Philippa York was born on Robert Millar on 13 September 1958 and is a Scottish journalist and former professional road racing cyclist.
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19 Facts About Robert Millar
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Robert Millar reduced her public commitments in 2000 following hostile stories regarding rumours of her gender transition, and after an appearance as Millar at the 2002 Commonwealth Games left public life altogether.
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Robert Millar initially began riding for Glenmarnock Wheelers cycling club and quickly established herself as a leading amateur road racing rider.
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Robert Millar was a relatively small man meaning she had comparatively less weight to carry uphill and she excelled as a specialist hill and mountain cyclist.
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Robert Millar won the Scottish junior title in 1976 and was Scottish hill-climb champion the following year.
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Robert Millar was twenty-first in the Milk Race, and won the British amateur road race championship.
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Robert Millar ended the race in sixth overall behind winner Sean Kelly, Stephen Roche, Bernard Hinault, Michel Laurent and Phil Anderson.
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Robert Millar was forty-one seconds ahead of Luis Herrera with Delgado a further twenty seconds behind in third.
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Robert Millar retained this to the end of stage seventeen between Gap and Serre Chevalier.
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Robert Millar rode only one grand tour for the first time since 1984, and she had her best placing in the tour since the 1984 race.
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Robert Millar won stage ten of the 1989 Tour de France from Cauterets to Superbagneres.
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Robert Millar was second in the debut edition of the Classique des Alpes, fourth in the Criterium du Dauphine Libere, fourth in the Tour of Britain and fifth in the Grand Prix of the Americas.
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Robert Millar finished the Tour de France in seventy-second place, the only one of her eight finishes in the tour that was outside the top twenty-five.
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Robert Millar was fined £1,100, lost her third place on the stage, incurred a 10-minute time penalty and was given a three-month suspended ban.
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Robert Millar worked in journalism, writing for several cycling magazines.
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Robert Millar remained a private figure, but following her announcement of her gender transition joined the ITV4 commentary team for the 2017 Tour de France.
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In 2011, Robert Millar authored analytical opinions for Cyclingnews during the Tour de France.
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Robert Millar won't speak to journalists and the team itself [Panasonic] is becoming discontented with Robert this year.
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Robert Millar is not related to David Millar, a fellow road cyclist from the west of Scotland whose main success came in the mid-2000s.
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