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 30)
Hackney, London, United Kingdom
Team information
Current team SwiftCarbon Pro Cycling
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Amateur teams
2006Lee Valley Youth Cycling Club
2009–2011Cycling Club Hackney
2012Mosquito Bikes
Professional teams
2013–2014 Madison Genesis
2015 SEG Racing
2015 Team Sky (stagiaire)
2016 Team Sky
2017 SEG Racing Academy
2020 Canyon dhb p/b Soreen [1]
2021 SwiftCarbon Pro Cycling
2022 Ribble Weldtite [2] [3]

Alex James Peters (born 31 March 1994) is an English cyclist, who last rode for UCI Continental team Ribble Weldtite. Peters previously rode professionally between 2013 and 2017 for the Madison Genesis, Team Sky and SEG Racing Academy teams.

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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]

Peters returned to cycling joining the British team SwiftCarbon Pro Cycling in 2021.

Personal life

Peters resides in East London. Since 2023 he has been in a relationship with professional cyclist Connie Hayes

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
2023
5th Timmy James Memorial Grand Prix

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References

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  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". Bikesy.co.uk .