Peter Latham (cyclist)

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]

Peter Latham

Personal information
Full name	Peter David Latham
Born	(1984-01-08) 8 January 1984 (age 41)[1] Te Awamutu, New Zealand
Team information
Current team	Retired (rider) MitoQ–NZ Cycling Project
Amateur teams
2005–2006	Cotes d'Armor Cyclisme
2007–2008	Albi Velo Sport
Professional teams
2009–2010	Bissell
2011–2012	Subway Pro Cycling Team
Managerial team
2022–	MitoQ–NZ Cycling Project[2]
Medal record Representing  New Zealand Men's track cycling Commonwealth Games 2006 Melbourne Team pursuit World Championships 2009 Pruszków Team Pursuit 2010 Ballerup Team Pursuit Men's road cycling World Championships 2005 Madrid Under-23 Time Trial

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. He 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 Time trial

2nd Road race

2004

National Under-23 Road Championships

1st Time trial

1st 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 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