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

Cycling career

He represented the

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at the

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, where he finished sixth in the road race, just behind teammate

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. He represented

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in the road race, at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games in

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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.

Major results

;1967 : 1st MaillotReinoUnido

Road race, National Junior Road Championships ;1972 : 1st

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: 6th Road race,

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: 9th Overall Trophée Peugeot de l'Avenir ;1974 : 1st Jersey yellow

Overall

Giro del Friuli Venezia Giulia The Giro del Friuli-Venezia Giulia is a professional cycling race held annually in Italy. It is part of UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing Road bicycle racing is the cycle sport discipline of road ...

;1977 : 1st MaillotReinoUnido

Road race, National Road Championships : 2nd

Tre Valli Varesine The Tre Valli Varesine is a semi classic European bicycle race held in Varese, Italy. Since 2005, the race has been organised as a 1.HC event on the UCI Europe Tour. It is usually the first and most important race of Trittico Lombardo, which con ...

: 3rd

Giro dell'Emilia The Giro dell'Emilia is a late season road bicycle race held annually in Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. Since 2005, the race has been organised as a 1.HC event on the UCI Europe Tour, and since 2020 it's part of the UCI ProSeries calendar. The ...

: 3rd

Trofeo Matteotti Trofeo Matteotti is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in Pescara, Italy. Since 2005, the race has been organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which ...

: 6th

Coppa Ugo Agostoni The Coppa Ugo Agostoni is a semi classic European bicycle race held in Lissone, Italy. The race is held in memory of Italian cyclist Ugo Agostoni, winner of prestigious classic Milan–San Remo, killed during World War II. It is also called ''Gi ...

;1978 : 1st Stage 7a

Volta a Catalunya The Volta a Catalunya (; en, Tour of Catalonia, es, Vuelta a Cataluña, link=no) is a road bicycle race held annually in Catalonia, Spain. It is one of three World Tour stage races in Spain, together with the Vuelta a España and the Tour of ...

: 5th

Coppa Bernocchi The Coppa Bernocchi is a European bicycle race held in Legnano, Italy. Since 2005, the race has been organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. In 1919 the business magnate Antonio Bernocchi founded the Coppa Bernocchi (or Bernocchi Cup ...

: 7th Paris–Tours ;1979 : 2nd

Gran Premio Città di Camaiore The Gran Premio Città di Camaiore was a road bicycle race held in Camaiore, Tuscany, Italy. Since 2005, the race has been organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing Road bic ...

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

References

External links

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Biographical details, Yeovil Cycling Club Newsletter Jan 2007 "The Pedaller"
{{DEFAULTSORT:Edwards, Phil 1949 births 2017 deaths English male cyclists Cyclists at the 1972 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games Olympic cyclists for Great Britain British cycling road race champions Sportspeople from Bristol Commonwealth Games competitors for England