Phil Edwards (cyclist)

Phil Edwards
Personal information
Full name	Philip Edwards
Born	3 September 1949; Bristol, England
Died	24 April 2017 (aged 67); Monaco
Team information
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	Domestique
Amateur team
	Western Road Club
Professional team
1976–1980	Sanson
Major wins
	One-day races and Classics National Road Race Championships (1977)

Philip Edwards (3 September 1949 – 24 April 2017) was a British professional road racing cyclist.

Cycling career

He represented the United Kingdom at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany, where he finished sixth in the road race, just behind teammate Phil Bayton.^[1]

He represented England in the road race, at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games in Christchurch, New Zealand^[2]^[3]^[4] before becoming a professional cyclist from 1976 to 1980.

It was reported that he died of a suspected heart attack at his home in Monaco on Monday, 24 April 2017 aged 67.^[5]

1967: 1st Road race, National Junior Road Championships
1972: 1st Lincoln Grand Prix; 6th Road race, Olympic Games; 9th Overall Trophée Peugeot de l'Avenir
1974: 1st Overall Giro del Friuli Venezia Giulia
1977: 1st Road race, National Road Championships; 2nd Tre Valli Varesine; 3rd Giro dell'Emilia; 3rd Trofeo Matteotti; 6th Coppa Ugo Agostoni
1978: 1st Stage 7a Volta a Catalunya; 5th Coppa Bernocchi; 7th Paris–Tours
1979: 2nd Gran Premio Città di Camaiore

Grand Tour	1976	1977	1978	1979
Vuelta a España	—	—	—	—
Giro d'Italia	69	109	69	42
Tour de France	—	—	—	—

Legend
—	Did not compete
DNF	Did not finish

^ "Phil Edwards Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
^ "1974 Games". Team England.
^ "Athletes, 1974 England team". Team England.
^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
^ "Former British champion Phil Edwards dies aged 67 - Cyclingnews.com". cyclingnews.com. 26 April 2017. Retrieved 26 April 2017.