Peter Rogers (born 24 October 1974 in Barham,

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) is a former

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n professional

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Cycling career

Peter is the oldest of three brothers, all successful cyclists His younger brother Dean Rogers was the first ever Australian Junior World Champion, winning the Time Trial in Quito, Ecuador in 1994. His youngest brother, Michael Rogers is a professional cyclist. who has won three world time-trial championships. Peter started competitive cycling at age 11 with the Griffith Cycling Club. After a racing season in The Netherlands, he turned professional in 1997 at age 23 with the Giant-Australian Institute of Sport team under the GIANT-AIS Sports Director and Australian National Coach, German born

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. During this period the team's European headquarters were in Koblenz/Hahn, Germany. He represented Australia in the road race and time trial at the

1998 Commonwealth Games The 1998 Commonwealth Games ''(Malay: Sukan Komanwel 1998)'', officially known as the XVI Commonwealth Games ''(Malay: Sukan Komanwel ke-16)'', was a multi-sport event held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. This edition is marked by several unprecedent ...

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, Malaysia, he helped

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win the gold medal in the road race and finished 9th in the time trial.Commonwealth Games Cycling Teams
/ref> In 2001 Peter signed for the infamous Linda McCartney Racing Team and was to join the outfit that nurtured the likes of

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and

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but the team failed to start its European program after it was declared bankrupt, leaving riders and team personnel without a job. Peter was unable to find an appropriate contract for the remainder of the year. Peter represented Australia at 2 professional world championships in 1997 (San Sebastien) and 1998 (Verona). In 1998, after the dissolution of the Australian GIANT-AIS Cycling Team, Rogers then went, along with GIANT-AIS teammate Matt White through

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team (1998) and to various German teams, such as Olympia-Die Continentale (1999), Team Hohenfelder-Concorde (2000) and the Australian-based team Iteamnova.com in 2002 before he retired from road racing. Rogers lives in

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Proteams

* 1997 GIANT-Australian Institute of Sport * 1998 * 1999 Die Continentale-Olympia * 2000 Team Hohenfelder-Concorde * 2001 Linda McCartney Racing Team * 2002 iTeamnova.com

Palmares

;1996 : 2nd Overall

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(The Netherlands) : 2nd Overall U23

Tour of Sweden The Tour of Sweden (or Postgirot Open) was an annual professional road bicycle racing stage race held in Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's f ...

: 3rd Overall

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(GER) : 1st. Stage 5 Commonwealth Bank Cycle Classic (AUS) : 1st. Stage 14 Commonwealth Bank Cycle Classic (AUS) ;1997 : 2nd Stage 1 Bayclassic Crit. Series (AUS) : 3rd Overall

Tour of Japan The Tour of Japan is an annual professional road bicycle racing stage race held in Japan since 1996 as part of the UCI Asia Tour. It is sanctioned by the International Cycling Union (UCI) as a 2.1 category race. History Tour of Japan was formed a ...

: 3rd Overall Commonwealth Bank Cycle Classic (AUS) : 5th Overall CoreStates Invitational (USA) : 8th Overall

(GER) ;1999 : 1st Stage 2a

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(GER) : 1st Stage 1

Herald Sun Tour The Herald Sun Tour is an Australian professional bicycle race held in Melbourne and provincial Victoria, sanctioned by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI). The first tour was held in October 1952 as a six-day event. It is now held annually ...

(AUS) ;2001 : 2nd Stage 5

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;2002 : 2nd Stage 7

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: 1st Stage 1 TTT

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(NZL)

References

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Rogers, Peter 1974 births Living people Australian male cyclists Commonwealth Games competitors for Australia Cyclists from New South Wales Cyclists at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Australian Institute of Sport cyclists ACT Academy of Sport alumni