# Jeremy Hunt (cyclist)

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 in 1997 and 2001. He now works as a directeur sportif for UCI Continental team Terengganu Cycling Team.

## Career

Hunt was born in Canada and grew up in England, firstly in Bury before moving to Devon. 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 Banesto in 1996, and rode there for 4 seasons, when in 2000 he began a 3-year stint at BigMat–Auber 93, taking a win against Mario Cipollini 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 Mr. Bookmaker–Palmans–Collstrop. Hunt joined Crédit Agricole in 2008, following the demise of the MrBookmaker, now called Unibet.com. In 2009 he joined Cervélo TestTeam, where he made his Tour de France 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 Team Sky's 2011 line-up.
Hunt was part of the Great Britain team that helped Mark Cavendish win the road race at the 2011 UCI Road World Championships.

## 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 Road race, National Road Championships
    Tour de l'Avenir
       1st Stages 3 & 9
    1st Circuito de Getxo
    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
       1st Stages 10 & 14
    2nd Circuito de Getxo

### 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 Road race, National Road Championships
    1st Stage 4 Circuit Franco-Belge
    1st Stage 2 Tour de la Somme
    4th Nokere Koerse
    6th GP de Fourmies
    7th Grand Prix de la Ville de Lillers
    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

### 2003

    1st Stage 2 Tour de Picardie
    2nd Road race, National Road Championships

### 2004

    3rd Road race, National Road Championships
    4th Paris–Brussels
    8th Nokere Koerse
    9th Druivenkoers Overijse
    10th Dwars door Vlaanderen

### 2005

    1st Stage 2 Tour de Wallonie
    8th E3 Prijs Vlaanderen

### 2006

    2nd Dwars door Vlaanderen
    3rd Nokere Koerse
    6th Overall Tour de Picardie
    6th Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen
    7th GP de Fourmies
    9th Scheldeprijs
    10th Cholet-Pays de Loire

### 2007

    1st Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise
    2nd Paris–Brussels
    4th Schaal Sels-Merksem
    7th Overall Tour de Wallonie

### 2008

    1st Stage 2 Tour de Langkawi
    3rd Overall Delta Tour Zeeland

### 2009

    1st Stage 4 Post Danmark Rundt
    2nd National Criterium Championships
    3rd Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne
    5th Overall Delta Tour Zeeland
    10th Gent–Wevelgem

### 2010

    4th Road race, National Road Championships

### 2011

    1st East Yorkshire Classic
    6th Overall Tour of Qatar

### 2012

    5th Road race, National Road Championships

### General classification results timeline

Grand Tour general classification results :
| Grand Tour | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 |
| Giro d'Italia | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 150 | — | — | DNF |
| Tour de France | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 163 | — | — |
| / Vuelta a España | DNF | — | — | — | — | — | 107 | — | — | — | — |
Legend :
| — | Did not compete |
| DNF | Did not finish |
| DNS | Did not start |