Robert Hunter (cyclist)
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| Full name | Robert Hunter | ||
| Nickname | Robbie | ||
| Born | April 22, 1977  South Africa |
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| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Weight | 72 kg (160 lb) | ||
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| Current team | Garmin-Barracuda | ||
| Discipline | Road | ||
| Role | Rider | ||
| Rider type | Sprinter | ||
| Professional team(s) | |||
| 1999–2001 2002 2003–2004 2005–2006 2007–2009 2010 2011 2012– |
Lampre-Daikin Mapei-Quick Step Rabobank Phonak Barloworld Garmin-Transitions Team RadioShack Garmin-Barracuda |
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| Infobox last updated on 6 February 2012 |
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Robert Hunter (born 22 April 1977 in Johannesburg) is a South African professional road cyclist, for UCI ProTour team Garmin-Barracuda.[1] He became in 2001 the first South African to compete in the Tour de France.[2] In 2006 he rode for the Phonak team on the UCI ProTour, but after their disbandment he signed for UCI Continental Circuits side Barloworld for 2007. His achievements include winning stages at the 1999 and 2001 Vuelta a España and the 2007 Tour de France, the overall title at the 2004 Tour of Qatar, and the sprint classification at the 2004 Tour de Suisse.
He has been awarded the Cyclist of the Year Award in South Africa five times between 2001 and 2007.
In 2007 he returned to the Tour de France as leader of the Barloworld team (which received a wildcard entry). Hunter won Stage 11 of the 2007 Tour de France, the first stage win by a rider from South Africa.
In 2008, Hunter was allowed by the Tour de France's doping controllers to fly to Switzerland on 4 July, the day before the start, to be at his wife Claudia's side for the birth of his daughter, Mandy Inga Hunter.[3]
[edit] Palmarès
- 1999
- 1st Stage 1 Vuelta a España
- 2000
- 2nd Overall Ronde van Nederland
- 2001
- 1st Stage 17 Vuelta a España
- 2002
- 1st
Sprinters Classification Tour de Langkawi
- 1st Stage 1
- 1st Stage 4
- 2004
- 1st Sprint Classification Tour de Suisse
- 1st Stage 3
- 1st Stage 5
- 1st
Overall Tour of Qatar
- 1st Stage 3
- 1st Stage 5
- 1st Stage 1 Uniqua Classic
- 1st Stage 3 Uniqua Classic
- 1st Stage 4 Sachsen-Tour
- 2005
- 1st Doha International GP
- 1st Stage 5 Tour Méditerranéen
- 1st Stage 4 Setmana Catalana
- 1st Stage 1 Tour de Georgia
- 1st TTT Volta a Catalunya
- 2006
- 1st African Continental Championship Time Trial
- 2007
- 1st Stage 11 Tour de France
- 1st Overall Volta ao Distrito de Santarém
- 1st Stage 2
- 1st Overall Tour de Picardie
- 1st Stage 1
- 1st Stage 2 Clasica Alcobendas
- 1st Stage 5 Giro del Capo
- 2008
- 1st Worlds View Super Challenge Series
- 1st Cape Argus Cycle Tour
- 2009
- 1st Stage 4 Tour Méditerranéen
- 2010
- 1st Stage 1 Tour of Murcia
- 1st Stage 2 Tour of Murcia
- 2011
- 1st Tour de Mumbai II
- 1st Stage 1 Österreich Rundfahrt
- 2012
- 1st Stage 2 TTT Tour of Qatar
[edit] References
- ^ "Team Garmin-Cervélo unveils 2012 men’s Pro Team roster". Garmin-Cervélo (Boulder, Colorado: Slipstream Sports LLC). 18 November 2011. http://www.slipstreamsports.com/2011/11/18/team-garmin-cervelo-unveils-2012-mens-pro-team-roster. Retrieved 3 January 2012.
- ^ Jean-Francois Quenet (28 November 2003). "An interview with Robert Hunter: Refocusing after a bad hunting season". Cycling News. http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/riders/2003/interviews/?id=robert_hunter03.
- ^ Kevin McCallum (4 July 2008). "Hunter's baby wins the sprint". Independent Online. http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=6&click_id=185&art_id=vn20080704065752399C508090.
[edit] External links
- 1977 births
- Living people
- South African cyclists
- South African Tour de France stage winners
- Olympic cyclists of South Africa
- Cyclists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Cyclists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Cyclists at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
- People from Johannesburg
- White South African people
- Vuelta a España stage winners
