Phil Anderson (cyclist)
Philip Grant Anderson (short: Phil Anderson) ( born March 12, 1958 in London, England ) is an Australian former racing driver who was able to wear the yellow jersey as the overall leader of the Tour de France for a few days as the first non - Europeans. In 1985, he won as the first Australian Tour de Suisse. Anderson grew up in Kew, a suburb of Melbourne in the Australian state of Victoria. He was professional from 1980 to 1994 and was able to record over 90 achievements.
Career
After Anderson at the age of 20 years was able to win the gold medal in the road race in the Commonwealth Games in 1978, he moved in 1980 to the professionals.
Following only modest placements in the first year as a pro Anderson drew attention to himself in his second season as a professional with initial success. In addition to the overall victory in the Tour de l' Aude and a stage win in Paris-Nice Anderson took the first time the Tour de France in attack. While not quite able to stage win, but he took over on 30 June 1981, at the end of stage 5, the first non - Europeans in the history of the Tour de France yellow jersey of the overall leader of Gerrie plasticine man. He had to leave the following day to the subsequent overall winner Bernard Hinault, however.
The next year he started again in the Tour de France. On the second stage from Basel to Nancy Anderson won and took over as the year the lead in the overall standings. Overall, he retained the yellow jersey for ten days before it took off him Hinault again. Anderson finished the tour fifth overall and won the junior championship.
The mid-80s was followed by the strongest phase in his career. In 1983 he won the Amstel Gold Race, as well as two stages at the Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré. The next year, among other things, the Championship of Zurich and Around the Henninger Tower. He crowned the season with a third place in the Super Prestige Pernod- rating. In 1985, he finished second in this evaluation in second-place overall victories in stage races Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré, Tour de Suisse and Mediterranean cruise, the one-day race around the Henninger Turm and E3 Prize Flanders, as well as the repetition of the fifth overall rank in the Tour de France. These two fifth places were the best finishes of an Australian cyclist to 4th place by Cadel Evans in 2006. 1986, Anderson was then in the list of winners of Paris -Tours, the year after he won at Milan -Turin, the oldest one day race the world.
After the Tour de France stage win in 1982, he won in 1989 and 1990 stages at the Giro d' Italia, where he was also the Inter Giro classification was won by 1990. In 1991 he was again a stage win in the Tour de France after nine years. He also won in the same year at the Tour de Suisse, the Tour of Britain and the Mediterranean cruise.
In the following years, victories were added at the GP d' Isbergues and the Tour of Britain, before his gold medal win at the Commonwealth Games 1994 - was able to repeat and then ended his career - this time in the team time trial with Damian McDonald, Dennis Brett and Henk Vogels.
Due to its Australian origin he had in the driver's field the nickname " Skippy " in accordance with Skippy, the bush kangaroo, an Australian television series that aired 1966-1968.
Awards
Because of his contribution to the sport of cycling and society in Australia Anderson received over the years following awards:
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- Tour of New Zealand
- Gold Medal Commonwealth Games road race
- Tour de l' Aude
- 6th stage Paris-Nice
- Youth classification Stage 2 Tour de France
- Amstel Gold Race
- Prologue and Stage 3 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
- Tour de l' Aude Prologue
- Championship of Zurich
- Around the Henninger Tower
- Setmana Catalana
- Stage 6 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
- 3rd place Super Prestige Pernod
- Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré Stage 2
- 5th, 3rd and 8th stage and General Classification Tour de Suisse
- Mediterranean Tour Part 4 stage
- Around the Henninger Tower
- E3 Prize Flanders
- 2nd place Super Prestige Pernod
- Paris -Tours
- Tour of New York
- Milan -Turin
- Tour of Denmark
- Ireland Tour
- Inter - current rating 3 part stage Giro d' Italia
- Stage 9 Tour de France
- Mediterranean Tour 5th and 6th stage
- Kellogg's Tour of Britain 1st and 3rd stage
- Settimana Siciliana Stage 6
- Stage 8 Tour de Suisse
- GP d' Isbergues
- 5th and 9th stage Tour DuPont
- Ireland Tour Stage 4
- Kellogg's Tour of Britain Stage 1
- Sweden Tour
- Gold medal team time trial Commonwealth Games