Alex Peters
British cyclist (born 1994)
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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.
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Hackney, London, United Kingdom
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
In 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]
Peters returned to cycling joining the British team SwiftCarbon Pro Cycling in 2021.
Personal life
Peters resides in East London.
Major results
- 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
