Name Peter Rogers Siblings Michael Rogers | Role Cyclist | |
Nieces Sofia Rogers, Matilda Rogers | ||
Peter Rogers (born 24 October 1974 in Barham, New South Wales) is a former Australian professional road racing cyclist.
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Cycling career
Peter is the oldest of three brothers, all successful cyclists His younger brother Dean Rogers was the first ever Australian Junior World Champion, winning the Time Trial in Quito, Ecuador in 1994 His youngest brother, Michael Rogers is a professional cyclist. who has won three world time-trial championships.
Peter started competitive cycling at age 14 with the Canberra Cycling Club. After a racing season in The Netherlands, he turned professional in 1997 at age 23 with the Giant-Australian Institute of Sport team under the GIANT-AIS Sports Director and Australian National Coach, German born Heiko Salzwedel. During this period the team's European headquarters were based in Koblenz/Hahn, Germany.
He represented Australia in the road race at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, but failed to finish.
In 1998, after the dissolution of the Australian GIANT-AIS Cycling Team, Rogers then went, along with GIANT-AIS team mate Matt White through Italian team Amore & Vita-ForzArcore (1998) and to various German teams, such as Olympia-Die Continentale (1999), Team Hohenfelder-Concorde (2000) and the Australian-based team Iteamnova.com in 2002 before he retired from road racing. Rogers lives in Canberra, Australia.