CYCLING BIO
Born 12 March 1958
London, England
Phil Anderson’s international career started with gold, in the road race, at the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton, Canada, and concluded with gold, in the team time trial, at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, Canada.
But it was what he did in between that was the most significant.
Turning professional for the 1980 season robbed him of the chance for Olympic glory, but in 1981 he lined up for the Tour De France where on the mountainous sixth stage he ended the day as the first Australian, and the first non-European, to wear the yellow jersey.
He held the yellow jersey for one day. The following year he held the jersey for nine days, before finally finishing fifth overall and winning the white jersey of best young rider.
He started the Tour de France 13 times and finished it 13 times.
He won the 1983 Amstel Gold Race and had close calls in other major classics, notably finishing second the at the Tour of Flanders in 1985 and 1988, along with a second and two third place finishes at Liege-Bastogne-Liege.
Major Achievements
- Tour de France – first non-European to wear the yellow jersey.
- 1 day in yellow 1981
- 9 days in yellow 1982
- 1st Stage 2 in 1982
- 1st Stage 10 in 1991
- 5 times top-10 general classification – 10th 1981, 5th 1982, 9th 1983, 10th 1984, 5th 1985
- Giro d’Italia:
- 1st Stage 17 in 1989
- 1st Stage 4 in 1990
- 1st Amstel Gold Race 1983
- 1st Criterium de Dauphine 1985
- 1st Tour de Suisse 1985
- 1st Paris-Tours 1986
- 1st Milano-Torino 1987
- 1st Tour of Romandie 1989
- 1st Tour Mediterranean 1991
- 1st Tour of Ireland 1992
- 1st Tour of Britain 1993
- 1st Commonwealth Games 1978, road race
- 1st Commonwealth Games 1994, team time trial
