Phil Edwards (cyclist)

Phil Edwards
Personal information
Full name	Philip Edwards
Born	3 September 1949; Bristol, England
Died	24 April 2017 (aged 67); Monaco
Team information
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	Domestique
Amateur team
	Western Road Club
Professional team
1976–1980	Sanson
Major wins
	One-day races and Classics National Road Race Championships (1977)

Philip Edwards (3 September 1949 – 24 April 2017) was a British professional road racing cyclist.

Cycling career[edit]

He represented the United Kingdom at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany, where he finished sixth in the road race, just behind teammate Phil Bayton.^[1]

He represented England in the road race, at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games in Christchurch, New Zealand^[2]^[3]^[4] before becoming a professional cyclist from 1976 to 1980.

It was reported that he died of a suspected heart attack at his home in Monaco on Monday, 24 April 2017 aged 67.^[5]

Major results[edit]

1967: 1st Road race, National Junior Road Championships
1972: 1st Lincoln Grand Prix; 6th Road race, Olympic Games; 9th Overall Trophée Peugeot de l'Avenir
1974: 1st Overall Giro del Friuli Venezia Giulia
1977: 1st Road race, National Road Championships; 2nd Tre Valli Varesine; 3rd Giro dell'Emilia; 3rd Trofeo Matteotti; 6th Coppa Ugo Agostoni
1978: 1st Stage 7a Volta a Catalunya; 5th Coppa Bernocchi; 7th Paris–Tours
1979: 2nd Gran Premio Città di Camaiore

Grand Tour general classification results timeline[edit]

Grand Tour	1976	1977	1978	1979
Vuelta a España	—	—	—	—
Giro d'Italia	69	109	69	42
Tour de France	—	—	—	—

Legend
—	Did not compete
DNF	Did not finish

References[edit]

^ "Phil Edwards Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
^ "1974 Games". Team England.
^ "Athletes, 1974 England team". Team England.
^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
^ "Former British champion Phil Edwards dies aged 67 - Cyclingnews.com". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 26 April 2017.

External links[edit]

Phil Edwards at Cycling Archives
Phil Edwards at ProCyclingStats
Phil Edwards at CycleBase
Phil Edwards at Olympedia
Phil Edwards at Team GB
Biographical details, Yeovil Cycling Club Newsletter Jan 2007 "The Pedaller"

[sports-reference-1] "Phil Edwards Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 25 October 2014.

[2] "1974 Games". Team England.

[3] "Athletes, 1974 England team". Team England.

[4] "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.

[5] "Former British champion Phil Edwards dies aged 67 - Cyclingnews.com". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 26 April 2017.

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v t e British National Road Race Champions (men)
NCU (1938–1958)	Jack Holmes (1938) Jack Fancourt (1939) Reg Braddick (1944) J. A. O'Driscoll (1945) Ernie Clements (1946) Alex Taylor (1947) Bob Maitland (1948) A D Newman (1949) Gordon Thomas (1950) Peter Procter (1951) Graham Vines (1952) Ted Gerrard (1953) B J Sandy (1954) Bernard King (1955) Alan Jackson (1956) Ron Coe (1957 Independent) Stan Brittain (1957 Amateur) Bill Seggar (1958)
BLRC (1943–1958)	Ernie Clements (1943) Percy Stallard (1944) Ernie Clements (1945) George Edwards (1946) E I Upton (1947) R C Ashwin (1948) Dave Bedwell (1949) Ralph Parkin (1950) Charlie Bland (1951) Mike Howarth (1952) Derek Evans (1953) Reg Browne (1954) Des Robinson (1955) Mike England (1956) Charlie Mather (1957) Bill Baty (1958)
BLRC Independent (1946–1958)	A H Clarke (1946) Dennis Jaggard (1947) Harold Johnson (1948) Bob Thom (1949) Leonard West (1950) Dave Bedwell (1951) Ian Steel (1952) Bob Maitland (1953) Arthur Ilsley (1954) Graham Vines (1955) not held in 1956 Ron Coe (1958–1957)
Amateur (1959–1995)	Bill Baty (1959) Bill Bradley (1960–(1961) Keith Butler (1962) Bob Addy (1963) Pete Gordon (1964) Les West (1965) Arthur Metcalfe (1966) Les West (1967) Pete Matthews (1968) Brian Jolly (1969) Dave Rollinson (1970–1971) Doug Dailey (1972) Grant Thomas (1973) William Nickson (1974) Kevin Apter (1975) Doug Dailey (1976) Steve Lawrence (1977) Robert Millar (1978–1979) Steve Lawrence (1980) Mark Bell (1981) Jeff Williams (1982) John Cavanagh (1983) Neil Martin (1984) Paul Watson (1985) Deno Davie (1986) Paul Curran (1987) Neil Hoban (1988) David Cook (1989) Simeon Hempsall (1990) John Hughes (1991) Simon Bray (1992) Rob Harris (1993–1994) Simon Bray (1995)
Professional (1959–1995)	Ron Coe (1959) race was not held in 1960 Dave Bedwell (1961) John Harvey (1962) Albert Hitchen (1963) Keith Butler (1964) Albert Hitchen (1965) Dick Goodman (1966) Colin Lewis (1967–1968) Bill Lawrie (1969) Les West (1970) Danny Horton (1971) Gary Crewe (1972) Brian Jolly (1973) Keith Lambert (1974) Les West (1975) Geoff Wiles (1976) Phil Edwards (1977) Phil Corley (1978) Sid Barras (1979) Keith Lambert (1980) William Nickson (1981) John Herety (1982) Phil Thomas (1983) Steve Joughin (1984) Ian Banbury (1985) Mark Bell (1986) Paul Sherwen (1987) Steve Joughin (1988) Tim Harris (1989) Colin Sturgess (1990) Brian Smith (1991) Sean Yates (1992) Malcolm Elliott (1993) Brian Smith (1994) Robert Millar (1995)
1996–	Dave Rand (1996) Jeremy Hunt (1997) Matt Stephens (1998) John Tanner (1999–2000) Jeremy Hunt (2001) Julian Winn (2002) Roger Hammond (2003–2004) Russell Downing (2005) Hamish Haynes (2006) David Millar (2007) Rob Hayles (2008) Kristian House (2009) Geraint Thomas (2010) Bradley Wiggins (2011) Ian Stannard (2012) Mark Cavendish (2013) Peter Kennaugh (2014–2015) Adam Blythe (2016) Steve Cummings (2017) Connor Swift (2018) Ben Swift (2019) not held in 2020 Ben Swift (2021) Mark Cavendish (2022) Fred Wright (2023)