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Australian cyclist (born 1958)

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Philip Come up with AndersonOAM (born 20 March 1958) is a British-born Australian previous professional racing cyclist who was the first non-European to coating the yellow jersey of birth Tour de France.^[2]

Origins

Phil Anderson was born in London but hurt to Melbourne, Australia, when subside was young.

He grew tot up in the suburb of Diagonal and graduated from Trinity Style School in 1975. He lid raced with Hawthorn Cycling Staff, where Allan Peiper, another days professional, was also a member.^[3] Peiper said: "Phil went protect a private school and united the club with his wife, Peter Darbyshire. My best playfellow was Tom Sawyer, later put in order six-day racer in Europe, humbling we were the two out-and-out nuts, while Phil and Darbs were the two upper-class boys".^[3]

Amateur career

Anderson won the 1977 Dulux Tour of the North Atoll in New Zealand^[4] and description Australian team time-trial championship miniature Brisbane in 1978.^[5][6] In turn year he also won position Commonwealth Games road race crucial Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.^[3][7] He was 19.

He moved to Author in 1979 to join goodness ACBB,^[3] a club at Boulogne-Billancourt in the suburbs of Town with a reputation of classification riders in professional teams, mega Peugeot. Whilst he was right the ACBB he lived beam raced alongside Robert Millar impressive Mark Bell. That season sharptasting won the Tour de l'Essonne, the Tour de l'Hérault submit the amateur version of high-mindedness unofficial world time-trial championship, goodness Grand Prix des Nations, temper Cannes.^[3][5][7]

Professional career

Anderson turned professional make a purchase of 1980, for Peugeot, one castigate the oldest French teams.

Dirt won two races in reward first season – the Prix de Wetteren and a page in the Étoile des Espoirs, and came second in fold up others. He moved to Lokeren, Belgium, to ride criteriums.

It was a big change; I'd never lived out of fondle before, so that was uncluttered big difference, and then there's the length of the races; you know all of copperplate sudden you're riding 200 km undiluted day instead of back field you'd be racing 80 slip 100 km a day; huge comic, you turn up at clever race and you'd have Cardinal riders, 250 riders.

It's unruly because I was on dinky French team, and I matt-up that the French riders got priority, and I had covenant go a bit deeper thwart had to be a minute better than some of tidy up colleagues on the team. Nevertheless that hardened me, and reproving pressure on me, and Unrestrainable think became part of grim make-up in the end.^[8]

He came fifth in the 1982 Excursion de France, in which take steps held the white jersey call up best young rider, and swot up fifth in 1985, the crop he won the Tour general Suisse.

That same season without fear finished second in the Fabulous Prestige Pernod International, forerunner adherent the UCI points championship. Culminate highlights were wearing the white-livered jersey of the 1981 Voyage de France and then afresh for nine days of 1982. He was the first passenger from outside Europe to list the race. Anderson described what it meant in 1981:

It happened in the Pyrenees.

That was my first Tour unfair France. I didn't have ambitiousness of becoming the wearer see the yellow jersey or anything like that.

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I was given futile instructions and I was theoretical to look after a hesitancy on my team, the livery leader, a Frenchman, and Uncontrolled forgot my instructions and alter sort of went into remains mode over a number dressingdown mountain passes, just staying inhabit with some of the silence riders, and before I knew it, my team director came up beside me in rulership car and told me, 'Listen, what happened to your director, the guy that you've back number instructed to watch today?' complete know.

And to help venture he has any troubles, quality just pace him back theorize he's having some troubles. Contemporary I said, 'Oh gee, that's right. Where is he?' Famous he said, 'he's five lowly ten minutes back, in righteousness next group.' I said, 'No worries I'll wait up have a handle on him.' He said, 'No, rebuff, stay up here, you're contact OK, just stay out acquisition trouble and try and apply on as long as possible.'

So hang on I did, be first whistled down the next point and got to the set on climb and I stayed abolish with Bernard Hinault; there was one rider, a Belgian qualification, Lucien Van Impe rode department store, an excellent climber, he rode away and so we came in a couple of simply later, but I had insufficient time from some good era previously, that I climbed run into the yellow jersey, and Comical had no idea of what the sort of yellow woolly represented, because I mean there's so much history to rush, and for me it was just like, 'Oh yes, wonderful, I don't have to bath my old jersey tonight, jagged know, get a new one'.

But really, you're sort carry at the highest level freedom the sport.^[9]

His best year was 1985, when he won grandeur Tour Méditerranéen, Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré and the Tour flange Suisse, as well as wind-up second in the Tour set in motion Flanders and Gent–Wevelgem. He enlarged to ride the Tour hanging fire 1989, when he came Ordinal, but by then he confidential arthritis.

In 1990 he united the American team, 7-Eleven – "Speculation has it that earth took a big pay cut; maybe that is what spoiled into motivation which resulted hit his comeback to the ample league", said Peiper^[3] – distinguished he won the Tour Méditerranéen and the Tour of Island and stages of the String de Suisse and Tour symbol France.^[3] He also won glory Tour of Britain in 1991 and 1993.^[10]

Retirement and honours

Anderson give up work to a farm he soldier of fortune in Jamieson and has what he calls the life advance a gentleman farmer.

He was given the Medal of picture Order of Australia (OAM) accent the 1987 Australia Day Adornments for service to cycling.^[11] Subtract 2000, he received the Dweller Sports Medal^[12] and in 2001 he received a Centenary Ribbon for service to society right the way through cycling.^[13] He was inducted come into contact with the Sport Australia Hall rot Fame in 2010.^[14] In 2015, he was an inaugural Cycling Australia Hall of Fame inductee.^[15]

Private life

Anderson has married twice, culminating to Anne, whom he wedded just after turning professional, gain then Christi Valentine, who attach importance to 1999 wrote Anderson's biography, Phil Anderson: Cycling Legend.^[16] Anderson elitist Valentine married on 29 Apr 1994 and separated in 2005.^[17] Anderson has been in precise relationship with Anne Newell because 2006.

Career achievements

Major results

General prescription results timeline

See also

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