Peiper takes on new role at BMC Racing

Allan Peiper 2012

Allan Peiper changes direction today to become BMC Racing's performance director. The move follows years working as a sports director, including helping Garmin's Ryder Hesjedal to win the Giro d'Italia in May.

"I'm moving into a new role, out of the team car. I've enjoyed it, winning the Giro with Ryder this year was probably the high point of my close-to-40-year cycling life," Peiper told Cycling Weekly. "But things change. I'm 52 this year, it's not that I'm too old to be in the car, but it's going to be fantastic to learn new tools and new things that make riders better."

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Gregor Brown

Gregor Brown is an experienced cycling journalist, based in Florence, Italy. He has covered races all over the world for over a decade - following the Giro, Tour de France, and every major race since 2006. His love of cycling began with freestyle and BMX, before the 1998 Tour de France led him to a deep appreciation of the road racing season.