Jesse Sergent

Jesse Sergent

Personal information
Full name	Jesse Sergent
Nickname	Goose
Born	8 July 1988 (1988-07-08) (age 23) Feilding, New Zealand
Height	189cm
Weight	77kg
Team information
Current team	Team RadioShack
Discipline	Road & Track
Role	Rider
Rider type	Time Trialist
Amateur team(s)
2009–2010	Trek Livestrong
Professional team(s)
2011–	Team RadioShack
Major wins
Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen (2011)
Medal record Competitor for  New Zealand Track cycling Olympic Games Bronze 2008 Beijing Team pursuit World Championships Silver 2010 Ballerup Individual Pursuit Silver 2011 Apeldoorn Individual Pursuit Bronze 2009 Pruszków Team Pursuit Bronze 2010 Ballerup Team Pursuit Commonwealth Games Silver 2010 Delhi Individual Pursuit
Infobox last updated on 24 March 2011

Jesse Sergent (born 8 July 1988 in Feilding) is a New Zealand racing cyclist for Team RadioShack.^[1]

At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Sergent won the bronze medal as part of the New Zealand team in team pursuit, together with Sam Bewley, Hayden Roulston, and Marc Ryan.^[2]

On 10 November 2008, it was announced that Sergent had signed with American cyclist Lance Armstrong's under-23 development team, Trek-Livestrong for 2009 and 2010. Sergent became a stagiere with Team Radioshack for the last part of the 2010 season.^[3] He then signed a professional contract for 2011 with Team Radioshack ^[4]

He represented New-Zealand at the 2010 Commonwealth Games held in Delhi, India in October.

Jesse will base himself in Spain for the 2011 season.

Palmares

2008

3rd Beijing Olympic Games Team Pursuit

2nd Stage 1 Tour of Southland T.T.T

3rd Stage 4 Tour of Southland

2009

3rd World Track Championship Team Pursuit

3rd Stage 3a Tour De Beauce

1st Stage 1 Tour of Southland T.T.T.

2010

2nd World Track Championship Individual Pursuit

3rd World Track Championship Team Pursuit

1st Stage 3 Tour of the Gila I.T.T.

1st Prologue Cascade Cycling Classic

2nd Stage 3 Cascade Cycling Classic I.T.T

2nd Prologue Olympia's Tour

3rd Stage 1 Thuringen Rundfahrt

3rd overall Olympia's Tour

2nd Men's Individual Pursuit, Commonwealth Games

2nd Men's Team Pursuit, Commonwealth Games

2011

1st Overall Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen

1st Prologue (ITT)

2nd Men's Individual Pursuit, Track World Championships

4th Stage 5 Volta ao Algarve I.T.T

2nd Stage 7 Tour of Austria I.T.T

1st Stage 4 Eneco Tour I.T.T

1st Overall Tour du Poitou Charentes

1st Stage 4 I.T.T

References

1. ^ "Jesse Sergent". Beijing Olympics. Yahoo! Sports. http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/beijing/NZL/Jesse+Sergent/219250. Retrieved 2008-08-18. 
2. ^ "Cycling: I'm not finished yet, says Roulston". The New Zealand Herald. 2008-08-18. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/event/story.cfm?c_id=502&objectid=10527767. Retrieved 2008-08-18. 
3. ^ Richardson, Daniel (6 September 2010). "Sergent excited to join Armstrong's team". Stuff.co.nz. http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/other-sports/4100502/Kiwi-cyclist-excited-about-future-as-he-joins-Armstrong-team. Retrieved 6 October 2011. 
4. ^ "Bewley, Sergent team up with Lance". TVNZ. 2008-11-10. http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/1318241/2297546. Retrieved 2008-11-10. 

Persondata
Name	Sergent, Jesse
Alternative names
Short description	New Zealand racing cyclist
Date of birth	8 July 1988
Place of birth	Feilding, New Zealand
Date of death
Place of death