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Amateur

1976: Scottish junior RR champion. Six wins
1977: Six Wins
1978: British National championship; Tour of the Peak; Scottish Hill-climb championship; eight wins.
1979: ACBB: British national championship; 4th, World Championships; Merlin Plage Trophy for best amateur in France; Paris-Evreux; Route de France; GP de la Beucherie; Chrono Madaleine; six wins in France.

Professional Teams: 1980-1985 Peugeot; 1986-1987 Panasonic; 1988 Fagor; 1989-1991 Z; 1992-1994 TVM; 1995 Le Groupement.

1980: no wins
3rd Tour of Vaucluse
8th Tour of Romandie
5th National Championship
11th World Championship.

1981: No wins
7th, Tour of Romandie
7th Dauphine Libere
5th Tour de l'Aude
5th GP Gippingen
14th World Championship

1982: no wins
7th Tour of Romandie
2nd Tour de l'Avenir

1983: 1 win; Stage 10 Tour de France
3rd Dauphine Libere
14th Tour de France
37th World Championship
25th Tour of Lombardy.

1984: 3 wins; Stage two, Tour of Romandie
Stage four, Midi Libre
Stage 11 Tour de France - Mountains Jersey, Tour de France
2nd Nice-Alassio
2nd Tour of Haut Var
6th Paris-Nice
15th Liege-Baston-Liege
5th Tour of Romandie
4th Midi Libre
4th Tour de France
6th World Championship
7th Tour of Catalonia.

1985: 1 win; Tour of Catalonia overall
7th Tour of Haut Var
6th Paris-Nice
6th Criterium International
6th Tour Midi-Pyrenees
2nd Tour of Spain
9th Dauphine Libere
11th Tour de France
10th World Championship
4th GP Wallonia
3rd Tour of Piedmont.

1986: 1 win; Stage six, Tour of Spain
2nd Tour of Spain
6th Tour of Aragon
2nd Tour of Switzerland
10th GP d'Isbergues
13th Tour of Lombardy
7th Montjuich hill-climb.

1987: 2 wins; Stage, Tour of the Mediterranean
Stage 21, Giro d'Italia
6th Tour of the Mediterranean
7th Catalan Week
12th Fleche Wallone
5th Liege-Bastogne-Liege
4th Tour of Romandie
2nd Tour of Italy
19th Tour de France
21st Tour of Lombardy.

1988: no wins
9th Paris-Nice
3rd Criterium International
3rd Liege-Bastogne-Liege
6th Tour of Spain
3rd Rut de Sud
2nd Bicicleta Vasca
8th Tour of Catalonia.

1989: 4 wins; Stage four, Tour of Romandie
Stage seven, Dauphine Libere
Stage ten, Tour de France
Tour of Britain overall
7th GP Bessesges
8th GP Cannes
8th Paris-Camembert
8th Tour of Vaucluse
2nd Gp Wallonia
3rd Tour of Romandie
2nd Dauphine Libere
6th National Championship
10th Tour de France
9th GP of Americas
30th World Championship.

1990: 2 wins; Stage four, Tour of Romandie
Dauphine Libere overall
4th Tour of Andalucia
7th GP Rennes
9th Fleche Wallone
15th Liege-Bastogne-Liege
2nd Tour of Switzerland
14th Wincanton Classic
2nd Tour of Britain
4th GP Ouest France
13th GP of Americas
4th Tour of Lombardy
19th World Cup.

1991: 1 win; Stage five, Tour of Switzerland
10th Sicilian Week
2nd Tour of Romandie
2nd Classique des Alpes
4th Dauphine Libere
5th Tour of Switzerland
72nd Tour de France
22nd Wincanton Classic
4th Tour of Britain
5th GP of Americas.

1992: no wins; 9th Catalan Week
9th Liege-Bastogne-Liege
20th Tour of Spain
18th Tour de France
21st San Sebastian Classic
9th Tour of Britain
6th Tour of Lazio
7th Tour of Piedmont.

1993: no wins; 15th Tour of Spain
9th Classique des Alpes
7th Tour of Asturias
6th Midi Libre
2nd Tour of the Mining Valleys
5th National Championship
24th Tour de France
22nd San Sebastian Classic.

1994: no wins; 9th Tour of Galicia
4th Climber's Trophy
6th Coppa Piacci
7th Coppa Sabatini
16th Tour of Lombardy.

1995: one win; National Championship
9th Classique des Alpes
14th Route de Sud.

Robert Millar points out that it was not his idea to include any positions lower than third. As far as Robert is concerned if you weren't on the podium you didn't do anything worth remembering.