Peter McDonald (cyclist)

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Peter McDonald
2008TourDeTaiwan Stage7 Peter McDonald.jpg
Personal information
Full namePeter McDonald
Born (1978-09-22) 22 September 1978 (age 45)
Coonabarabran, Australia
Team information
Current teamRetired
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Professional teams
2006–2007FRF Couriers–Caravello
2008–2010 Drapac–Porsche Development Program
2011 V Australia
2012Plan 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 MaillotAustralia.PNG 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 Jersey polkadot.svg Mountains classification
6th Overall Tour of Wellington
1st Stage 1

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