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Full name | Jesse Sergent | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname | Goose | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 8 July 1988 Feilding, New Zealand |
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Height | 189cm | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 77kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | RadioShack-Nissan-Trek | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Discipline | Road & Track | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Rider | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rider type | Time Trialist | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2009–2010 | Trek Livestrong | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2011 2012– |
Team RadioShack RadioShack-Nissan-Trek |
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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.