Phil Anderson (cyclist)

Phil Anderson

Anderson in 2008
Personal information
Full name	Philip Grant Anderson
Nickname	Skippy, Dr Teeth
Born	(1958-03-12) 12 March 1958 (age 58) London, England
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Amateur team(s)
Hawthorn Cycling Club
Professional team(s)
1980–1983	Peugeot-Esso-Michelin
1984–1987	Panasonic
1988–1990	TVM
1991–1994	Motorola
Major wins
Tour de France 2 stages Young Rider Classification (1982) Giro d'Italia 2 stages Amstel Gold Race (1983) Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré (1985) Züri-Metzgete (1984) Frankfurt Grand Prix (1984, 1985) Tour de Suisse (1985) Paris–Tours (1986) Milano–Torino (1987) Tour de Romandie (1989)
Medal record Representing  Australia Road bicycle racing Commonwealth Games 1978 Edmonton Road Race 1994 Victoria Team Time Trial

Tour de France

Giro d'Italia

Amstel Gold Race (1983)
Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré (1985)
Züri-Metzgete (1984)
Frankfurt Grand Prix (1984, 1985)
Tour de Suisse (1985)
Paris–Tours (1986)
Milano–Torino (1987)

Philip Grant Anderson OAM (born 12 March 1958) is an Australian former professional racing cyclist who was the first non-European to wear the yellow jersey of the Tour de France.

Phil Anderson was born in London but moved to Melbourne, Australia, when he was young. He grew up in the suburb of Kew and graduated from Trinity Grammar School in 1975. He first raced with Hawthorn Cycling Club, where Allan Peiper, another future professional, was also a member. Peiper said: "Phil went to a private school and joined the club with his mate, Peter Darbyshire. My best friend was Tom Sawyer, later a six-day racer in Europe, and we were the two rough nuts, while Phil and Darbs were the two upper-class boys".

Anderson, who had a reputation as an amateur for crashing, won the 1977 Dulux Tour of the North Island in New Zealand and the Australian team time-trial championship at Brisbane in 1978. In that year he also won the Commonwealth Games road race in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. He was 19.

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