Phil Griffiths (born 18 March 1949) is an English former
racing cyclist
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from
Stone, Staffordshire
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.
Cycling career
He rode for
Great Britain
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in the
Olympic Games
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,
and represented
England
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winning a
silver medal in the road race, at the
1974 British Commonwealth Games in
Christchurch
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,
New Zealand
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. Four years later he represented
England
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in the road race and individual pursuit, at the
1978 Commonwealth Games in
Edmonton
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,
Alberta
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,
Canada
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.
He is one of the few
British
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riders to have held the yellow jersey in the
Peace Race
The Peace Race (german: Friedensfahrt, cs, Závod míru, sk, Preteky mieru, russian: Велогонка Мира (), pl, Wyścig Pokoju , french: Course de la Paix, it, Corsa della Pace, ro, Cursa Păcii) was an annual multiple stage bicycl ...
.
Cycling management
He is currently the Team Director of and previously managed
ANC–Halfords
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which was the first British-based
professional
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team to enter the
Tour de France
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.
Palmarès
;1971
: 1st
British Best All-Rounder
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: 3rd Tour of the Cotswolds
;1972
: 2nd
British National Road Race Championships
The British National Road Race Championships cover different categories of British road bicycle racing events, normally held annually.
History
Between 1943 and 1958, two separate bodies – the British League of Racing Cyclists (BLRC) and t ...
(Amateur)
;1973
: 3rd
Archer Grand Prix
: 1st Overall,
Premier Calendar
The British Cycling Premier Calendar Road Race Series is a season-long competition run by British Cycling. It comprises a series of road bicycle races for the country's top domestic road riders.
Organisation and events
In 2010 points were awar ...
:: 30th Overall,
Peace Race
The Peace Race (german: Friedensfahrt, cs, Závod míru, sk, Preteky mieru, russian: Велогонка Мира (), pl, Wyścig Pokoju , french: Course de la Paix, it, Corsa della Pace, ro, Cursa Păcii) was an annual multiple stage bicycl ...
: 3rd stage 2,
Peace Race
The Peace Race (german: Friedensfahrt, cs, Závod míru, sk, Preteky mieru, russian: Велогонка Мира (), pl, Wyścig Pokoju , french: Course de la Paix, it, Corsa della Pace, ro, Cursa Păcii) was an annual multiple stage bicycl ...
: 6th stage 4,
Peace Race
The Peace Race (german: Friedensfahrt, cs, Závod míru, sk, Preteky mieru, russian: Велогонка Мира (), pl, Wyścig Pokoju , french: Course de la Paix, it, Corsa della Pace, ro, Cursa Păcii) was an annual multiple stage bicycl ...
::
on stage 4
;1974
:
Commonwealth Games
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, Road Race
: 3rd Overall,
Premier Calendar
The British Cycling Premier Calendar Road Race Series is a season-long competition run by British Cycling. It comprises a series of road bicycle races for the country's top domestic road riders.
Organisation and events
In 2010 points were awar ...
: 2nd Tour of the Cotswolds
: 1st
British Best All-Rounder
The British Best All-Rounder (BBAR) competition, organised by Cycling Time Trials, is an annual British cycle-racing competition. It ranks riders by the average of their average speeds in individual time trials, over 50 and and 12 hours for ...
;1975
: 2nd
British National Road Race Championships
The British National Road Race Championships cover different categories of British road bicycle racing events, normally held annually.
History
Between 1943 and 1958, two separate bodies – the British League of Racing Cyclists (BLRC) and t ...
(Amateur)
: 1st Overall,
Premier Calendar
The British Cycling Premier Calendar Road Race Series is a season-long competition run by British Cycling. It comprises a series of road bicycle races for the country's top domestic road riders.
Organisation and events
In 2010 points were awar ...
: 1st
British Best All-Rounder
The British Best All-Rounder (BBAR) competition, organised by Cycling Time Trials, is an annual British cycle-racing competition. It ranks riders by the average of their average speeds in individual time trials, over 50 and and 12 hours for ...
;1976
: DNF
Olympic Games
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, Road race
: 6th
Olympic Games
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, Team Time Trial (100km)
: 1st
British Best All-Rounder
The British Best All-Rounder (BBAR) competition, organised by Cycling Time Trials, is an annual British cycle-racing competition. It ranks riders by the average of their average speeds in individual time trials, over 50 and and 12 hours for ...
: 3rd
British National Road Race Championships
The British National Road Race Championships cover different categories of British road bicycle racing events, normally held annually.
History
Between 1943 and 1958, two separate bodies – the British League of Racing Cyclists (BLRC) and t ...
(Amateur)
;1977
: 3rd Lincoln GP
;1978
: 29th
Commonwealth Games
The Commonwealth Games, often referred to as the Friendly Games or simply the Comm Games, are a quadrennial international multi-sport event among athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations. The event was first held in 1930, and, with the exce ...
, Road Race
: QF
Commonwealth Games
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, 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
The British Best All-Rounder (BBAR) competition, organised by Cycling Time Trials, is an annual British cycle-racing competition. It ranks riders by the average of their average speeds in individual time trials, over 50 and and 12 hours for ...
References
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1949 births
Living people
English male cyclists
Olympic cyclists for Great Britain
Cyclists at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Cyclists at the 1978 Commonwealth Games
Directeur sportifs
People from Stone, Staffordshire
Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England
Commonwealth Games medallists in cycling
Medallists at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games