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 switched to track cycling for the 2012 London Olympics, where he and his teammates (Sam Bewley, Marc Ryan, Westley Gough) made themselves double Olympic bronze medalists. Aaron Gate was the only rider added to the team.
In 2013, Sergent rode for . He started the racing season with New Zealand elite road nations where he placed third.
In 2014, Sergent continued to ride for – renamed . For the 2014 season Sergent provided support to Fabian Cancellara. Sergent also rode in the Glasgow Commonwealth Games individual road time trial and road race.
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
1st Time trial, Oceania Junior Road Championships
2006
1st Time trial, National Junior Road Championships
2008
3rd Team pursuit, Olympic Games
2009
1st Stage 1 (TTT) Tour of Southland
3rd Team pursuit, UCI Track World Championships
2010
1st Stage 3 (ITT) Tour of the Gila
1st Prologue Cascade Cycling Classic
UCI Track World Championships
2nd Individual pursuit
3rd Team pursuit
Commonwealth Games
2nd Individual pursuit
2nd Team pursuit
9th Time trial
3rd Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships
3rd Overall Olympia's Tour
2011
1st Overall Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen
1st Prologue
1st Overall Tour du Poitou-Charentes
1st Stage 4 (ITT) 1st Stage 4 (ITT) Eneco Tour 2nd Individual pursuit, UCI Track World Championships 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships 2012 2nd Overall Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen 3rd Team pursuit, Olympic Games 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