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| Born | 18 March 1949 UK | ||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Road | ||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider (retired) Team Director | ||||||||||||||
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| Gloucester City CC | |||||||||||||||
| City of Stoke ACCS | |||||||||||||||
| GS Strada | |||||||||||||||
| Managerial teams | |||||||||||||||
| ANC–Halfords | |||||||||||||||
| CandiTV-Marshalls Pasta | |||||||||||||||
| Motorpoint-Marshalls Pasta | |||||||||||||||
| Motorpoint | |||||||||||||||
| Velosure–Giordana | |||||||||||||||
| Major wins | |||||||||||||||
| Milk Race, 1 Stage | |||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Phil Griffiths (born 18 March 1949) is an English former racing cyclist from Stone, Staffordshire.
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]
He is currently the Team Director of Velosure–Giordana [5] and previously managed ANC–Halfords which was the first British-based professional team to enter the Tour de France. [6]
2nd British National Road Race Championships (Amateur)
on stage 4
Commonwealth Games, Road Race 2nd British National Road Race Championships (Amateur) 3rd British National Road Race Championships (Amateur)
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