ROBERT MILLAR
The Yellow Jersey Companion to the Tour de France Edited by Les Woodland b. Glasgow, Scotland, Sep 13 1958 Robert Millar is a tiny Scottish CLIMBER who in 1984 became the only Briton to win the MOUNTAINS Competition . His fourth place in the 1984 Tour is BRITAIN's best ever result. The writer Robin Magowan said of him, With his distinctive pointy nose he looks more like a Dickensian chimney-sweep . A French writer said his miniature size reminded him of an asticot , or maggot. He was British AMATEUR champion in 1978 when he was 19 , and then moved to the ACBB club in Paris which had produced STEPHEN ROCHE, SHAY ELLIOTT and JONATHAN BOYER. Millar won his first race with the ACBB club in a sprint rather than over hills , and then another 12 to become FRANCE's best AMATEUR . In 1979 he won the British title again and came fourth in the world amateur championship in HOLLAND after wrenching his foot loose in the sprint. That near-miss brought him a contract with PEUGEOT, for whic...