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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Roger Hammond |
| Born | (1974-01-30)30 January 1974 (age 51) Oxford |
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) |
| Weight | 74 kg (163 lb; 11.7 st) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Ineos Grenadiers |
| Discipline | Road and Cyclo-cross |
| Role | Lead Sports Director Rider (retired) |
| Rider type | Classics Specialist |
| Professional teams | |
| 1998–2004 | Palmans–Ideal |
| 2005–2006 | Discovery Channel |
| 2007–2008 | T-Mobile Team |
| 2009–2010 | Cervélo TestTeam |
| 2011 | Garmin–Cervélo |
| Managerial teams | |
| 2013–2016, 2019 | Madison Genesis |
| 2016–2018 | Team Dimension Data |
| 2020–2021 | Bahrain–McLaren |
| 2021– | Ineos Grenadiers |
| Major wins | |
| |
Roger Hammond (born 30 January 1974) is a maleEnglish retiredbicycle racer, specialising incyclo-cross androad cycling.
Hammond grew up inChalfont St Peter inBuckinghamshire and attendedDr 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.
Hammond representedEngland in the road race event, at the1998 Commonwealth Games inKuala Lumpur,Malaysia.[2] He repeated this achievement four years later at the2002 Commonwealth Games.[3]
He was the British road champion in 2003 and 2004. He rode forDiscovery Channel in 2005–2006, forTeam High Road in 2007–2008, forCervélo TestTeam in 2009–2010, andGarmin–Cervélo in 2011.[4] Hammond rode for the Great Britain team in the 2005 and 2006Tour 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.
In July 2012 Roger Hammond was announced as the team manager of the newly formedMadison-Genesis team.[5] In November 2015 he announced that he would joinTeam 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 theBahrain-McLaren team for the 2020 season.[8]
He joined theIneos Grenadiers in October 2021 as head of racing.[9]
Hammond has also worked as a pundit forITV4, providing analysis of theVuelta a España.[10]
UCI World Junior Championships
National ChampionshipsNational ChampionshipsNational ChampionshipsNational ChampionshipsNational ChampionshipsNational ChampionshipsNational ChampionshipsNational ChampionshipsRoad race, National Road Championships
OverallUniqa Classic
Points classificationRoad race, National Road Championships| Monument | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milan–San Remo | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 21 | 28 | 42 | 35 | 92 | DNF | 147 |
| Tour of Flanders | — | — | 73 | 71 | DNF | 48 | 30 | 52 | DNF | DNF | 31 | 13 | 7 | 108 |
| Paris–Roubaix | — | — | — | — | — | 17 | 3 | OTL | 24 | 7 | 23 | 14 | 4 | DNF |
| Liège–Bastogne–Liège | — | — | — | DNF | — | DNF | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Giro di Lombardia | did not contest during his career | |||||||||||||
| Classic | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
| Omloop Het Nieuwsblad | — | DNF | 34 | 29 | DNF | DNF | — | 59 | 16 | 43 | 45 | 61 | 19 | 74 |
| Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne | 17 | 28 | 31 | 21 | — | — | 13 | DNF | 53 | 13 | 51 | 97 | DNF | — |
| Dwars door Vlaanderen | 23 | — | — | 25 | 22 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 15 | 44 | 11 | 13 | 74 |
| E3 Prijs Vlaanderen | DNF | DNF | — | — | 73 | 16 | 8 | 25 | 8 | 26 | DNF | 83 | 42 | 91 |
| Gent–Wevelgem | DNF | — | 10 | 22 | DNF | 8 | 6 | DNF | — | 2 | 10 | 74 | OTL | 154 |
