Jesse Sergent
Jesse Sergent (born 8 July 1988) is a retired New Zealand racing cyclist who rode professionally between 2011 and 2016 for Team RadioShack, Trek Factory Racing and AG2R La Mondiale.
 Sergent at the 2011 Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen, a race he would win overall. | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Jesse Sergent |
| Nickname | Goose |
| Born | 8 July 1988 Feilding, New Zealand |
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) |
| Weight | 77 kg (170 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Retired |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type |
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| Amateur teams | |
| 2009–2010 | Trek–Livestrong |
| 2010 | Team RadioShack (stagiaire) |
| Professional teams | |
| 2011 | Team RadioShack |
| 2012–2015 | RadioShack–Nissan[1][2] |
| 2016 | AG2R La Mondiale |
| Major wins | |
| One-day races and Classics | |
Medal record | |
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Career
Born in Feilding, Sergent won a bronze medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, as part of the New Zealand team in team pursuit, together with Sam Bewley, Hayden Roulston, Westley Gough and Marc Ryan.[3]
On 10 November 2008, it was announced that Sergent had signed with Trek–Livestrong's under-23 development team, for 2009 and 2010. Sergent became a stagiaire with Team RadioShack for the last part of the 2010 season.[4] He then signed a professional contract for 2011 with Team RadioShack. He represented New-Zealand at the 2010 Commonwealth Games held in Delhi, India. Sergent won a silver medal in the Individual Pursuit and silver in the Team Pursuit.[5] Sergent, with several other riders, joined the former Leopard Trek team to form RadioShack–Nissan, ahead of the 2012 season.[1]
Sergent switched to track cycling for the 2012 London Olympics, where he and his teammates (Sam Bewley, Marc Ryan, Westley Gough) made themselves double Olympic bronze medalists. Aaron Gate was the only rider added to the team.
In 2013, Sergent rode for RadioShack–Leopard. He started the racing season with New Zealand elite road nations where he placed third.
In 2014, Sergent continued to ride for RadioShack–Leopard – renamed Trek Factory Racing. For the 2014 season Sergent provided support to Fabian Cancellara. Sergent also rode in the Glasgow Commonwealth Games individual road time trial and road race.[6]
Sergent was hit by a neutral service car during the 2015 Tour of Flanders, an accident which kept him out of the sport for three months and resulted in him having three operations. He subsequently signed a two-year deal with AG2R La Mondiale from the start of the 2016 season. However, in July 2016, Sergent retired from professional cycling at the age of 28.[7]
Major results
- 2005
- 1st
Time trial, Oceania Junior Road Championships - 2006
- 1st Time trial, National Junior Road Championships
- 2008
- 3rd
Team pursuit, Olympic Games - 2009
- 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Tour of Southland
- 3rd
Team pursuit, UCI Track World Championships - 2010
- 1st Stage 3 (ITT) Tour of the Gila
- 1st Prologue Cascade Cycling Classic
- UCI Track World Championships
- 2nd
Individual pursuit - 3rd Team pursuit
- 2nd
- Commonwealth Games
- 2nd Individual pursuit
- 2nd Team pursuit
- 9th Time trial
- 2nd
- 3rd Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships
- 3rd Overall Olympia's Tour
- 2011
- 1st
Overall Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen
- 1st Prologue
- 1st
Overall Tour du Poitou-Charentes
- 1st Stage 4 (ITT)
- 1st Stage 4 (ITT) Eneco Tour
- 2nd Individual pursuit, UCI Track World Championships
- 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
- 2012
- 2nd Overall Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen
- 3rd Team pursuit, Olympic Games
- 3rd Time trial, National Road Championships
- 6th Overall Three Days of De Panne
- 2013
- 7th Overall Volta ao Algarve
- 2014
- 1st Stage 5 Tour of Austria
- 5th Time trial, Commonwealth Games
- 8th Overall Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen
- 2015
- 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Tour of Alberta
- 3rd Overall Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen
References
- "RadioShack-Nissan-Trek announces lineup for 2012". VeloNews. Competitor Group, Inc. 5 December 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
- "Trek Factory Racing (TFR) – USA". UCI World Tour. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 2 January 2014. Retrieved 5 January 2014.
- Bingham, Eugene (18 August 2008). "Cycling: I'm not finished yet, says Roulston". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 18 August 2008.
- Richardson, Daniel (6 September 2010). "Sergent excited to join Armstrong's team". Stuff. Retrieved 6 October 2011.
- "Bewley, Sergent team up with Lance". TVNZ. 10 November 2008. Archived from the original on 20 May 2011. Retrieved 10 November 2008.
- "Glasgow 2014 – Jesse Sergent Profile". g2014results.thecgf.com. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
- "Jesse Sergent retires from cycling". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 22 July 2016. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
