Roger Hammond (cyclist)

Hammond 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.

Hammond 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. 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.