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Robert Hunter
Hunter at the 2010 Tour de Romandie
Personal information
Full nameRobert Hunter
NicknameRobbie[1]
Born (1977-04-22) 22 April 1977 (age 47)
Johannesburg, Gauteng,
South Africa
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight72 kg (159 lb)
Team information
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DisciplineRoad
RoleRider (retired)
Directeur sportif
Rider typeSprinter
Professional teams
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Major wins
Grand Tours
Tour de France
1 individual stage (2007)
Giro d'Italia
1 TTT stage (2012)
Vuelta a España
2 individual stages (1999, 2001)

One-Day races and Classics

African Time Trial Championships (2006)
National Time Trial Championships (2000)
National Road Race Championships (2012)
Medal record
Men's road cycling
Representing  South Africa
African Road Championships
Gold medal – first place 2006 Port Louis Time trial
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Port Louis Road race

Robert "Robbie" Hunter (born 22 April 1977) is a retired South African professional road racing cyclist who competed professionally between 1999 and 2013. Hunter competed with UCI ProTeam You have called {{Contentious topics}}. You probably meant to call one of these templates instead:

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Hunter became the first South African to compete in the Tour de France, when he did so in 2001.[3] In 2006, Hunter rode for You have called {{Contentious topics}}. You probably meant to call one of these templates instead:

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Following the 2013 season, Hunter retired from professional cycling.[4][5] Hunter was a directeur sportif for You have called {{Contentious topics}}. You probably meant to call one of these templates instead:

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  • {{Contentious topics/list}} and {{Contentious topics/table}} show which topics are currently designated as contentious topics. They are used by a number of templates and pages on Wikipedia. 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, including Louis Meintjes.[6]

Hunter worked as the video assistant commissaire at the 2018 Tour de France.

Personal life

Hunter resides in Arth, Schwyz, Switzerland.[1]

Career achievements

Major results

Sources:[1][7][8]

1999
Vuelta a España
1st Sprints classification
1st Stage 1
2000
1st Time trial, National Road Championships
2nd Overall Ronde van Nederland
1st Points classification
1st Young rider classification
1st Stages 2 & 3
2nd EnBW Grand Prix (with Oscar Camenzind)
3rd Overall Four Days of Dunkirk
3rd Memorial Rik Van Steenbergen
2001
1st Tour de Rijke
1st Stage 17 Vuelta a España
9th Overall Ronde van Nederland
1st Young rider classification
2002
1st Stage 1 Tour de Pologne
2nd Overall Tour de Langkawi
1st Points classification
1st Stages 1 (ITT), 2 & 5
2nd Grote Prijs Jef Scherens
5th Overall Three Days of De Panne
6th Gent–Wevelgem
7th Road race, Commonwealth Games
2003
4th Tour de Picardie
10th Trofeo Cala Millor
2004
1st Overall Tour of Qatar
1st Stages 3 & 5
Tour de Suisse
1st Stages 3 & 5
Uniqa Classic
1st Points classification
1st Stages 1 & 3
1st Stage 4b Sachsen-Tour
5th International Grand Prix Doha
2005
1st International Grand Prix Doha
1st Stage 1 (TTT) Volta a Catalunya
1st Stage 1 Tour de Georgia
1st Stage 4 Setmana Catalana
1st Stage 5 Tour Méditerranéen
8th Trofeo Luis Puig
2006
African Road Championships
1st Time trial
3rd Road race
4th Overall Tour of Qatar
2007
1st Overall Volta ao Distrito de Santarém
1st Stage 2
1st Overall Tour de Picardie
1st Stage 1
1st Stage 11 Tour de France
1st Stage 2 Clasica Alcobendas
1st Stage 5 Giro del Capo
3rd Coppa Bernocchi
4th Gran Premio della Costa Etruschi
10th Milan–San Remo
10th Grand Prix Pino Cerami
2008
1st Stage 4 GP CTT Correios de Portugal
1st Cape Argus Cycle Tour
4th Memorial Viviana Manservisi
8th Overall Giro della Provincia di Grosseto
2009
1st Stage 3 Giro del Trentino
1st Stage 4 Tour Méditerranéen
3rd Gran Premio della Costa Etruschi
9th Overall Delta Tour Zeeland
2010
Vuelta a Murcia
1st Stages 1 & 2
9th Overall Tour Down Under
2011
1st Mumbai Cyclothon II
1st Stage 1 Tour of Austria
4th Mumbai Cyclothon I
7th Grand Prix de Denain
2012
National Road Championships
1st Road race
4th Time trial
1st Stage 4 (TTT) Giro d'Italia
1st Stage 2 (TTT) Tour of Qatar
2013
1st Overall Mzansi Tour
1st Points classification
1st Stage 2
8th Trofeo Platja de Muro

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
A pink jersey Giro d'Italia 154 DNF DNF 141
A yellow jersey Tour de France DNF 97 DNF DNF DNF 118 106 DNF DNF
A red jersey Vuelta a España 72 118 DNF
Legend
Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

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