Jesse Sergent

Jesse Sergent
Personal information
Full name Jesse Sergent
Nickname Goose
Born 8 July 1988 (1988-07-08) (age 23)
Feilding, New Zealand
Height 189cm
Weight 77kg
Team information
Current team RadioShack-Nissan-Trek
Discipline Road & Track
Role Rider
Rider type Time Trialist
Amateur team(s)
2009–2010 Trek Livestrong
Professional team(s)
2011
2012–		 Team RadioShack
RadioShack-Nissan-Trek
Major wins
Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen (2011)
Infobox last updated on
4 January 2012

Jesse Sergent (born 8 July 1988 in Feilding) is a New Zealand racing cyclist for RadioShack-Nissan-Trek.[1]

At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Sergent won the bronze medal as part of the New Zealand team in team pursuit, together with Sam Bewley, Hayden Roulston, and Marc Ryan.[2]

On 10 November 2008, it was announced that Sergent had signed with American cyclist Lance Armstrong's under-23 development team, Trek-Livestrong for 2009 and 2010. Sergent became a stagiaire with Team RadioShack for the last part of the 2010 season.[3] He then signed a professional contract for 2011 with Team RadioShack.[4] Sergent, with several other riders, joined the former Leopard Trek team to form RadioShack-Nissan-Trek, ahead of the 2012 season.[1]

He represented New-Zealand at the 2010 Commonwealth Games held in Delhi, India in October.

Jesse will base himself in Spain for the 2011 season.

Palmares

2008
3rd Beijing Olympic Games Team Pursuit
2nd Stage 1 Tour of Southland T.T.T
3rd Stage 4 Tour of Southland
2009
3rd World Track Championship Team Pursuit
3rd Stage 3a Tour De Beauce
1st Stage 1 Tour of Southland T.T.T.
2010
2nd World Track Championship Individual Pursuit
3rd World Track Championship Team Pursuit
1st Stage 3 Tour of the Gila I.T.T.
1st Prologue Cascade Cycling Classic
2nd Stage 3 Cascade Cycling Classic I.T.T
2nd Prologue Olympia's Tour
3rd Stage 1 Thuringen Rundfahrt
3rd overall Olympia's Tour
2nd Men's Individual Pursuit, Commonwealth Games
2nd Men's Team Pursuit, Commonwealth Games
2011
1st Overall Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen
1st Prologue (ITT)
2nd Men's Individual Pursuit, Track World Championships
4th Stage 5 Volta ao Algarve I.T.T
2nd Stage 7 Tour of Austria I.T.T
1st Stage 4 Eneco Tour I.T.T
1st Overall Tour du Poitou Charentes
1st Stage 4 I.T.T

References

  1. ^ a b "RADIOSHACK NISSAN TREK announces 2012 roster". leopardtrek.lu (Leopard Trek). 5 December 2011. http://www.leopardtrek.lu/news/radioshack-nissan-trek-announces-2012-roster. Retrieved 4 January 2012. 
  2. ^ Bingham, Eugene (2008-08-18). "Cycling: I'm not finished yet, says Roulston". The New Zealand Herald. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/event/story.cfm?c_id=502&objectid=10527767. Retrieved 2008-08-18. 
  3. ^ Richardson, Daniel (6 September 2010). "Sergent excited to join Armstrong's team". Stuff.co.nz. http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/other-sports/4100502/Kiwi-cyclist-excited-about-future-as-he-joins-Armstrong-team. Retrieved 6 October 2011. 
  4. ^ "Bewley, Sergent team up with Lance". TVNZ. 2008-11-10. http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/1318241/2297546. Retrieved 2008-11-10.