1. Jesse Sergent was born on 8 July 1988 and is a retired New Zealand racing cyclist who rode professionally between 2011 and 2016 for Team RadioShack, Trek Factory Racing and AG2R La Mondiale.
11 Facts About Jesse Sergent
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Jesse Sergent became a stagiaire with Team RadioShack for the last part of the 2010 season.
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Jesse Sergent then signed a professional contract for 2011 with Team RadioShack.
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Jesse Sergent represented New-Zealand at the 2010 Commonwealth Games held in Delhi, India.
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Jesse Sergent won a silver medal in the Individual Pursuit and silver in the Team Pursuit.
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Jesse Sergent switched to track cycling for the 2012 London Olympics, where he and his teammates made themselves double Olympic bronze medalists.
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Jesse Sergent started the racing season with New Zealand elite road nations where he placed third.
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Jesse Sergent rode in the Glasgow Commonwealth Games individual road time trial and road race.
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Jesse 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.
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Jesse Sergent subsequently signed a two-year deal with AG2R La Mondiale from the start of the 2016 season.
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However, in July 2016, Jesse Sergent retired from professional cycling at the age of 28.