Early Professional Career
Millar's 1980 debut pro season included second in the Tour du Vaucluse to Steven Rooks and eighth in a race in which he would finish in the top eight overall in his career seven times, the Tour de Romandie. Bernard Hinault was that year's winner. Returning home for the UK National Championship, he finished fifth.
In 1981 he improved one place on the year before with his seventh place in the Tour de Romandie. 1981 was his first prominent finish in another race in which he would again consistently impress, the Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré. Hinault was winner that year. Millar finished seventh as per the Tour de Romandie and was the first of six occasions in which he would end the Dauphiné in the top nine in the General Classification.
1982 saw Millar again finish seventh in the Tour de Romandie. In the second year of the Tour de l'Avenir being opened to profesionals, Millar finished second to Greg LeMond.
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