| Birth date | 18 March 1949 (age 77) |
|---|---|
| Birth place | UK |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider (retired) Team Director |
| Amateurteam 1 | Gloucester City CC |
| Amateurteam 2 | City of Stoke ACCS |
| Amateurteam 3 | GS Strada |
| Manageteam 1 | ANC–Halfords |
| Manageteam 2 | CandiTV-Marshalls Pasta |
| Manageteam 3 | Motorpoint-Marshalls Pasta |
| Manageteam 4 | Motorpoint |
| Majorwins | Milk Race, 1 Stage |
| Show-medals | yes |
Phil Griffiths (born 18 March 1949) is an English former racing cyclist from Stone, Staffordshire.
Cycling career
He rode for Great Britain in the Olympic Games,[1] and represented England winning a silver medal in the road race, at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games in Christchurch, New Zealand.[2] Four years later he represented England in the road race and individual pursuit, at the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.[3]
He is one of the few British riders to have held the yellow jersey in the Peace Race.[4]
Cycling management
He is currently the Team Director of [5] and previously managed ANC–Halfords which was the first British-based professional team to enter the Tour de France.[6]
Palmarès
- 1971
- 1st British Best All-Rounder
- 3rd Tour of the Cotswolds
- 1972
- 2nd British National Road Race Championships (Amateur)
- 1973
- 3rd Archer Grand Prix
- 1st Overall, Premier Calendar
- 30th Overall, Peace Race
- 3rd stage 2, Peace Race
- 6th stage 4, Peace Race
- on stage 4
- 1974
- Commonwealth Games, Road Race
- 3rd Overall, Premier Calendar
- 2nd Tour of the Cotswolds
- 1st British Best All-Rounder
- 1975
- 2nd British National Road Race Championships (Amateur)
- 1st Overall, Premier Calendar
- 1st British Best All-Rounder
- 1976
- DNF Olympic Games, Road race
- 6th Olympic Games, Team Time Trial (100km)
- 1st British Best All-Rounder
- 3rd British National Road Race Championships (Amateur)
- 1977
- 3rd Lincoln GP
- 1978
- 29th Commonwealth Games, Road Race
- QF Commonwealth Games, 4000m Individual pursuit, Track
- 1st Archer Grand Prix
- 1st stage 4, Girvan
- 1st prologue, Milk Race
- 1979
- 14th GP des Nations
- 1st British Best All-Rounder
References
- ^ "Phil Griffiths Olympic Statistics". September 2012. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
- ^ "1974 Games". Team England.
- "Athletes, 1974 England team". Team England. - ^ "1978 Athletes". Team England.
- "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation. - ^ "Energetic Brit takes Yellow – 1973 Peace Race". September 2012. Archived from the original on 2013-04-19.
- ^ "Node4 Pro Cycling Management Team". September 2012. Archived from the original on 12 September 2012. Retrieved 3 September 2012.
- ^ "Wide Eyed and Legless Revisited". September 2012. Archived from the original on 25 December 2012. Retrieved 3 September 2012.