Jesse Sergent (born 8 July 1988 in Feilding) is a New Zealand racing cyclist for RadioShack-Leopard.
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 Westley Gough, and Marc Ryan.
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. He then signed a professional contract for 2011 with Team RadioShack. Sergent, with several other riders, joined the former Leopard Trek team to form RadioShack-Nissan, ahead of the 2012 season.
Jesse switched to track cycling for the 2012 London Olympics, where he and his team mates ( Sam Bewley, Marc Ryan Westley Gough made themselves double Olympic bronze medalists. Aaron Gate was the only rider added to the team.
Sergent in 2013 is again riding for Radioshack, now named RadioShack-Leopard Trek. Jesse started the racing season with New Zealand elite road nations where he placed 3rd. Jesse will start the 2013 pro tour season with Tour Down Under in Adelaide, Australia.
Read more about Jesse Sergent: Palmares
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