# Robbie Hunter (cyclist)

Robert "Robbie" Hunter (born 22 April 1977) is a retired South African professional road racing cyclist who competed professionally between 1999 and 2013. Hunter competed with UCI ProTeam Garmin–Sharp during his final professional season.

## Career

Hunter became the first South African to compete in the Tour de France, when he did so in 2001. In 2006, Hunter rode for Phonak in the UCI ProTour, but after their disbandment he signed for UCI Continental Circuits team Barloworld for 2007. His achievements include winning stages at the 1999 and 2001 Vuelta a Españas, the 2007 Tour de France, and the overall title at the 2004 Tour of Qatar, as well as the points classification at the 2004 Tour de Suisse.
In 2007, Hunter returned to the Tour de France as team captain of Barloworld. Hunter won sprint stage 11, the first stage won by an African.
Following the 2013 season, Hunter retired from professional cycling. Hunter was a directeur sportif for Garmin–Sharp in 2014 and 2015. In November 2015 he announced that he was leaving the team in order to spend more time with his family and concentrate on his role as a rider agent for a number of African cyclists, including Louis Meintjes.
Hunter worked as the video assistant commissaire at the 2018 Tour de France.

## Personal life

Hunter resides in Arth, Schwyz, Switzerland.

## Career achievements
### Major results

Sources:

#### 1999

    Vuelta a España
       1st Sprints classification
       1st Stage 1

#### 2000

    1st Time trial, National Road Championships
    2nd Overall Ronde van Nederland
       1st Points classification
       1st Young rider classification
       1st Stages 2 & 3
    2nd EnBW Grand Prix (with Oscar Camenzind)
    3rd Overall Four Days of Dunkirk
    3rd Memorial Rik Van Steenbergen

#### 2001

    1st Tour de Rijke
    1st Stage 17 Vuelta a España
    9th Overall Ronde van Nederland
       1st Young rider classification

#### 2002

    1st Stage 1 Tour de Pologne
    2nd Overall Tour de Langkawi
       1st Points classification
       1st Stages 1 (ITT), 2 & 5
    2nd Grote Prijs Jef Scherens
    5th Overall Three Days of De Panne
    6th Gent–Wevelgem
    7th Road race, Commonwealth Games

#### 2003

    4th Tour de Picardie
    10th Trofeo Cala Millor

#### 2004

    1st Overall Tour of Qatar
       1st Stages 3 & 5
    Tour de Suisse
       1st Stages 3 & 5
    Uniqa Classic
       1st Points classification
       1st Stages 1 & 3
    1st Stage 4b Sachsen-Tour
    5th International Grand Prix Doha

#### 2005

    1st International Grand Prix Doha
    1st Stage 1 (TTT) Volta a Catalunya
    1st Stage 1 Tour de Georgia
    1st Stage 4 Setmana Catalana
    1st Stage 5 Tour Méditerranéen
    8th Trofeo Luis Puig

#### 2006

    African Road Championships
       1st Time trial
       3rd Road race
    4th Overall Tour of Qatar

#### 2007

    1st Overall Volta ao Distrito de Santarém
       1st Stage 2
    1st Overall Tour de Picardie
       1st Stage 1
    1st Stage 11 Tour de France
    1st Stage 2 Clasica Alcobendas
    1st Stage 5 Giro del Capo
    3rd Coppa Bernocchi
    4th Gran Premio della Costa Etruschi
    10th Milan–San Remo
    10th Grand Prix Pino Cerami

#### 2008

    1st Stage 4 GP CTT Correios de Portugal
    1st Cape Argus Cycle Tour
    4th Memorial Viviana Manservisi
    8th Overall Giro della Provincia di Grosseto

#### 2009

    1st Stage 3 Giro del Trentino
    1st Stage 4 Tour Méditerranéen
    3rd Gran Premio della Costa Etruschi
    9th Overall Delta Tour Zeeland

#### 2010

    Vuelta a Murcia
       1st Stages 1 & 2
    9th Overall Tour Down Under

#### 2011

    1st Mumbai Cyclothon II
    1st Stage 1 Tour of Austria
    4th Mumbai Cyclothon I
    7th Grand Prix de Denain

#### 2012

    National Road Championships
       1st Road race
       4th Time trial
    1st Stage 4 (TTT) Giro d'Italia
    1st Stage 2 (TTT) Tour of Qatar

#### 2013

    1st Overall Mzansi Tour
       1st Points classification
       1st Stage 2
    8th Trofeo Platja de Muro

### Grand Tour general classification results timeline

| Grand Tour | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 |
| Giro d'Italia | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 154 | — | DNF | DNF | 141 |
| Tour de France | — | — | DNF | 97 | DNF | — | DNF | DNF | 118 | 106 | — | DNF | — | DNF | — |
| Vuelta a España | 72 | — | — | 118 | — | DNF | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Legend :
| — | Did not compete |
| DNF | Did not finish |