Allan Peiper
 At the 2009 Tour Down Under |
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| Personal information | |
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| Full name | Allan Peiper |
| Born | 26 April 1960 Alexandra, Victoria, Australia |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Garmin-Barracuda |
| Role | Director of Competition |
| Amateur team(s) | |
| Hawthorn Citizens' Youth Club ACBB |
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| Professional team(s) | |
| 1983–1985 1986 1987–1989 1990 1991–1992 |
Peugeot Panasonic Panasonic - Isostar Panasonic - Sportlife Tulip Computers |
| Managerial team(s) | |
| 2005–2006 2007–2011 2012– |
Davitamon-Lotto Team Columbia-High Road Garmin-Cervélo |
| Infobox last updated on 12 August 2011 |
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Allan Peiper (born 26 April 1960) is a former Australian road cyclist, who competed in five Tour De France races, with the last being the 1992 Tour de France. He is now a Director of Competition with Garmin-Barracuda.
Born in Alexandra, Victoria, Australia, Peiper had a tough upbringing, his father was a violent drunk and his mother worked herself to exhaustion to make ends meet. He disliked school, and would sign the register before skipping off to go training. He won the Australian national junior pursuit championship, and from there on his career progressed.[1]
Once he started working, Peiper saved his wages from his factory job in order to travel to Europe. At the age of 16, he headed for Ghent, Belgium, where he lived in a shared room of a butchers shop, before going to live with the family of Eddy Planckaert.[1]
In 1982 he joined the ACBB (Athletic Club de Boulogne Billencourt), Europe’s most successful sports club. Outstanding performances followed, which led to him being offered a professional contract with the Peugeot cycling team. At Peugeot he raced alongside fellow former ACBB riders Sean Yates, Stephen Roche and Phil Anderson. After three seasons with Peugeot he joined the Dutch Panasonic team. In 1991 he then joined the Belgium team Tulip Computers.
He has been described as "a typical gutsy, attacking Australian roadman with an impressive professional palmarés".[1]
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[edit] Palmarés
- 1977
- 3rd UCI Track World Championships, Points race, Juniors
- 1978
- 2nd UCI Track World Championships, Points race, Juniors
- 1981
- 1st Horsham (AUS)
- 1982
- 3rd Circuit Franco-Belge, Wattrelos
- 1st Stage 2b, Quiévrain
- 3rd* Paris - Roubaix (amateurs 2nd* winner disqualified for doping)
- 3rd Stage 3a, Tour du Hainaut Occidental, Amateurs, Peruwelz (BEL)
- 2nd Omloop van de Grensstreek (BEL)
- 1983
- 3rd Ninove (BEL)
- 2nd Mandel - Leie - Schelde, Meulebeke (BEL)
- 1st Harrogate
- 2nd Paris, Paris
- 2nd Ninove (b) (BEL)
- 2nd Kelloggs criterium : Manchester (GBR)
- 1984
- 1st Kelloggs criterium : Birmingham (GBR)
- 3rd* Kelloggs criterium : Bristol (GBR)* Sid Barras punctured in the bunch with 5 laps to go & rejoined race in the 2 man break (peiper jones) with 3 laps to go, after never being in it.
- 1st Prologue, Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
- 3rd Mijl van Mares (NED)
- 1st Postgirot Open (SWE)
- 2nd Prologue, Göteborg
- 2nd Stage 1, Varberg
- 1st Stage 8b, Norrköping
- 1st Tour de Picardie (FRA)
- 1st Prologue, Étoile de Bessèges, Salles du Gardon (FRA)
- 2nd Prologue, Tour Méditerranéen, Béziers (FRA)
- 3rd Prologue, Tour de France, Noisy-le-Sec
- 3rd Stage 1, Tour de France, Saint-Denis
- 1985
- 3rd GP de Cannes (FRA)
- 1st Kelloggs criterium : Nottingham (GBR)
- 2nd Prologue, Postgirot Open, Göteborg (SWE)
- 1st Prologue, Paris - Nice, Nanterre (FRA)
- 1986
- 1st Kelloggs criterium : Birmingham (GBR)
- 2nd Kelloggs criterium : Cardiff (GBR)
- 1st GP Impanis (BEL)
- 3rd Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen - Koolskamp (BEL)
- 3rd Mechelen (BEL)
- 2nd Prologue, Ronde van België, Bornem
- 1st Stage 4a, Ronde van België, Spa
- 3rd Stage 4b, Ronde van België, Spa
- was time penalised (20min) for missing a doping test in error. This was later rescinded but the race penalty remained.
- 1st Zwevezele (BEL)
- 1987
- 1st Circuit des Frontières (BEL)
- 2nd Cork (IRL)
- 1st GP d'Isbergues (FRA)
- 1st Stage 1, Kellogg's Tour of Britain, Newcastle
- 2nd Kloosterzande (NED)
- 2nd Omloop Leiedal (BEL)
- 2nd Stage 1, Tour de Suisse, Rugell/Lie
- 1988
- 1st Stadsprijs Geraardsbergen (BEL)
- 1st Stage 5, Tour of Ireland, Dublin
- 2nd Woerden (NED)
- 3rd Prologue, Tour Méditerranéen, Béziers (FRA)
- 2nd E3 Prijs Vlaanderen, Harelbeke (BEL)
- 2nd Driedaagse van De Panne (BEL)
- 3rd Stage 1b, Herzele
- 3rd Ronde van België
- 2nd Stage 3b, Brugge
- 1989
- 3rd Driedaagse van De Panne (BEL)
- 3rd Stage 1b, Herzele
- 2nd Trofeo Baracchi (ITA)
- 1990
- 1st Stage 14, Giro d'Italia, Klagenfurt
- 1st Wetteren (BEL)
- 2nd Stage 1, Volta Ciclista a Catalunya, Barcelona
- 1991
- 1st Malderen (BEL)
- 3rd Stage 4a, Vuelta Ciclista a Murcia, Mazarron (ESP)
- 2nd Stage 4, Tour of Luxembourg, Bertrange
[edit] Team Management
Allan Peiper has been involved in the running of several professional cycling teams, including T-Mobile, High-Road, and Garmin-Barracuda. He has played a mentoring role in the careers of several riders, including the highly successful road-sprinter and 2011 UCI Road World Champion Mark Cavendish.
[edit] Bibliography
- Allan Peiper with Chris Sidwells (2005). A Peiper's Tale. Mousehold Press. ISBN 1-874739-39-0. http://www.bagear.com.au/images/D/BO115SP.jpg.
[edit] References
- ^ a b c Ramin Minovi (2005). "Book review of "A Peiper's Tale"". Association of British Cycling Coaches. http://www.abcc.co.uk/Reviews/book_peiper.html.
[edit] External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Alan Peiper |
- Allan Peiper profile at Cycling Archives
- Photos: undated, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992
- Marcus Wilson (2009-01-15). "Peiper: Cycling is clean". Sportal. http://sportal.com.au/other-sports-news-display/peiper-cycling-is-clean-63411.
