Jesse Sergent
 Sergent at the 2011 Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen, a race he would win overall. | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Jesse Sergent |
| Nickname | Goose |
| Born |
8 July 1988 Feilding, New Zealand |
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) |
| Weight | 77 kg (170 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | AG2R La Mondiale |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Time Trialist/classics |
| Amateur team(s) | |
| 2009–2010 | Trek–Livestrong |
| Professional team(s) | |
| 2011 | Team RadioShack |
| 2012–2015 | RadioShack–Nissan[1] |
| 2016 | AG2R La Mondiale |
| Major wins | |
| Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen (2011) | |
Medal record
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Infobox last updated on 9 March 2014 | |
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Jesse Sergent (born 8 July 1988) is a New Zealand racing cyclist for AG2R La Mondiale.[2] He was born in Feilding.
At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Sergent won the bronze medal as part of the New Zealand team in team pursuit, together with Sam Bewley, Hayden Roulston Westley Gough, and Marc Ryan.[3]
On 10 November 2008, it was announced that Sergent had signed with Trek-Livestrong's under-23 development team, for 2009 and 2010. Sergent became a stagiaire with Team RadioShack for the last part of the 2010 season.[4] He then signed a professional contract for 2011 with Team RadioShack.[5] Sergent, with several other riders, joined the former Leopard Trek team to form RadioShack–Nissan, ahead of the 2012 season.[1]
Sergent switched to track cycling for the 2012 London Olympics, where he and his team mates ( Sam Bewley, Marc Ryan Westley Gough made themselves double Olympic bronze medalists. Aaron Gate was the only rider added to the team.
In 2013, Sergent rode for RadioShack–Leopard. He started the racing season with New Zealand elite road nations where he placed third.
In 2014 Sergent continues to ride for RadioShack–Leopard - renamed Trek–Segafredo. For the 2014 season Sergent provided support to Fabian Cancellara. Sergent also rode in the Glasgow Commonwealth Games individual road time trial and road race.
Palmares
- 2008
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Bronze Beijing Olympic Games Team Pursuit - 2009
- 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Tour of Southland
- 3rd World Track Championship Team Pursuit
- 2010
- 1st Stage 3 (ITT) Tour of the Gila
- 1st Prologue Cascade Cycling Classic
- World Track Championships
- 2nd Individual pursuit
- 3rd Team pursuit
- 3rd Overall Olympia's Tour
- Commonwealth Games
- 2nd Individual pursuit
- 2nd Team pursuit
- 2011
- 1st Overall Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen
- 1st Prologue (ITT)
- 1st Overall Tour du Poitou Charentes
- 1st Stage 4 (ITT)
- 1st Stage 4 (ITT) Eneco Tour
- 2nd Men's Individual Pursuit, Track World Championships
- 2012
- 2nd Overall Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen
- 3rd Bronze London Olympic Games Team Pursuit
- 2013
- 3rd Stage Stage 5 Eneco Tour
- 7th Overall Volta ao Algarve
- 3rd Stage 4 Volta ao Algarve
- 2014
- 1st Stage 5 Tour of Austria
- 2nd Stage 7 Tour of Austria
- 3rd Stage 5 Tour de Romandie
- 8th Overall Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen
- 2015
- 3rd Overall Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen[6]
References
- 1 2 "RadioShack-Nissan-Trek announces lineup for 2012". VeloNews (Competitor Group, Inc.). 5 December 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
- ↑ "Trek Factory Racing (TFR) – USA". UCI World Tour. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 5 January 2014.
- ↑ Bingham, Eugene (18 August 2008). "Cycling: I'm not finished yet, says Roulston". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 2008-08-18.
- ↑ Richardson, Daniel (6 September 2010). "Sergent excited to join Armstrong's team". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 6 October 2011.
- ↑ He represented New-Zealand at the 2010 Commonwealth Games held in Delhi, India. Sergent won a silver medal in the Individual Pursuit and silver in the Team Pursuit "Bewley, Sergent team up with Lance". TVNZ. 10 November 2008. Retrieved 2008-11-10.
- ↑ "Van Poppel wins final stage of Driedaagse van West Vlaanderen". cyclingnews.com. 8 March 2015. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
External links
Media related to Jesse Sergent at Wikimedia Commons