Alex James Peters (born 31 March 1994) is an English cyclist, who last rode for UCI Continental team Ribble Weldtite. Peters previously rode professionally between 2013 and 2017 for the Madison Genesis, Team Sky and SEG Racing Academy teams.
.JPG) Peters at the 2016 Nokere Koerse. | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Alex James Peters |
| Born | 31 March 1994 Hackney, London, United Kingdom |
| Team information | |
| Current team | SwiftCarbon Pro Cycling |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Amateur teams | |
| 2006 | Lee Valley Youth Cycling Club |
| 2009–2011 | Cycling Club Hackney |
| 2012 | Mosquito Bikes |
| Professional teams | |
| 2013–2014 | Madison Genesis |
| 2015 | SEG Racing |
| 2015 | Team Sky (stagiaire) |
| 2016 | Team Sky |
| 2017 | SEG Racing Academy |
| 2020 | Canyon dhb p/b Soreen[1] |
| 2021 | SwiftCarbon Pro Cycling |
| 2022 | Ribble Weldtite[2][3] |
Career
editIn 2014, whilst riding for Madison Genesis, he came second overall in the Rás Tailteann stage race.
In July 2015 it was announced that he would join Team Sky as a stagiaire for the rest of 2015,[4] becoming a fully fledged team member on 1 January 2016.[5] In January 2017 it was announced that Peters and Team Sky had reached an agreement for him to leave the team and return to SEG Racing Academy for the 2017 season, due to struggling with personal issues.[6]
Major results
edit- 2011
- 4th Road race, National Junior Road Championships
- 2012
- 1st Overall National Junior Road Series[7]
- 1st Stage 1 (ITT) Junior Tour of Wales
- 2014
- 1st
Overall Tour of the Reservoir
- 1st Stage 1
- 2nd Overall Rás Tailteann
- 1st
Young rider classification
- 1st
- 2015
- 2nd Overall Tour de Normandie
- 1st Young rider classification
- 1st
- 7th Overall Tour de Bretagne
- 1st Stage 4
- 9th Flèche Ardennaise
- 2016
- 6th Japan Cup
- 2021
- 1st Ryedale Grand Prix
- 2023
- 5th Timmy James Memorial Grand Prix
References
edit- ^ Ballinger, Alex (6 December 2019). "Alex Peters is making his comeback after leaving Team Sky in 2016". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
- ^ "SwiftCarbon Pro Cycling". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 25 February 2021. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
- ^ Hickmott, Larry (21 December 2020). "News: SwiftCarbon Reveals 2021 Lineup". VeloUK. LH Publishing. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
- ^ Cycling News. "Team Sky add Geoghegan Hart and Peters as stagiaires". Cyclingnews.com.
- ^ "Team Sky new boy Alex Peters prepared for steep learning curve".
- ^ Wynn, Nigel (9 January 2017). "Alex Peters will not race for Team Sky during 2017". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
- ^ "British Junior Men's Road Series Winners – The Definitive List". Bikesy.co.uk.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Alex Peters (cyclist).
- Alex Peters at UCI
- Alex Peters at Cycling Archives (archived)
- Alex Peters at ProCyclingStats
- Alex Peters at Cycling Quotient
