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.^[1][2]

Robert Hunter

Hunter at the 2010 Tour de Romandie
Personal information
Full name	Robert Hunter
Nickname	Robbie[1]
Born	(1977-04-22) 22 April 1977 (age 47) Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	72 kg (159 lb)
Team information
Current team	EF Education–EasyPost
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider (retired) Directeur sportif
Rider type	Sprinter
Professional teams
1999–2001	Lampre–Daikin
2002	Mapei–Quick-Step
2003–2004	Rabobank
2005–2006	Phonak
2007–2009	Barloworld
2010	Garmin–Transitions
2011	Team RadioShack
2012–2013	Garmin–Barracuda
Managerial team
2014–2015	Garmin–Sharp
Major wins
Grand Tours Tour de France 1 individual stage (2007) Giro d'Italia 1 TTT stage (2012) Vuelta a España 2 individual stages (1999, 2001) One-Day races and Classics African Time Trial Championships (2006) National Time Trial Championships (2000) National Road Race Championships (2012)
Medal record Men's road cycling Representing  South Africa African Road Championships 2006 Port Louis Time trial 2006 Port Louis Road race

Career

Hunter became the first South African to compete in the Tour de France, when he did so in 2001.^[3] 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.^[4][5]

Following the 2013 season, Hunter retired from professional cycling.^[6][7] 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.^[8]

Hunter worked as the video assistant commissaire at the 2018 Tour de France.

Personal life

Hunter resides in Arth, Schwyz, Switzerland.^[1]

Career achievements

Major results

Sources:^[1][9][10]

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