Roger Hammond (cyclist)

Roger Hammond (cyclist)
Roger Hammond (born 30 January 1974) 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.
He joined the Ineos Grenadiers in October 2021 as head of racing.
Hammond has also worked as a pundit for ITV4, providing analysis of the Vuelta a España.
Major results
Cyclo-cross
1991–1992
1st UCI World Junior Championships
1993–1994
1st National Championships
1999–2000
1st National Championships
2000–2001
1st National Championships
2001–2002
1st National Championships
National Trophy Series
1st Leicestershire
1st London
2002–2003
1st National Championships
2003–2004
1st National Championships
National Trophy Series
1st Leicestershire
2005–2006
1st National Championships
2007–2008
1st National Championships
2008–2009
3rd National Championships
Road
1998
2nd Road race, National Road Championships
2000
1st Archer Grand Prix
1st Grand Prix Bodson
2nd Grand Prix Fayt-Le-Franc
3rd Schaal Sels
10th Gent–Wevelgem
2001
1st Textielprijs Vichte
2nd Grand Prix Pino Cerami
3rd Veenendaal–Veenendaal
4th Le Samyn
5th Schaal Sels
2002
1st Tour Beneden-Maas
1st Grote 1-MeiPrijs
1st Sprints classification, Tour of Rhodes
4th Road race, National Road Championships
5th Schaal Sels
2003
1st Road race, National Road Championships
1st Overall Uniqa Classic
1st Points classification
1st Stage 2
2nd GP Jef Scherens Leuven
2nd Stage 5 Étoile de Bessèges
8th Gent–Wevelgem
8th Paris–Bourges
2004
1st Road race, National Road Championships
3rd Paris–Roubaix
3rd Dwars door Vlaanderen
3rd Grand Prix Rudy Dhaenens
6th Le Samyn
6th Gent–Wevelgem
7th Road race, Olympic Games
2005
1st Stage 2 Tour of Britain
2nd Dwars door Vlaanderen
2nd Nationale Sluitingsprijs
2006
1st Stage 2 Tour of Britain
2nd Road race, National Road Championships
2007
2nd Gent–Wevelgem
2008
10th Gent–Wevelgem
2009
3rd Overall Tour of Qatar
1st Stage 2
3rd Overall Tour of Denmark
3rd Overall Tour de l'Eurométropole
4th Paris–Bourges
5th Road race, National Road Championships
2010
4th Paris–Roubaix
7th Tour of Flanders
Classic results timeline
References
1974 births
Living people
British male cyclists
English male cyclists
Cyclo-cross cyclists
Cyclists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Cyclists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Olympic cyclists for Great Britain
British cycling road race champions
Alumni of Brunel University London
People from Chalfont St Peter
People educated at Dr Challoner's Grammar School
English sports executives and administrators
Cyclists at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
Cyclists at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
Commonwealth Games competitors for England