Roger Hammond (born 30 January 1974) is a male English retired bicycle racer, specialising in cyclo-cross and road cycling.
 Hammond at the 2016 Tour of Britain | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Roger Hammond |
| Born | 30 January 1974 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 | |
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Education
editHammond 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
editHammond 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.
Post cycling
editIn 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
editCyclo-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
edit- 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
- 1st
- 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| 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 |
References
edit- ^ The Guardian Buckley, Will: "Hammond handles his personal hell". The Guardian, 22 April 2007. Retrieved 25 June 2007.
- ^ "1998 Athletes". Team England.
- ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Roger Hammond to manage new Madison Genesis team". 24 July 2012.
- ^ Windsor, Richard (18 November 2015). "Roger Hammond joins Dimension Data as sports director". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 18 November 2015.
- ^ "Hammond to return to Madison Genesis as directeur sportif". Cycling News. 6 November 2018. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
- ^ Ballinger, Alex (4 December 2019). "Bahrain-Merida confirm new team name for 2020". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
- ^ "Roger Hammond joins Ineos Grenadiers as management changes continue". Cycling News. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
- ^ "La Vuelta a España 2014" (Press release). ITV (TV channel). 16 August 2014. Retrieved 24 August 2014.