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| Full name | Peter Kennaugh | ||||||||||||||||||
| Born | June 15, 1989  Isle of Man |
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| Current team | Team Sky | ||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Road, track | ||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||||||
| Rider type | Professional | ||||||||||||||||||
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| 2010– | Team Sky | ||||||||||||||||||
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Peter Kennaugh (born 15 June 1989) is a Manx professional racing cyclist[1] who currently rides for UCI ProTour team Team Sky.
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[edit] Career
[edit] Early Life and Career
Born in Douglas, Isle of Man his younger brother Tim Kennaugh and father are also cyclists. Kennaugh began cycling competitively in BMX at the age of 6.[2]
Kennaugh became a member of British Cyclings Olympic Academy in 2008, moving with the rest of the squad to live in Tuscany, Italy.[3]
In 2008 he came second in the senior British National Road Race Championships thus becoming the British under 23 champion. In February 2009 he became the British Madison Champion partnering Mark Christian.[4]
[edit] Team Sky
On 9 September 2009, it was announced that Kennaugh would turn professional in 2010, riding for the new British professional Team Sky.[5] He has been described by Cycling Weekly as "the most talented youngster to roll off the Isle of Man production line since his friend and star sprinter Mark Cavendish".[3]
[edit] 2010
In 2010, Kennaugh initially focused on track cycling, winning the individual pursuit and scratch race at the British National Championships Kennaugh finished second to Sky teammate Geraint Thomas in the 2010 British National Road Race Championships. Kennaugh made his grand tour debut in the 2010 Vuelta a España, but Sky withdrew following the death of carer Txema Gonzalez.[6]
[edit] 2011
In 2011, Kennaugh was a last minute replacement for Serge Pauwels in the 2011 Giro d'Italia,[7] and finished 86th in his first Giro. Kennaugh finished 3rd overall in the Route du Sud, but was not selected for the Tour de France. He came 3rd behind teammates Bradley Wiggins and Geraint Thomas in the National Road Race Championships.[8] In August, he finished fifth overall in the Tour de Pologne.[9]
[edit] Palmarès
- 2006
- 1st Scratch race, Junior Track World Championships
- 3rd Team pursuit, Junior Track World Championships
- 1st Team pursuit, European Track Championships (Junior)
- 2nd Junior Tour of Wales
- 2007
- 1st Team pursuit, European Track Championships (Junior)
- 1st Team pursuit, European Track Championships (Under 23)
- 2nd Scratch race, European Track Championships (Junior)
- 1st British National Road Race Championships (Junior)
- 1st British National Junior Road Race Series
- 3rd Junior Tour of Wales
- 1st UIV Cup, Gent Six Day (with Adam Blythe)
- 2008
- 1st British National Road Race Championships (Under 23)
- 2nd British National Road Race Championships
- 1st Trofeo Internazionale Bastianelli, 2007–2008 UCI Europe Tour
- 1st GP Capodarco, 2007–2008 UCI Europe Tour
- 2nd Grand Prix of Wales
- 1st UIV Cup, Berlin Six Day (with Jonny Bellis)
- 1st UIV Cup, Copenhagen Six Day (with Jonny Bellis)
- 2009
- 1st British National Madison Championships (with Mark Christian)
- 3rd GiroBio
- 1st, Stage 3
- 1st British National Road Race Championships Espoir (Under 23)
- 2nd Madison, Round 4 2008–2009 Track World Cup, Beijing
- 1st Team Pursuit, Round 5 2008–2009 Track World Cup, Ballerup (with Steven Burke, Ed Clancy & Chris Newton)
- 8th Trofeo Internazionale Bastianelli
- 5th GP Città di Felino
- 4th Stage 9, Tour de l'Avenir, Besançon
- 4th UCI Road World Championships (under 23)
- 2010
- 2nd British National Road Race Championships
- 1st Scratch Race British National Track Championships
- 1st Individual Pursuit British National Track Championships
- 2011
- 1st British National Madison Championships (with Luke Rowe)
- 3rd Route du Sud
- 3rd British National Road Race Championships
- 5th overall Tour de Pologne
- 1st Points Race British National Track Championships
[edit] References
- ^ "Raise Your Game> Dedication> 2012> Peter Kennaugh". BBC. http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/raiseyourgame/sites/dedication/2012/pages/peter_kennaugh.shtml. Retrieved 2009-12-15.
- ^ ""Cycling" to London—Notes on the British rider Peter Kennaugh". 2008–2009 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics. 2009-01-017. http://www.trackworldcup.cn/article.jsp?catName=EventNews&colName=&docId=26437.
- ^ a b Andy McGrath (2009-08-11). "Peter Kennaugh: Rider Profile". Cycling Weekly. http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest/386590/peter-kennaugh-rider-profile.html.
- ^ Andy Jones (2009-02-22). "Kennaugh and Christian crowned National Madison champs at Revolution". Cycling Weekly. http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/Kennaugh_and_Christian_crowned_national_Madison_champs_at_Revolution_article_277467.html.
- ^ Richard Allen (2009-09-09). "Peter Kennaugh named in Team Sky cycling squad". Isle of Man Today. http://www.iomtoday.co.im/sport/Peter-Kennaugh-named-in-Team.5631809.jp.
- ^ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/cycling/7981534/Vuelta-a-Espana-2010-Team-Sky-withdraw-from-race-following-death-of-soigneur.html
- ^ http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest/524333/kennaugh-replaces-pauwels-in-sky-s-giro-lineup.html
- ^ http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest/529102/wiggins-wins-british-national-champs.html
- ^ http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,15264_7085034,00.html
[edit] External links
- British Cycling Biography
- Peter Kennaugh profile at Cycling Archives
- Peter Kennaugh Profile at the Cycling Quotient
