Hunt (left) during the2011 Tour of Flanders | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1974-03-12)12 March 1974 (age 51) Macklin, Saskatchewan, Canada |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Terengganu Cycling Team |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role |
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| 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
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Jeremy Hunt (born 12 March 1974) is a British formerroad racing cyclist who raced for numerous years mainly a sprinter. Hunt was the winner of theBritish National Road Race Championships in 1997 and 2001. He now works as adirecteur sportif forUCI Continental teamTerengganu Cycling Team.[2]
Hunt was born in Canada and grew up in England, firstly inBury before moving toDevon. His father had been an amateur racing cyclist, and as a teenager in Devon Hunt was coached by former Tour de France riderColin Lewis. He pursued his career in northern France before turning professional.[1]
He made his professional cycling debut forBanesto in 1996, and rode there for 4 seasons, when in 2000 he began a 3-year stint atBigMat–Auber 93, taking a win againstMario Cipollini in a stage of theTour Méditerranéen in his first season with the team.[1] He spent 1 season for MBK-Oktos until in 2004 he joinedMr. Bookmaker–Palmans–Collstrop. Hunt joinedCrédit Agricole in 2008, following the demise of the MrBookmaker, now called Unibet.com. In 2009 he joinedCervélo TestTeam, where he made hisTour 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 ofTeam Sky's 2011 line-up.[3]
Hunt was part of theGreat Britain team that helpedMark Cavendish win theroad race at the2011 UCI Road World Championships.[4]
He is the half-brother of racing cyclistJoshua Hunt.[1]
| Grand Tour general classification results | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Grand Tour | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 150 | — | — | DNF | ||||||||||
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 163 | — | — | ||||||||||
| DNF | — | — | — | — | — | 107 | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
| DNS | Did not start |