Jeremy Hunt (cyclist)

Jeremy Hunt

Personal information
Full name	Jeremy Hunt
Born	12 March 1974 Macklin, Saskatchewan, Canada
Team information
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	Sprinter, Classics specialist[1]
Professional team(s)
1996–1999	Banesto
2000–2002	BigMat–Auber 93
2003	MBK-Oktos
2004–2007	Mr. Bookmaker–Palmans–Collstrop
2008	Crédit Agricole
2009–2010	Cervélo TestTeam
2011–2012	Team Sky
Major wins
GP Ouest-France (2002) Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise (2007) National Road Race Champion (1997, 2001)
Infobox last updated on 6 January 2013

Jeremy Hunt (born 12 March 1974) is a retired British road racing cyclist who raced for numerous years mainly a sprinter. Hunt was the British national road race champion in 1997 and in 2001.

Hunt was born in Canada and grew up in England, firstly in Bury before moving to Devon. His father had been an amateur racing cyclist, and as a teenager in Devon Hunt was coached by former Tour de France rider Colin Lewis. He pursued his career in northern France before turning professional.^[1]

He made his professional cycling debut for Banesto in 1996, and rode there for 4 seasons, when in 2000 he began a 3-year stint at BigMat–Auber 93, taking a win against Mario Cipollini in a stage of the Tour Méditerranéen in his first season with the team.^[1] He spent 1 season for MBK-Oktos until in 2004 he joined Mr. Bookmaker–Palmans–Collstrop. Hunt joined Crédit Agricole in 2008, following the demise of the MrBookmaker, now called Unibet.com. In 2009 he joined Cervélo TestTeam, where he made his Tour de France debut in 2010 at the age of 36, having previously turned down the opportunity of racing in the Tour whilst at Banesto in 1997. In October 2010, after the demise of the Cervélo team, he was announced as a member of Team Sky's 2011 line-up.^[1]

Hunt was part of the Great Britain team that helped Mark Cavendish win the 2011 UCI World Road Race Championship.

He is now director sportif of Azerbaijani Continental team Synergy Baku Cycling Project. He is the half-brother of racing cyclist Joshua Hunt.^[1]

Major results

1994

1st Stage 16 Commonwealth Bank Classic

1995

1st Stage 1 Commonwealth Bank Classic

1st GP Cristal Energie

1st Internatie Reningelst

1997

1st National Road Race Champion

1st Circuito de Getxo

1st Stage 3 Commonwealth Bank Classic

1st Stage 2 GP do Minho

1st Stage 3 Tour de l'Avenir

1st Stage 9 Tour de l'Avenir

1st Stage 1 Circuit Cycliste de la Sarthe

1st Stage 1 Vuelta Ciclista a la Rioja, Calahora

1st Stage 5 Vuelta Ciclista a Aragón, Zaragoza

1998

1st Trofeo Alcudia

1st Stage 10 Volta a Portugal

1st Stage 14 Volta a Portugal

1999

1st Stage 2 Commonwealth Bank Classic

2000

1st Sea Otter Classic

1st Stage 9 Herald Sun Tour

1st Stage 2 Tour Méditerranéen

2001

1st National Road Race Champion

1st Stage 4 Circuit Franco-Belge

1st Stage 2 Tour de la Somme

2002

1st GP Ouest-France

3rd British National Road Race Championship

2003

1st Stage 2 Tour de Picardie

2nd British National Road Race Championship

2004

3rd British National Road Race Championship

2005

1st Stage 2 Tour de Wallonie

2006

2nd Dwars door Vlaanderen

3rd Nokere Koerse

2007

1st Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise

2nd Paris-Brussel

2008

1st Stage 2 Tour de Langkawi

2009

1st Stage 4 Tour of Denmark

3rd Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne

10th Gent–Wevelgem

19th Paris–Roubaix

2010

4th British National Road Race Championship

18th Paris–Roubaix

2011

1st East Yorkshire Classic

6th Overall Tour of Qatar

2012

5th British National Road Race Championships

References

1. Birnie, Lionel (22 December 2010). "Jeremy Hunt interview – On the hunt again". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 6 March 2016.

External links

• Jeremy Hunt profile at Cycling Archives