Peter Latham (cyclist)

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Peter Latham
Personal information
Full namePeter David Latham
Born (1984-01-08) 8 January 1984 (age 40) [1]
Te Awamutu, New Zealand
Team information
Current team
Amateur teams
2005–2006Cotes d'Armor Cyclisme
2007–2008Albi Velo Sport
Professional teams
2009–2010 Bissell
2011–2012 Subway Pro Cycling Team
Managerial team
2022– MitoQ–NZ Cycling Project [2]
Medal record
Representing Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Men's track cycling
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2006 Melbourne Team pursuit
World Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2009 Pruszków Team Pursuit
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2010 Ballerup Team Pursuit
Men's road cycling
World Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2005 Madrid Under-23 Time Trial

Peter David Latham (born 8 January 1984) is a New Zealand former professional racing cyclist. He competed in the team pursuit at the 2004 Summer Olympics, where New Zealand finished tenth. In 2005 Latham won the bronze medal in the Under 23 Individual Time Trial at the Road World Championships in Madrid. He competed at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne where along with Tim Gudsell, Hayden Godfrey and Marc Ryan he won a bronze medal in the Team pursuit. [3]

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Career

In 2005 Latham went to the UCI Road World Championships to compete in the Under-23 category. In the time trial Latham came third 37 seconds behind winner Mikhail Ignatiev. [4] [5] Later in November Latham rode the Lake Taupo Cycle Challenge winning the event in a sprint against Jeremy Yates and Gordon McCauley. [6] After breaking his back in a crash in 2007, [7] Latham came back to represent New Zealand at the 2008 Summer Olympics. At the 2009 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Poland, Latham along with Marc Ryan, Jesse Sergent, and Westley Gough claimed the bronze medal in the team pursuit. [8] The following year Latham was part of the New Zealand team pursuit that won bronze again at the 2010 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Denmark. [9]

At the 2011-2012 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics, Latham won the Individual Pursuit at the Beijing round. He was the overall World Cup series winner in the Individual Pursuit that season and finished the season ranked World Number One in the Individual pursuit by the Union Cycliste International.

Latham retired at the end of 2012. [10] He currently works as a Fixed Income trader with the Bank of New Zealand.

Major results

Sources: [11] [12]

2003
National Under-23 Road Championships
1st Jersey of New Zealand.svg Time trial
2nd Road race
2004
National Under-23 Road Championships
1st Jersey of New Zealand.svg Time trial
1st Jersey of New Zealand.svg Road race
1st Stage 1 (TTT) Tour of Wellington
6th Overall Tour of Southland
1st Stage 5 (ITT)
2005
1st Stage 1 (TTT) Tour of Southland
1st Lake Taupo Cycle Challenge
3rd Overall Tour of Wellington
1st Stages 2, 3 & 6 (ITT)
3rd Bronze medal blank.svg Under-23 time trial UCI Road World Championships
2006
3rd Chrono Champenois
9th Overall Tour of Wellington
2007
1st Stage 2 Kreiz Breizh Elites
2009
5th Overall Tour of Southland

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References

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  2. ↑ "Overview Staff roles". www.procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
  3. ↑ "Peter Latham". New Zealand Olympic Team. 8 February 2016. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  4. ↑ "Historic medal for cyclist". teawamutu.nz. 27 September 2005. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
  5. ↑ "PEZ Interviews: U23 TT Star Peter Latham". PezCycling News. 7 October 2005. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
  6. ↑ "Latham rides to victory in Lake Taupo challenge". RNZ. 29 November 2008. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
  7. ↑ "Te Awamutu cyclist anxious to get off the couch". Stuff. 31 January 2009. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
  8. ↑ "Danish take home the bacon in men's pursuithe 2009 UCI Track Cycling World Championships". autobus.cyclingnews.com. 27 March 2009. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
  9. ↑ "Hall of Fame - Peter Latham". Te Awamutu College. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  10. ↑ "Cycling: Latham to retire". Otago Daily Times Online News. 19 November 2012. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
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