JEREMY HUNT'S GREATEST HITS

Jeremy Hunt Tour of Langkawi 2008

Jeremy Hunt won the second stage of the Tour of Langkawi after a chaotic sprint.

It was the Devon-born rider?s 25th victory since turning professional for the Spanish Banesto team in 1996.

This season Hunt, who will turn 34 next month, is riding for Crédit Agricole, where he has been tipped to replace Julian Dean as Thor Hushovd?s leadout man.

1997 Vuelta a Aragon
Stage 5
Hunt beats Erik Zabel and Mario Cipollini into second and fourth places respectively on the sort of technical, twisty finish he relishes.

1997 Tour de l?Avenir
Stages 3 & 9
A great Tour de l?Avenir for the Brits as David Millar wins the prologue in Brittany. Hunt, riding for a Great Britain team, wins stage three in Poitiers and again on the last day in Auch.

2000 Tour of the Mediterranean
Stage 2
An unbelievably close finish saw Hunt beat Mario Cipollini in Cavaillon. Hunt was canny in the sprint, taking a short line round a roundabout, together with some other riders, to get back into contention.

2001 Circuit Franco-Belge
Stage 4
The end-of-season stage race on the France-Belgium border saw Hunt win the final stage after taking second and a third earlier in the two previous days.

2005 Tour de la Region Wallonne
Stage 2
After just a single win ? a stage of the Tour of Picardie ? in 2003 and 2004, Hunt won a biggie again.

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Sports journalist Lionel Birnie has written professionally for Sunday Times, Procycling and of course Cycling Weekly. He is also an author, publisher, and co-founder of The Cycling Podcast. His first experience covering the Tour de France came in 1999, and he has presented The Cycling Podcast with Richard Moore and Daniel Friebe since 2013. He founded Peloton Publishing in 2010 and has ghostwritten and published the autobiography of Sean Kelly, as well as a number of other sports icons.