Robbie Hunter (cyclist)

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 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 in the UCI ProTour, but after their disbandment he signed for UCI Continental Circuits team 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 . Hunter won sprint stage 11, the first stage won by a South African.
Following the 2013 season, Hunter retired from professional cycling. Hunter was a directeur sportif for 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
References
External links
Cycling Base: Robert Hunter
1977 births
Living people
South African male cyclists
South African Tour de France stage winners
Olympic cyclists for South Africa
Cyclists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Cyclists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Cyclists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Cyclists at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
Cyclists from Johannesburg
White South African people
South African people of English descent
South African Vuelta a España stage winners
Tour de Suisse stage winners
Commonwealth Games competitors for South Africa