Jesse Sergent has retired from the sport at the age of 28, with his coach confirming the news. Sergent signed a two-year deal with AG2R La Mondiale at the start of the season but has opted to bring down the curtain on his professional career.
Sergent was hit by a neutral service car during the 2015 Tour of Flanders and needed several months and three operations in order to return to the sport. He signed for AG2R-La Mondiale at the start of the year, ending his long association with Trek. He targeted a place in the Tour de France at the start of the season but closed out his career at the Tour de Suisse, finishing in 108th position overall.
"It's been a tough 12 months for Jesse, with that crash he had last year, with the car hitting him," his coach, Mike McRedmond, told tuff.co.nz.
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"That was a big setback. They thought it would take six to eight weeks, but it took him three months because they ballsed up the operation."
"That put a dampener on his year and then he changed teams and going into a French-speaking team is a very hard transition."
Sergent signed for the Trek Livestrong U23 team in 2009 and rose through the ranks before turning professional with Team RadioShack in 2010.
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