Robert Hunter (cyclist)
Robert Hunter at the Tour de Romandie 2010 | |
To person | |
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Date of birth | April 22, 1977 |
nation | South Africa |
discipline | Street |
Driver type | sprinter |
End of career | 2013 |
Team (s) | |
1999–2001 2002 2003–2004 2005–2006 2007–2009 2010 2011 2012–2013 |
Lampre-Daikin Mapei-Quick Step Rabobank Phonak Barloworld Garmin-Transitions Team RadioShack Garmin Sharp |
Most important successes | |
Overall ranking Qatar Tour 2004 |
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Last updated: November 22, 2017 |
Robert Hunter (born April 22, 1977 in Johannesburg , South Africa ) is a former South African cyclist .
Athletic career
Robert Hunter was a professional from 1999 and began his career with the Italian cycling team Lampre . In 2003 he moved to the Dutch team at Rabobank . From 2005 he drove for the Swiss team Phonak and took part in the Tour de France for the fifth time with this team . Between 2007 and 2009 Hunter was under contract with the Professional Continental Team Barloworld and in 2007 he was the first ever rider from the African continent to win a stage for this team on the 11th stage of the Tour de France. In 2009 he also drove a stage in the Mediterranean Tour for this team. For the 2010 season he switched to the US team Garmin-Transitions . There he won two stages of the Vuelta a Murcia . After just one season he switched to the RadioShack team for which he drove a stage on the Tour of Austria . Also after only one year he moved back to the Garmin-Sharp team. In 2012 he became the South African champion in the individual time trial . In September 2013, he announced that he would end his career at the end of the season after failing to find a new employer.
successes
- 1999
- a stage Vuelta a España
- 2000
- 2001
- a stage Vuelta a España
- 2002
- one stage tour of Poland
- 2004
- Overall ranking Qatar Tour
- a stage Saxony tour
- two stages of the Tour de Suisse
- 2005
- Doha International GP
- a stage of Setmana Catalana
- a stage Tour de Georgia
- 2007
- Overall ranking and a stage Volta ao Distrito de Santarém
- a stage of the Clásica Alcobendas
- Overall ranking and a stage Tour de Picardie
- a stage Tour de France
- 2008
- Super Challenge Series 3 and 4
- one stage Grand Prix CTT Correios de Portugal
- 2009
- one stage tour of the Mediterranean
- Giro del Capo Race 1
- one stage of the Giro del Trentino
- 2010
- two stages Vuelta a Murcia
- 2011
- 2012
- 2013
- Overall ranking and one stage Mzansi Tour
Grand Tours placements
Grand Tour | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 |
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Giro d'Italia | - | - | - | DNF | - | - | - | - | - | - | 149 | - | DNF | DNF | 140 |
Tour de France | - | - | DNF | 97 | DNF | - | DNF | DNF | 117 | 105 | - | DNF | - | DNF | - |
Vuelta a España | 72 | - | 118 | - | - | DNF | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Web links
- Robert Hunter in the Radsportseiten.net database
- Robert Hunter in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
- Robert Hunter in the Tour de France database(French / English )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Heike Oberfeuchtner: End of career: Robert Hunter retires after 16 years - no contract for 2014. live-radsport.ch, September 16, 2013, accessed on September 17, 2013 .
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Hunter, Robert |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | South African racing cyclist |
DATE OF BIRTH | April 22, 1977 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Johannesburg |