.jpg) Hunter at the2010 Tour de Romandie | ||||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Robert Hunter | |||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Robbie[1] | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1977-04-22)22 April 1977 (age 48) Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 72 kg (159 lb) | |||||||||||||||||
| Team information | ||||||||||||||||||
| Current team | EF Education–EasyPost | |||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Road | |||||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider (retired) Directeur sportif | |||||||||||||||||
| Rider type | Sprinter | |||||||||||||||||
| Professional teams | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1999–2001 | Lampre–Daikin | |||||||||||||||||
| 2002 | Mapei–Quick-Step | |||||||||||||||||
| 2003–2004 | Rabobank | |||||||||||||||||
| 2005–2006 | Phonak | |||||||||||||||||
| 2007–2009 | Barloworld | |||||||||||||||||
| 2010 | Garmin–Transitions | |||||||||||||||||
| 2011 | Team RadioShack | |||||||||||||||||
| 2012–2013 | Garmin–Barracuda | |||||||||||||||||
| Managerial team | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2014–2015 | Garmin–Sharp | |||||||||||||||||
| Major wins | ||||||||||||||||||
Grand Tours
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Medal record
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Robert "Robbie" Hunter (born 22 April 1977) is a retired South African professionalroad racing cyclist who competed professionally between 1999 and 2013. Hunter competed withUCI ProTeamGarmin–Sharp during his final professional season.[1][2]
Hunter became the first South African to compete in theTour de France, when he did so in2001.[3] In 2006, Hunter rode forPhonak in theUCI ProTour, but after their disbandment he signed forUCI Continental Circuits teamBarloworld for 2007. His achievements include winning stages at the1999 and2001 Vuelta a Españas, the2007 Tour de France, and the overall title at the2004 Tour of Qatar, as well as thepoints classification at the2004 Tour de Suisse.
In 2007, Hunter returned to theTour de France as team captain ofBarloworld. Hunter won sprint stage 11, the first stage won by an African.[4][5]
Following the 2013 season, Hunter retired from professional cycling.[6][7] Hunter was adirecteur sportif for Garmin–Sharp in 2014 and 2015. In November 2015 he announced that he was leaving the team in order to spend more time with his family and concentrate on his role as a rider agent for a number of African cyclists, includingLouis Meintjes.[8]
Hunter worked as thevideo assistant commissaire at the2018 Tour de France.
Hunter resides inArth,Schwyz, Switzerland.[1]
Sprints classification
Time trial, National Road Championships
Points classification
Young rider classification Young rider classification Points classification
OverallTour of Qatar Points classification
Time trial
Road race OverallVolta ao Distrito de Santarém
OverallTour de PicardieRoad race OverallMzansi Tour Points classification| Grand Tour | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 |
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 Giro d'Italia | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 154 | — | DNF | DNF | 141 |
 Tour de France | — | — | DNF | 97 | DNF | — | DNF | DNF | 118 | 106 | — | DNF | — | DNF | — |
 Vuelta a España | 72 | — | — | 118 | — | DNF | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| — | Did not compete |
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| DNF | Did not finish |
