Roger Hammond (cyclist)


Roger Hammond is a male English retired bicycle racer, specialising in cyclo-cross and road cycling.

Education

Hammond grew up in Chalfont St Peter in Buckinghamshire and attended Dr Challoner's Grammar School as a teenager. While still at school he won the 1992 world junior cyclo-cross championship in Leeds, but elected to concentrate on his university studies before pursuing a cycling career.

Cycling career

Hammond represented England in the road race event, at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. He repeated this achievement four years later at the 2002 Commonwealth Games.
He was the British road champion in 2003 and 2004. He rode for in 2005-2006, for in 2007–2008, for in 2009–2010, and in 2011. Hammond rode for the Great Britain team in the 2005 and 2006 Tour of Britain.

Post cycling

In July 2012 Roger Hammond was announced as the Team Manager of the newly formed Madison-Genesis team. In November 2015 he announced that he would join as a sports director for the 2016 season, initially combining the position with his Madison-Genesis role. He returned to Madison-Genesis for the team's last season in 2019.
Hammond was in December 2019 named as performance director for the Bahrain-McLaren team for the 2020 season.
Hammond has also worked as a pundit for ITV4, providing analysis of the Vuelta a España.

Major results

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;1994
;1998
;2000
;2001
;2002
;2003
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;2009
;2010
in London