Jeremy Hunt (born 12 March 1974) is a British former road racing cyclist who raced for numerous years mainly a sprinter. Hunt was the winner of the

British National Road Race Championships The British National Road Race Championships cover different categories of British road bicycle racing events, normally held annually. History Between 1943 and 1958, two separate bodies – the British League of Racing Cyclists (BLRC) and t ...

in 1997 and 2001. He now works as a

directeur sportif A ''directeur sportif'' (French for sporting director, although the original French term is often used in English-language media; plural ''directeurs sportifs'') is a person directing a cycling team during a road bicycle racing event. It is se ...

for UCI Continental team .

Career

Hunt was born in Canada and grew up in England, firstly in Bury before moving to

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. His father had been an amateur racing cyclist, and as a teenager in Devon Hunt was coached by former Tour de France rider Colin Lewis. He pursued his career in northern France before turning professional. He made his professional cycling debut for in 1996, and rode there for 4 seasons, when in 2000 he began a 3-year stint at , taking a win against

Mario Cipollini Mario Cipollini (; born 22 March 1967), often abbreviated to "Cipo", is a retired Italian professional road cyclist most noted for his sprinting ability, the longevity of his dominance (his first pro win came in 1988, his last in 2005; 170 p ...

in a stage of the Tour Méditerranéen in his first season with the team. He spent 1 season for MBK-Oktos until in 2004 he joined . Hunt joined in 2008, following the demise of the MrBookmaker, now called Unibet.com. In 2009 he joined , where he made his

Tour de France The Tour de France () is an annual men's multiple-stage bicycle race primarily held in France, while also occasionally passing through nearby countries. Like the other Grand Tours (the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a España), it consists ...

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 of 's 2011 line-up. Hunt was part of the

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team that helped

Mark Cavendish Mark Simon Cavendish (born 21 May 1985) is a Manx professional road racing cyclist who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . As a track cyclist he specialises in the madison, points race, and scratch race disciplines; as a road racer he is a ...

win the road race at the

2011 UCI Road World Championships The 2011 UCI Road World Championships took place in Copenhagen, Denmark, over 19–25 September 2011. The event consisted of a cycling road race and a time trial for men, women, men under 23, and for the first time since 2004 the junior men and ...

Personal life

He is the half-brother of racing cyclist Joshua Hunt.

Major results

;1994 : 1st Stage 16 Commonwealth Bank Classic ;1995 : 1st GP Cristal Energie : 1st Internatie Reningelst : 1st Stage 1 Commonwealth Bank Classic ;1997 : 1st MaillotReinoUnido

Road race, National Road Championships :

Tour de l'Avenir Tour de l'Avenir ( en, Tour of the Future) is a French road bicycle racing stage race, which started in 1961 as a race similar to the Tour de France and over much of the same course but for amateurs and for semi-professionals known as independen ...

::1st Stages 3 & 9 : 1st

Circuito de Getxo The Circuito de Getxo ( en, Getxo Circuit) is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in July in Getxo, Spain. Since 2005, the race is organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle ...

: 1st Stage 3 Commonwealth Bank Classic : 1st Stage 2 GP do Minho : 1st Stage 1 Circuit Cycliste de la Sarthe : 1st Stage 1 Vuelta Ciclista a la Rioja, Calahora : 1st Stage 5 Vuelta Ciclista a Aragón, Zaragoza ;1998 : 1st Trofeo Alcudia :

Volta a Portugal The Volta a Portugal ( en, Tour of Portugal), also known as Volta a Portugal em Bicicleta ( en, Tour of Portugal on Bicycle), is an annual multi-stage road bicycle racing competition held in Portugal. The competition takes place during a two-week ...

::1st Stages 10 & 14 : 2nd

;1999 : 1st Stage 2 Commonwealth Bank Classic ;2000 : 1st Sea Otter Classic : 1st Stage 9 Herald Sun Tour : 1st Stage 2 Tour Méditerranéen ;2001 : 1st MaillotReinoUnido

Road race, National Road Championships : 1st Stage 4 Circuit Franco-Belge : 1st Stage 2

Tour de la Somme The Grand Prix de la Somme (formerly the Tour de la Somme) is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in May in Somme, France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It al ...

: 4th Nokere Koerse : 6th GP de Fourmies : 7th

Grand Prix de la Ville de Lillers Grand Prix de la Ville de Lillers is a road bicycle race held annually near Lillers, a commune in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France. The editions 1964-1995 were reserved to amateurs. Since 2005, it is rated 1.2 on the UCI Europe Tour Th ...

: 10th Cholet-Pays de Loire ;2002 : 1st GP Ouest-France : 3rd Road race, National Road Championships : 5th Paris–Bourges : 5th

Gran Premio della Costa Etruschi The Gran Premio della Costa Etruschi is a one-day professional cycling race between the towns of San Vincenzo and Donoratico on the Tuscany coast in Italy. The 193 kilometre long race takes place at the beginning of February and has now taken ove ...

;2003 : 1st Stage 2

Tour de Picardie The Tour de Picardie was a professional multi-stage cycle road race that was held between 1936 and 2016 in Picardy, France. In its last twelve editions, it was organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a s ...

: 2nd Road race, National Road Championships ;2004 : 3rd Road race, National Road Championships : 4th

Paris–Brussels The Brussels Cycling Classic (known until June 2013 as Paris–Brussels) is a semi classic European bicycle race, one of the oldest races on the international calendar. History Paris–Brussels was first run on 12 August 1893 as an amateur eve ...

: 8th Nokere Koerse : 9th

Druivenkoers Overijse Druivenkoers Overijse is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in August in Overijse, Belgium. Since 2005, the race is organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing Road ...

: 10th

Dwars door Vlaanderen Dwars door Vlaanderen ''( en, Across Flanders)'' is a semi-classic road bicycle race in Belgium, held annually since 1945. The race starts in Roeselare and finishes in Waregem, both in West Flanders. Since 2017 the event is included in the UCI ...

;2005 : 1st Stage 2 Tour de Wallonie : 8th

E3 Prijs Vlaanderen E3 Saxo Bank Classic, previously known as E3 BinckBank Classic, E3 Harelbeke, Harelbeke–Antwerp–Harelbeke and E3-Prijs Vlaanderen, is an annual road cycling race in Flanders, Belgium. The race starts and finishes in Harelbeke, covering 203 ki ...

;2006 : 2nd

: 3rd Nokere Koerse : 6th Overall

: 6th

Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen (Championship of Flanders) or Koolskamp Koerse is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in September in Koolskamp (part-municipality of Ardooie), West Flanders, Belgium. Since 2005, the race is organized as a ...

: 7th GP de Fourmies : 9th

Scheldeprijs The Scheldeprijs is a cycling race in Flanders and the Netherlands which starts in Terneuzen, crosses the Scheldt River, and finishes in Schoten. Until 2018 it was held entirely in Belgium. The event, ranked as a 1.HC race on the UCI Europe Tour, ...

: 10th Cholet-Pays de Loire ;2007 : 1st Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise : 2nd

: 4th Schaal Sels-Merksem : 7th Overall Tour de Wallonie ;2008 : 1st Stage 2

Tour de Langkawi The Tour de Langkawi is a multiple stage bicycle race held in Malaysia. It is named after the archipelago Langkawi, where the first edition started and finished. The race has been held annually since 1996, primarily in February. It usually con ...

: 3rd Overall Delta Tour Zeeland ;2009 : 1st Stage 4 Post Danmark Rundt : 2nd National Criterium Championships : 3rd

Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne is an annual single-day road cycling race in Belgium. It is held one day after Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, on the last Sunday of February or the first of March, and completes the opening weekend of the Belgian cycling season ...

: 5th Overall Delta Tour Zeeland : 10th

Gent–Wevelgem Gent–Wevelgem, officially Gent–Wevelgem – In Flanders Fields, is a road cycling race in Belgium, held annually since 1934. It is one of the classic races part of the Flemish Cycling Week, run in late March on the last Sunday before the To ...

;2010 : 4th Road race, National Road Championships ;2011 : 1st East Yorkshire Classic : 6th Overall

Tour of Qatar The Tour of Qatar was an annual professional cycling stage race held in Qatar. First organized in 2002, the event was part of the UCI Asia Tour until 2016. The 2017 edition was to have seen the event upgraded to the UCI World Tour for the firs ...

;2012 : 5th Road race, National Road Championships

General classification results timeline

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hunt, Jeremy Canadian male cyclists English male cyclists 1974 births Living people Cyclists from Saskatchewan British cycling road race champions Cyclists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic cyclists of Great Britain