Peter McDonald (cyclist)

Peter McDonald (born 22 September 1978) is an Australian former professional road cyclist. He won the Australian National Road Race Championships in 2009.

McDonald grew up in Armidale in country NSW. Both of his parents were school teachers. He worked as a school teacher in Darwin for a couple of years before returning to NSW where he began work as a bicycle courier in Sydney. A fellow courier introduced him to racing at Randwick Botany Cycling Club located at Heffron Park in Sydney's south east. Eventually he began to ride full-time for a number of smaller local teams. Coached by Adam Hogan of Cheeky Transport Bike shop he won Australia's Grafton-Inverell race, and won first National Road series win in Victoria at Bright. This led to riding for the Drapac Porsche team.

Major results

 * 2006
 * 4th Road race, National Road Championships


 * 2007
 * 3rd Overall FBD Insurance Ras


 * 2008
 * 4th Overall Tour de Taiwan
 * 1st Stage 3
 * 7th Overall Tour de Hokkaido
 * 1st Stage 5


 * 2009
 * 1st Overall UCI Oceania Tour
 * 1st MaillotAustralia.PNG Road race, National Road Championships
 * 1st Overall Tour of Wellington
 * 1st Stage 2
 * 2nd Overall Tour de Taiwan
 * 10th Overall Ronde de l'Oise


 * 2010
 * 2nd Japan Cup Cycle Road Race
 * 4th Overall Tour de Langkawi
 * 1st Mountains classification
 * 6th Overall Tour of Wellington
 * 1st Stage 1