Peter Rogers (born 24 October 1974 in Barham, New South Wales) is a former Australian professional road racing cyclist.
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Peter is the oldest of three brothers, all successful cyclists[1] His younger brother Deane Rogers was the first ever Australian Junior World Champion, winning the Time Trial in Quito, Ecuador in 1994[2] His youngest brother, Michael Rogers is a professional cyclist.[3] 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.[4] 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.[5]
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.
1997 GIANT-Australian Institute of Sport
1999 Die Continentale-Olympia
2000 Team Hohenfelder-Concorde
2001 Team Hohenfelder-Concorde
2002 iTeamnova.com