Peter McDonald (cyclist)
Personal information | |
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Full name | Peter McDonald |
Born | (1978-09-22) 22 September 1978 (age 45) Coonabarabran, Australia |
Team information | |
Current team | Retired |
Discipline | Road |
Role | Rider |
Professional teams | |
2006–2007 | FRF Couriers–Caravello |
2008–2010 | Drapac–Porsche Development Program |
2011 | V Australia |
2012 | Plan B Racing Team |
Major wins | |
National Road Race Championships (2009) | |
Peter McDonald (born 22 September 1978) is an Australian former professional road cyclist. He won the Australian National Road Race Championships in 2009.[1][2]
McDonald grew up in Armidale in country NSW. Both of his parents were school teachers. He worked as a school teacher in Darwin for a couple of years before returning to NSW where he began work as a bicycle courier in Sydney. A fellow courier introduced him to racing at Randwick Botany Cycling Club located at Heffron Park in Sydney's south east. Eventually he began to ride full-time for a number of smaller local teams. Coached by Adam Hogan of Cheeky Transport Bike shop he won Australia's Grafton-Inverell race, and won first National Road series win in Victoria at Bright. This led to riding for the Drapac Porsche team.
Major results
- 2006
- 4th Road race, National Road Championships
- 2007
- 3rd Overall FBD Insurance Ras
- 2008
- 4th Overall Tour de Taiwan
- 1st Stage 3
- 7th Overall Tour de Hokkaido
- 1st Stage 5
- 2009
- 1st Overall UCI Oceania Tour
- 1st Road race, National Road Championships
- 1st Overall Tour of Wellington
- 1st Stage 2
- 2nd Overall Tour de Taiwan
- 10th Overall Ronde de l'Oise
- 2010
- 2nd Japan Cup Cycle Road Race
- 4th Overall Tour de Langkawi
- 1st Mountains classification
- 6th Overall Tour of Wellington
- 1st Stage 1
References
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- Andrew Ralston, NZ (1901)
- HG O'Callaghan (1902)
- Jack Arnst, NZ (1903)
- Tom Larcombe (1904)
- William Hawley (1905)
- H Mehrtens, NZ (1906)
- Tom Larcombe (1907)
- M Chappell (1908)
- Iddo Munro (1909)
- Joe Pianto (1910)
- Phil O'Shea, NZ (1911)
- Phil O'Shea, NZ (1922–1923)
- Hubert Opperman (1924)
- Harold Smith (1925)
- Hubert Opperman (1926–1927)
- Hubert Opperman (1929)
- Richard Lamb (1930)
- Matt Lynch (1931)
- Richard Lamb (1932)
- Hefty Stuart (1933)
- Clinton Beasley (1935)
- Alan Angus (1936–1937)
- Dean Toseland (1938–1939)
- Max Rowley (1946)
- Jack Bates (1947)
- Duncan Hunter (1948)
- Max Rowley (1949)
- Keith Rowley (1950)
- John Beasley (1951)
- Neil Peadon (1952)
- Alby Saunders (1953)
- Eddie Smith (1954–1955)
- Russell Mockridge (1956–1958)
- Fred Roche (1959)
- Fred Roche (1960)
- Neville Veale (1961)
- John O'Sullivan (1962)
- Warwick Dalton (1963)
- Barry Waddell (1964)
- Matt Martino (1965)
- Kerry Hoole (1966)
- Graeme Gilmore (1967)
- Barry Waddell (1968)
- Robert Whetters (1969)
- Graham McVilly (1970–1971)
- Kevin Spencer (1972)
- Kerry Hoole (1973)
- Graham Rowley (1974)
- Donald Wilson (1975)
- Peter Besanko (1976)
- Donald Wilson (1977)
- John Trevorrow (1978–1979)
- John Trevorrow (1980)
- Clyde Sefton (1981)
- Wayne Hildred (1982)
- Terry Hammond (1983)
- Peter Besanko (1984)
- Laurie Venn (1985)
- Wayne Hildred (1986)
- Allan Dipple (1987)
- Paul Miller (1988)
- Gary Clively (1989)
- Damian McDonald (1990)
- Neil Stephens (1991)
- David McFarlane (1992)
- Edward Salas (1993)
- Neil Stephens (1994)
- Robbie McEwen (1995)
- Nick Gates (1996)
- Jonathan Hall (1997)
- David McKenzie (1998)
- Henk Vogels (1999)
- Jamie Drew (2000)
- Steve Williams (2001)
- Robbie McEwen (2002)
- Stuart O'Grady (2003)
- Matthew Wilson (2004)
- Robbie McEwen (2005)
- Russell Van Hout (2006)
- Darren Lapthorne (2007)
- Matthew Lloyd (2008)
- Peter McDonald (2009)
- Travis Meyer (2010)
- Jack Bobridge (2011)
- Simon Gerrans (2012)
- Luke Durbridge (2013)
- Simon Gerrans (2014)
- Heinrich Haussler (2015)
- Jack Bobridge (2016)
- Miles Scotson (2017)
- Alex Edmondson (2018)
- Michael Freiberg (2019)
- Cameron Meyer (2020–2021)
- Luke Plapp (2022–2024)