He then joined the Bradford Wheelers - Ellis Briggs - Saturne in 1984, and won the national junior road race championships at Stoke on Trent.
He returned to Britain in 1994 after an unsuccessful year and joined Lex-Townsend, coming second in the national criterium championships in Milford Haven.
[2] Rayner died following an altercation with a bouncer, Steven Barry Johnson, at a nightclub in Bradford, in November 1994.
[4] The Dave Rayner Fund was set up in his memory on 12 January 1995,[5] to help riders make a career from racing on the continent.
This dinner has become an annual event with guests such as Miguel Indurain, Bradley Wiggins, Mark Cavendish, and Eddy Merckx attending.