Jesse Sergent

Jesse Sergent (born 8 July 1988) is a retired New Zealand racing cyclist who rode professionally between 2011 and 2016 for , and .

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.

On 10 November 2008, it was announced that Sergent had signed with 's under-23 development team, for 2009 and 2010. Sergent became a stagiaire with for the last part of the 2010 season. He then signed a professional contract for 2011 with . 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. Sergent, with several other riders, joined the former team to form , ahead of the 2012 season.

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 from the start of the 2016 season. However, in July 2016, Sergent retired from professional cycling at the age of 28.

Major results

2005

2006 1st Time trial, National Junior Road Championships 2008

2009 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Tour of Southland

2010 1st Stage 3 (ITT) Tour of the Gila 1st Prologue Cascade Cycling Classic UCI Track World Championships

Commonwealth Games

9th Time trial 3rd Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships 3rd Overall Olympia's Tour 2011

1st Prologue

1st Stage 4 (ITT) 1st Stage 4 (ITT) Eneco Tour

2nd Time trial, National Road Championships 2012 2nd Overall Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen

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