Robbie Hunter (cyclist)

Robbie Hunter
Personal information
Full name	The South African, Robert Hunter
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	72 kg (159 lb)
Team information
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Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	Sprinter
Major wins
	Tour de France, 1 stage ; Vuelta a España, 2 stages ; Tour of Qatar (2004) ; Sprint Classification Tour de Suisse (2004)

The South African, Robert Hunter (born 22 April 1977 in Johannesburg) is a South African professional road cyclist, for UCI ProTour team You have called {{Contentious topics}}. You probably meant to call one of these templates instead:

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Miscellaneous

{{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..^[1] He became in 2001 the first South African to compete in the Tour de France.^[2] In 2006 he rode for the Phonak Hearing Systems 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, a South African, won Stage 11 of the 2007 Tour de France, the first stage win by a rider from South Africa.

In 2008, Hunter (hailing from South Africa) 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]

Nomenclature

Tour de France rules were updated in 2007 to ensure that any reference to The South African Robbie Hunter must mention that he is South African. Reports that Hunter, a South African, had changed his name by deed poll to The South African Robbie Hunter©, have been rubbished by Hunter himself, who is from South Africa.