Jeremy Hunt (born 12 March 1974) is a British former road racing cyclist who raced for numerous years mainly a sprinter. Hunt was the winner of the British National Road Race Championships in 1997 and 2001. He now works as a directeur sportif for UCI Continental team Terengganu Cycling Team.[2]
 Hunt (left) during the 2011 Tour of Flanders | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 12 March 1974 Macklin, Saskatchewan, Canada |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Terengganu Cycling Team |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role |
|
| Rider type | |
| Professional teams | |
| 1996–1999 | Banesto |
| 2000–2002 | BigMat–Auber 93 |
| 2003 | MBK–Oktos–Saint-Quentin |
| 2004–2007 | Unibet.com |
| 2008 | Crédit Agricole |
| 2009–2010 | Cervélo TestTeam |
| 2011–2012 | Team Sky |
| Managerial teams | |
| 2013–2016 | Synergy Baku |
| 2016 | Drapac Professional Cycling |
| 2017– | Terengganu Cycling Team |
| Major wins | |
One-day races and Classics
| |
Career
editHunt 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.[3]
Hunt was part of the Great Britain team that helped Mark Cavendish win the road race at the 2011 UCI Road World Championships.[4]
Personal life
editHe is the half-brother of racing cyclist Joshua Hunt.[1]
Major results
edit- 1994
- 1st Stage 16 Commonwealth Bank Classic
- 1995
- 1st GP Cristal Energie
- 1st Internatie Reningelst
- 1st Stage 1 Commonwealth Bank Classic
- 1997
- 1st
Road race, National Road Championships - Tour de l'Avenir
- 1st Stages 3 & 9
- 1st Circuito de Getxo
- 1st Stage 3 Commonwealth Bank Classic
- 1st Stage 2 GP do Minho
- 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
- Volta a Portugal
- 1st Stages 10 & 14
- 2nd Circuito de Getxo
- 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 Road race, National Road Championships
- 1st Stage 4 Circuit Franco-Belge
- 1st Stage 2 Tour de la Somme
- 4th Nokere Koerse
- 6th GP de Fourmies
- 7th Grand Prix de la Ville de Lillers
- 10th Cholet-Pays de Loire
- 2002
- 1st GP Ouest-France
- 3rd Road race, National Road Championships
- 5th Paris–Bourges
- 5th Gran Premio della Costa Etruschi
- 2003
- 1st Stage 2 Tour de Picardie
- 2nd Road race, National Road Championships
- 2004
- 3rd Road race, National Road Championships
- 4th Paris–Brussels
- 8th Nokere Koerse
- 9th Druivenkoers Overijse
- 10th Dwars door Vlaanderen
- 2005
- 1st Stage 2 Tour de Wallonie
- 8th E3 Prijs Vlaanderen
- 2006
- 2nd Dwars door Vlaanderen
- 3rd Nokere Koerse
- 6th Overall Tour de Picardie
- 6th Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen
- 7th GP de Fourmies
- 9th Scheldeprijs
- 10th Cholet-Pays de Loire
- 2007
- 1st Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise
- 2nd Paris–Brussels
- 4th Schaal Sels-Merksem
- 7th Overall Tour de Wallonie
- 2008
- 1st Stage 2 Tour de Langkawi
- 3rd Overall Delta Tour Zeeland
- 2009
- 1st Stage 4 Post Danmark Rundt
- 2nd National Criterium Championships
- 3rd Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne
- 5th Overall Delta Tour Zeeland
- 10th Gent–Wevelgem
- 2010
- 4th Road race, National Road Championships
- 2011
- 1st East Yorkshire Classic
- 6th Overall Tour of Qatar
- 2012
- 5th Road race, National Road Championships
General classification results timeline
edit| Grand Tour general classification results | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Grand Tour | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Giro d'Italia
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | 150 | — | — | DNF | |||||||||
 Tour de France
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 163 | — | — | |||||||||
 / Vuelta a España
|
DNF | — | — | — | — | — | 107 | — | — | — | — | |||||||||
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
| DNS | Did not start |
References
edit- ^ a b c d Birnie, Lionel (22 December 2010). "Jeremy Hunt interview – On the hunt again". Cycling Weekly. Archived from the original on 26 December 2015. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
- ^ "Terengganu Cycling Team". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 28 February 2021. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
- ^ Farr, Stephen (27 October 2010). "Team Sky signs Appollonio and Hunt". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
- ^ "Hunt and Thomas to support Cavendish at Worlds". cyclingnews.com. 26 August 2010. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
External links
edit
- Jeremy Hunt at UCI
- Jeremy Hunt at Cycling Archives
- Jeremy Hunt at ProCyclingStats
- Jeremy Hunt at Cycling Quotient
- Jeremy Hunt at Olympedia
