Roger Hammond (cyclist)

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.<ref>The Guardian Buckley, Will: "Hammond handles his personal hell". The Guardian, 22 April 2007. Retrieved 25 June 2007.</ref> 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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> He repeated this achievement four years later at the 2002 Commonwealth Games.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

He was the British road champion in 2003 and 2004. He rode for Template:UCI team code in 2005–2006, for Template:UCI team code in 2007–2008, for Template:UCI team code in 2009–2010, and Template:UCI team code in 2011.<ref>Slipstream Sports Template:Webarchive Slipstream Sports: "Press release: Slipstream Sports Announces Additions to 2011 Roster" 1 September 2010. Retrieved 4 December 2010.</ref> 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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In November 2015 he announced that he would join Template:UCI team code as a sports director for the 2016 season, initially combining the position with his Madison-Genesis role.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> He returned to Madison-Genesis for the team's last season in 2019.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Hammond was in December 2019 named as performance director for the Bahrain-McLaren team for the 2020 season.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

He joined the Ineos Grenadiers in October 2021 as head of racing.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Hammond has also worked as a pundit for ITV4, providing analysis of the Vuelta a España.<ref>Template:Cite press release</ref>

Major results

Cyclo-cross

1991–1992

1st File:Jersey rainbow.svg UCI World Junior Championships

1993–1994

1st File:MaillotReinoUnido.PNG National Championships

1999–2000

1st File:MaillotReinoUnido.PNG National Championships

2000–2001

1st File:MaillotReinoUnido.PNG National Championships

2001–2002

1st File:MaillotReinoUnido.PNG National Championships

National Trophy Series

1st Leicestershire

1st London

2002–2003

1st File:MaillotReinoUnido.PNG National Championships

2003–2004

1st File:MaillotReinoUnido.PNG National Championships

National Trophy Series

1st Leicestershire

2005–2006

1st File:MaillotReinoUnido.PNG National Championships

2007–2008

1st File:MaillotReinoUnido.PNG 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 File:MaillotReinoUnido.PNG Road race, National Road Championships

1st File:Jersey yellow.svg Overall Uniqa Classic

1st File:Jersey green.svg Points classification

1st Stage 2

2nd GP Jef Scherens Leuven

2nd Stage 5 Étoile de Bessèges

8th Gent–Wevelgem

8th Paris–Bourges

2004

1st File:MaillotReinoUnido.PNG 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

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

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Roger Hammond in the 2006 Tour of Britain in London