Roger Pratt (cyclist)

Roger Pratt

Personal information
Born	1944 (age 80–81) Cardiff, Wales
Team information
Discipline	Track & Road
Role	Rider
Amateur team
Britannia team (1965) Cardiff Ajax
Major wins
Welsh Road Race Champion (1965)

Roger T. Pratt (born 1944) is a former cyclist from Wales.

Biography

Pratt began road racing in 1962, winning his first event the following year.^{[ citation needed ]}

In 1965 he rode the Tour of Britain Milk Race for the Britannia team (after one of the French riders dropped out). Drug testing was introduced for the first time in this race and Pratt was tested twice. ^[1]

Pratt became the Welsh Road Race Champion in 1965. ^[1] He rode the Tour of Britain Milk Race again in 1966 in the Midlands team of Hugh Porter and Les West. ^[2]

He represented the 1966 Welsh team at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Kingston, Jamaica, ^[3] participating in the road race and pursuit events. ^[4]

After five years of competition in the United Kingdom he retired from competition aged only 23, ^[1] in 1967. Pratt raced again briefly in 1988 when he became Welsh Veterans Road Race Champion.

References

1. Steven Green (14 September 2012). "Tour of Britain: 1965 cycling doping scandal remembered". BBC News.
2. "Athlete Profiles". The Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 10 August 2002.
3. "Wales Kingston 1966". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 23 November 2025.
4. "Ron Jones to lead strong Welsh team" . Birmingham Daily Post. 15 June 1966. p. 22. Retrieved 23 November 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.