Roger Hammond (cyclist)

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Roger Hammond
Hammond at the 2016 Tour of Britain
Personal information
Full nameRoger Hammond
Born (1974-01-30) 30 January 1974 (age 51)
Oxford
Height1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight74 kg (163 lb; 11.7 st)
Team information
Current teamIneos Grenadiers
DisciplineRoad and Cyclo-cross
RoleLead Sports Director
Rider (retired)
Rider typeClassics Specialist
Professional teams
1998–2004Palmans–Ideal
2005–2006Discovery Channel
2007–2008T-Mobile Team
2009–2010Cervélo TestTeam
2011Garmin–Cervélo
Managerial teams
2013–2016, 2019Madison Genesis
2016–2018Team Dimension Data
2020–2021Bahrain–McLaren
2021–Ineos Grenadiers
Major wins
Cyclo-cross
National Championships
(1994, 2000–2004, 2006, 2008)
Road

One-Day Races and Classics

National Road Race Championships
(2003, 2004)

Roger Hammond (born 30 January 1974) is a male English retired bicycle racer, specialising in cyclo-cross and road cycling.

Education

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Hammond grew up in Chalfont St Peter in Buckinghamshire and attended Dr Challoner's Grammar School as a teenager.[1] 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

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Hammond represented England in the road race event, at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.[2] He repeated this achievement four years later at the 2002 Commonwealth Games.[3]

He was the British road champion in 2003 and 2004. He rode for Discovery Channel in 2005–2006, for Team High Road in 2007–2008, for Cervélo TestTeam in 2009–2010, and Garmin–Cervélo in 2011.[4] Hammond rode for the Great Britain team in the 2005 and 2006 Tour of Britain. During his pro career he performed well in the spring classics including a 3rd place finish on the 2004 edition of Paris-Roubaix which followed on from his 3rd place finish in the 2004 edition of Dwars door Vlaanderen. In the 2005 running of Dwars door Vlaanderen he went one better finishing 2nd. In 2007 Hammond matched his best classic result coming 2nd at Gent–Wevelgem.

Hammond is also an 8 times British cyclo-cross champion.

Post cycling

[edit]

In July 2012 Roger Hammond was announced as the team manager of the newly formed Madison-Genesis team.[5] In November 2015 he announced that he would join Team Dimension Data as a sports director for the 2016 season, initially combining the position with his Madison-Genesis role.[6] He returned to Madison-Genesis for the team's last season in 2019.[7]

Hammond was in December 2019 named as performance director for the Bahrain-McLaren team for the 2020 season.[8]

He joined the Ineos Grenadiers in October 2021 as head of racing.[9]

Hammond has also worked as a pundit for ITV4, providing analysis of the Vuelta a España.[10]

Major results

[edit]

Cyclo-cross

[edit]
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

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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

[edit]
Monument19981999200020012002200320042005200620072008200920102011
Milan–San Remo2128423592DNF147
Tour of Flanders7371DNF483052DNFDNF31137108
Paris–Roubaix173OTL24723144DNF
Liège–Bastogne–LiègeDNFDNF
Giro di Lombardiadid not contest during his career
Classic19981999200020012002200320042005200620072008200920102011
Omloop Het NieuwsbladDNF3429DNFDNF59164345611974
Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne1728312113DNF53135197DNF
Dwars door Vlaanderen2325221732161544111374
E3 Prijs VlaanderenDNFDNF7316825826DNF834291
Gent–WevelgemDNF1022DNF86DNF21074OTL154
Roger Hammond in the 2006 Tour of Britain in London

References

[edit]
  1. ^ The Guardian Buckley, Will: "Hammond handles his personal hell". The Guardian, 22 April 2007. Retrieved 25 June 2007.
  2. ^ "1998 Athletes". Team England.
  3. ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 3 January 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
  4. ^ Slipstream Sports Archived 12 September 2012 at archive.today Slipstream Sports: "Press release: Slipstream Sports Announces Additions to 2011 Roster" 1 September 2010. Retrieved 4 December 2010.
  5. ^ "Roger Hammond to manage new Madison Genesis team". 24 July 2012.
  6. ^ Windsor, Richard (18 November 2015). "Roger Hammond joins Dimension Data as sports director". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 18 November 2015.
  7. ^ "Hammond to return to Madison Genesis as directeur sportif". Cycling News. 6 November 2018. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  8. ^ Ballinger, Alex (4 December 2019). "Bahrain-Merida confirm new team name for 2020". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  9. ^ "Roger Hammond joins Ineos Grenadiers as management changes continue". Cycling News. 30 October 2021. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
  10. ^ "La Vuelta a España 2014" (Press release). ITV (TV channel). 16 August 2014. Retrieved 24 August 2014.

    Roger Hammond
    Hammond at the 2016 Tour of Britain
    Personal information
    Full nameRoger Hammond
    Born (1974-01-30) 30 January 1974 (age 51)
    Oxford
    Height1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
    Weight74 kg (163 lb; 11.7 st)
    Team information
    Current teamIneos Grenadiers
    DisciplineRoad and Cyclo-cross
    RoleLead Sports Director
    Rider (retired)
    Rider typeClassics Specialist
    Professional teams
    1998–2004Palmans–Ideal
    2005–2006Discovery Channel
    2007–2008T-Mobile Team
    2009–2010Cervélo TestTeam
    2011Garmin–Cervélo
    Managerial teams
    2013–2016, 2019Madison Genesis
    2016–2018Team Dimension Data
    2020–2021Bahrain–McLaren
    2021–Ineos Grenadiers
    Major wins
    Cyclo-cross
    National Championships
    (1994, 2000–2004, 2006, 2008)
    Road

    One-Day Races and Classics

    National Road Race Championships
    (2003, 2004)

    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.[1] 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.[2] He repeated this achievement four years later at the 2002 Commonwealth Games.[3]

    He was the British road champion in 2003 and 2004. He rode for Discovery Channel in 2005–2006, for Team High Road in 2007–2008, for Cervélo TestTeam in 2009–2010, and Garmin–Cervélo in 2011.[4] Hammond rode for the Great Britain team in the 2005 and 2006 Tour of Britain. During his pro career he performed well in the spring classics including a 3rd place finish on the 2004 edition of Paris-Roubaix which followed on from his 3rd place finish in the 2004 edition of Dwars door Vlaanderen. In the 2005 running of Dwars door Vlaanderen he went one better finishing 2nd. In 2007 Hammond matched his best classic result coming 2nd at Gent–Wevelgem.

    Hammond is also an 8 times British cyclo-cross champion.

    Post cycling

    In July 2012 Roger Hammond was announced as the team manager of the newly formed Madison-Genesis team.[5] In November 2015 he announced that he would join Team Dimension Data as a sports director for the 2016 season, initially combining the position with his Madison-Genesis role.[6] He returned to Madison-Genesis for the team's last season in 2019.[7]

    Hammond was in December 2019 named as performance director for the Bahrain-McLaren team for the 2020 season.[8]

    He joined the Ineos Grenadiers in October 2021 as head of racing.[9]

    Hammond has also worked as a pundit for ITV4, providing analysis of the Vuelta a España.[10]

    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

    Monument19981999200020012002200320042005200620072008200920102011
    Milan–San Remo2128423592DNF147
    Tour of Flanders7371DNF483052DNFDNF31137108
    Paris–Roubaix173OTL24723144DNF
    Liège–Bastogne–LiègeDNFDNF
    Giro di Lombardiadid not contest during his career
    Classic19981999200020012002200320042005200620072008200920102011
    Omloop Het NieuwsbladDNF3429DNFDNF59164345611974
    Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne1728312113DNF53135197DNF
    Dwars door Vlaanderen2325221732161544111374
    E3 Prijs VlaanderenDNFDNF7316825826DNF834291
    Gent–WevelgemDNF1022DNF86DNF21074OTL154
    Roger Hammond in the 2006 Tour of Britain in London

    References

    1. ^ The Guardian Buckley, Will: "Hammond handles his personal hell". The Guardian, 22 April 2007. Retrieved 25 June 2007.
    2. ^ "1998 Athletes". Team England.
    3. ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 3 January 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
    4. ^ Slipstream Sports Archived 12 September 2012 at archive.today Slipstream Sports: "Press release: Slipstream Sports Announces Additions to 2011 Roster" 1 September 2010. Retrieved 4 December 2010.
    5. ^ "Roger Hammond to manage new Madison Genesis team". 24 July 2012.
    6. ^ Windsor, Richard (18 November 2015). "Roger Hammond joins Dimension Data as sports director". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 18 November 2015.
    7. ^ "Hammond to return to Madison Genesis as directeur sportif". Cycling News. 6 November 2018. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
    8. ^ Ballinger, Alex (4 December 2019). "Bahrain-Merida confirm new team name for 2020". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
    9. ^ "Roger Hammond joins Ineos Grenadiers as management changes continue". Cycling News. 30 October 2021. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
    10. ^ "La Vuelta a España 2014" (Press release). ITV (TV channel). 16 August 2014. Retrieved 24 August 2014.
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