Alex Peters

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Alex Peters
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Peters at the 2016 Nokere Koerse.
Personal information
Full nameAlex James Peters
Born (1994-03-31) 31 March 1994 (age 27)
Hackney, London, United Kingdom
Team information
Current teamSwiftCarbon Pro Cycling
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Amateur teams
2006Lee Valley Youth Cycling Club
2009–2011Cycling Club Hackney
2012Mosquito Bikes
Professional teams
2013–2014Madison Genesis
2015SEG Racing
2015Team Sky (stagiaire)
2016Team Sky
2017SEG Racing Academy
2020Canyon dhb p/b Soreen[1]
2021–SwiftCarbon Pro Cycling

Alex James Peters (born 31 March 1994) is an English cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Continental team SwiftCarbon Pro Cycling.[2][3] Peters previously rode professionally between 2013 and 2017 for the Madison Genesis, Team Sky and SEG Racing Academy teams.

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]

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 Jersey yellow.svg Overall Tour of the Reservoir
1st Stage 1
2nd Overall Rás Tailteann
1st Jersey white.svg Young rider classification
2015
2nd Overall Tour de Normandie
1st Jersey white.svg Young rider classification
7th Overall Tour de Bretagne
1st Stage 4
9th Flèche Ardennaise
2016
6th Japan Cup
2021
1st Ryedale Grand Prix

References[]

  1. ^ Ballinger, Alex (6 December 2019). "Alex Peters is making his comeback after leaving Team Sky in 2016". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
  2. ^ "SwiftCarbon Pro Cycling". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 25 February 2021. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
  3. ^ Hickmott, Larry (21 December 2020). "News: SwiftCarbon Reveals 2021 Lineup". VeloUK. LH Publishing. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
  4. ^ Cycling News. "Team Sky add Geoghegan Hart and Peters as stagiaires". Cyclingnews.com.
  5. ^ "Team Sky new boy Alex Peters prepared for steep learning curve".
  6. ^ Wynn, Nigel (9 January 2017). "Alex Peters will not race for Team Sky during 2017". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  7. ^ "British Junior Men's Road Series Winners – The Definitive List". .

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