Cameron Rogers (cyclist)

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Cameron Rogers
Personal information
Born	(2004-12-16) 16 December 2004 (age 19)^[1] Canberra
Height	188 cm (6 ft 2 in) ^[2]
Team information
Current team	Lidl–Trek Future Racing
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Professional teams
2023	Lotto–Dstny Development Team
2024–	Lidl–Trek Future Racing

Cameron Rogers (born 16 December 2004) is an Australian cyclist who rides for UCI Continental team Lidl–Trek Future Racing.

Early and personal life

Born in Canberra, he is the son of cyclist Peter and Raeleigh (née Tennant) Rogers, a triathlete. He has a younger brother Luke who also competes as a cyclist. He is the nephew former professional cyclists Deane Rogers and Michael Rogers.^[3]^[4]

Career

In 2021, at the age of 16 years-old, he won three Australian under-19 national championships. He first won the Australian criterium championships and then won the points race and omnium titles racing on the track.^[5]^[6]

In 2022, he won the Australian junior road race title and a set a junior national record of 3:13.271 in the 3,000m individual pursuit at the Oceania championships in Brisbane on 3 April 2002.^[7] Later that year he was awarded a scholarship from Sport Australia Hall of Fame.^[8]^[9] In September 2022, Rogers finished 22nd in the junior men's road race at the world championships.^[10] In October 2022, he signed for Lotto–Dstny Development Team.^[11]

Ahead of the 2024 season he signed for UCI Continental team Lidl–Trek Future Racing.^[12] He won the prologue at the Tour of Austria on 2 July 2024, finishing a second ahead of two-time time trial world champion Filippo Ganna.^[13]