Philip Edwards ( Eng. Philip Edwards ; September 3, 1949 , Bristol - April 24, 2017 , Monte Carlo ) - British road cyclist . He played at major international competitions throughout the 1970s, champion of Great Britain, participant of the Summer Olympic Games in Munich . In the period 1976-1980, he represented the professional team Sanson, with whom he visited many prestigious races on the highway, including four times he drove the super-special day Giro d'Italia .
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| Citizenship |  Great Britain | ||
| Date of Birth | September 3, 1949 | ||
| Place of Birth | Bristol , England | ||
| Date of death | March 28, 2017 (67 years old) | ||
| Place of death | Monte Carlo , Monaco | ||
| Growth | 184 cm | ||
| Weight | 80 kg | ||
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Biography
Phil Edwards was born on September 3, 1949 in Bristol , England . His father was an Englishman, and his mother was an Italian who had fled to Britain during World War II . I began to seriously engage in cycling while still a teenager.
He first declared himself at the age of eighteen in 1967, when he won the British road race championship among juniors. A year later, he continued to perform successfully, winning several home races, including a two-day race in Hereford.
In 1970, he made his debut at the Tour of Britain (then called the “Milk Race”), where he took the sixth place high enough, showing the highest result among all British riders. The following season, he won a total of 14 local regional races and won the sixth stage of the Milk Race. A year after winning the third stage, the Milk Race came out on top of the general classification (becoming the first Briton in the last five years to achieve such a success), but ultimately only fourth place in the overall standings.
Thanks to a series of successful performances, he won the right to defend the honor of the country at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich . In the end, he finished sixth in the men's road race, right behind his teammate Phil Bateon , while in the team race with a separate start of 100 km he took the fourteenth place.
Edwards spent the 1974 season in Italy - his Italian mother wrote letters to several Italian clubs asking her to take her son, and thus the rider found himself on the Italian amateur team GS Mobigori-Perignano, with which he won seven more races of various levels.
At the end of 1975, Phil Edwards joined the British professional team Sanson, led by the famous Francesco Moser , and soon made his debut on a professional level.
The greatest success as a professional achieved in 1977, when he won the race "London - York" and won in the standings of the British national championship. In the future, mainly played the role of domestic, helping to win the race to his captain Francesco Moser. Four times participated in the grand tour of the " Giro d'Italia ", in 1978 won a victory in one of the stages of the " Vuelta de Catalunya ". During the 1980 season, as a result of a serious injury, he was forced to end his career as a professional athlete.
Subsequently, together with his brother Mark, he was in the business of selling bicycles of Italian brands in the UK. In 1985, they were among the first to start selling mountain bikes that were gaining popularity, in particular, were engaged in their export to Italy.
In 2010, Edwards retired and moved permanently to Monaco , where he was in charge of a small pizzeria. He was married, had two children.
He died of a heart attack on April 24, 2017 in Monte Carlo at the age of 67 [1] .
Notes
- Mer Former British champion Phil Edwards dies aged 67 - Cyclingnews.com (English) . cyclingnews.com . The appeal date is April 26, 2017.
Links
- Phil Edwards - Olympic statistics on Sports-Reference.com (eng.)
- Edwards, Phil on Cycling Archives (English)