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| Personal information | |
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| Full name | Allan Peiper |
| Born | 26 April 1960 Alexandra, Victoria, Australia |
| Team information | |
| Current team | HTC-Highroad |
| Role | Technical director |
| Amateur team(s) | |
| Hawthorn Citizens' Youth Club ACBB |
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| Professional team(s) | |
| 1983–1985 1986 1987–1989 1990 1991–1992 |
Peugeot Panasonic Panasonic - Isostar Panasonic - Sportlife Tulip Computers |
| Managerial team(s) | |
| 2005–2006 2007–2011 2012– |
Davitamon-Lotto Team Columbia-High Road Garmin-Cervélo |
| Infobox last updated on 12 August 2011 |
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Allan Peiper (born 26 April 1960) is a former Australian road cyclist, who competed in five Tour De France races, with the last being the 1992 Tour de France. He is now a directeur sportif with Team Columbia.
Born in Alexandra, Victoria, Australia, Peiper had a tough upbringing, his father was a violent drunk and his mother worked herself to exhaustion to make ends meet. He disliked school, and would sign the register before skipping off to go training. He won the Australian national junior pursuit championship, and from there on his career progressed.[1]
Once he started working, Peiper saved his wages from his factory job in order to travel to Europe. At the age of 16, he headed for Ghent, Belgium, where he lived in a shared room of a butchers shop, before going to live with the family of Eddy Planckaert.[1]
In 1982 he joined the ACBB (Athletic Club de Boulogne Billencourt), Europe’s most successful sports club. Outstanding performances followed, which led to him being offered a professional contract with the Peugeot cycling team. At Peugeot he raced alongside fellow former ACBB riders Sean Yates, Stephen Roche and Phil Anderson. After three seasons with Peugeot he joined the Dutch Panasonic team. In 1991 he then joined the Belgium team Tulip Computers.
He has been described as "a typical gutsy, attacking Australian roadman with an impressive professional palmarés".[1]
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Allan Peiper has been involved in the running of several professional cycling teams, including T-Mobile, High-Road, and Columbia. He has played a mentoring role in the careers of several riders, including the highly successful road-sprinter Mark Cavendish.
