Roger Edward Hammond is a retired British cyclist who also served as a sports director following his cycling career. Hammond was born on 30 January 1974 in Harlington, and he excelled at both cyclocross and road cycling.
In 1992, Hammond won the junior cyclocross world championship to launch his professional career. From 1994 and 2008, he won eight times the British national championship. In 1998, he got his first contract with Belgium’s Palmans-Ideal, an international cycling team.
Hammond concentrated in traditional one-day events during his whole career. He was the British national road race champion in 2003 and 2004 and won the Archer Grand Prix in 2000. He finished third at the 2004 Paris-Roubaix and seventh at the 2004 Olympic road race in Athens. Moreover, Hammond won a stage in both the 2005 and 2006 Tour of Britain, as well as the 2009 Tour of Qatar. He also placed second in the 2007 Gent-Wevelgem and seventh in the 2007 Paris-Roubaix. In addition, Hammond competed in the 2008 Olympic Games, but did not finish.
Hammond left the professional cycling circuit in 2012. After retiring, he started working as the sports director for the British Continental Team Madison Genesis. He joined the UCI WorldTeam Dimension Data in 2016 and assisted Mark Cavendish in winning four stages of the 2016 Tour de France.
Hammond’s greatest accomplishments include winning the junior world championship in cyclocross in 1992 and winning many British national championships in both cyclocross and road racing. Also, he won the Archer Grand Prix in 2000 and stages in multiple editions of the Tour of Britain and Tour of Qatar.
Year | Achievement |
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1992 | Junior World Champion in Cyclocross |
1994 | British Champion in Cyclocross |
2000 | British Champion in Cyclocross and Archer Grand Prix |
2003 | British Road Race Champion |
2004 | British Road Race Champion and 3rd at Paris-Roubaix |
2005 | Stage win at Tour of Britain |
2006 | British Champion in Cyclocross and stage win at Tour of Britain |
2007 | 2nd in Gent-Wevelgem and 7th at Paris-Roubaix |
2008 | British Champion in Cyclocross |
2009 | Stage win at Tour of Qatar |
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