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SIFISO NHLAPO	DAVID GEORGE	ROBERT HUNTER	JOHN LEE AUGUSTYN

ROBERT HUNTER

Date of birth: 22 April 1977
Beijing event: Road race (August 9),
Previous Olympics: 2000 road race (dnf), 2004 road race (dnf)
Bike: Bianchi 928 Carbon
To me, the Olympic Games is not as important as the Tour de France. As far as cycling is concerned an Olympic medal does not mean much – a stage of the Tour de France means a lot more. Not that the Olympics means nothing it is just that it only comes around once every four years, there are other events in cycling such as the world champs that a mean a lot more.
In Beijing, I reckon I’ll try and get the best result possible. The course might not be best suited to me, it may be better suited to John Lee who is the younger rider. But obviously we also need to look at the four weeks ahead of the Olympics and see what condition we are in when we arrive in Beijing.
The Olympic course, from what I hear, is more suited towards the climbers than to the sprinters, so John Lee may just be the rider that we end up riding for.
The favourite for the gold medal… It's difficult to say, the Olympics is a one-day race and really anything can happen. I wouldn't put my money on anybody! It depends on who is peaking at the time.

Note: Despite numerous attempts, we couldn’t get Robert to take our calls when we wrote this article, so we have pulled some quotes from a recent interview on iafrica.com.