games gold medallist, Philip Anderson.	images/honour_roll/phil_anderson.jpg