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2011 Team Europcar Season
The 2011 season for the cycling team began in January with La Tropicale Amissa Bongo and ended in October with Yukiya Arashiro's performance in the Japan Cup (cycling), Japan Cup. It was the team's twelfth season as a professional cycling team, although its second as a List of UCI Professional Continental and Continental teams#UCI Professional Continental Teams, UCI Professional Continental team. Unlike fellow former UCI ProTour#List of current UCI ProTeams, UCI ProTeams , , and , they did not seek the status for 2011, thus in order to compete in any 2011 UCI World Tour, UCI World Tour event, the team had to be invited in advance, by race organizers. The season was one of the best in the team's history, with 20 victories and a 2011 Tour de France, Tour de France with multiple noteworthy performances. Team leader Thomas Voeckler wore the yellow jersey as race leader for ten days; the second such occurrence of his career, after also leading for ten days in 2004 Tour de France, 2004 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-René Bernaudeau
Jean-René Bernaudeau (born 8 July 1956) is a French former road bicycle racer, who competed professionally from 1978 to 1988. Bernaudeau currently works as the general manager for UCI ProTeam . In 1982, he said that dope controls in cycling were a breach of the freedom of work. Before turning professional he represented France competing in the individual road race event at the 1976 Summer Olympics. Career highlights include four wins in the Grand Prix du Midi Libre between 1980 and 1983, winning a Bronze medal at the 1979 World Championship road race, as well as wearing the yellow jersey as leader of the general classification for one day after the first stage in the 1979 Tour de France. He would also win the best young rider classification in the 1979 Tour and would go on to finish in 5th place overall. As the high mountains and the third week began in the 1980 Tour de France Bernaudeau rose through the standings getting as high as 5th behind leading GC riders Zoetemelk, Ku ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Young Rider Classification In The Tour De France
The young rider classification is a secondary competition in the Tour de France, that started in 1975 Tour de France, 1975. Excluding the years 1989 Tour de France, 1989 to 1999 Tour de France, 1999, the leader of the young rider classification wears a white jersey (french: maillot blanc). The requirements to be eligible for the young rider classification have changed over the years but have always been such that experienced cyclists were not eligible, sometimes by excluding cyclists over a certain age, cyclists who had entered the Tour de France before, or cyclists who had been professional for more than two years. In the most recent years, only cyclists who will remain below 26 in the year the race is held are eligible. In the Tour de France Femmes, the white jersey is awarded to the highest placed rider in the general classification under the age of 23. History From 1968 Tour de France, 1968 to 1975 Tour de France, 1975, there was a white jersey awarded in the Tour de France to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cyril Gautier
Cyril Gautier (born 26 September 1987) is a French road bicycle racer, who competed as a professional from 2007 to 2022. He was named in the start list for the 2015 Vuelta a España. In August 2015, L'Équipe reported Gautier had signed for for the 2016 season, providing support for Romain Bardet. Major results ;2004 : 4th Overall Giro della Lunigiana : 10th Road race, UCI Junior Road World Championships ;2006 : 7th Overall Grand Prix Guillaume Tell ;2007 : 3rd Grand Prix de Rennes : 4th Overall Grand Prix du Portugal ::1st Young rider classification : 8th Tour du Finistère ;2008 : 1st Road race, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships : 1st Stage 2 Kreiz Breizh Elites : 2nd Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan : 6th Road race, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships : 6th Grand Prix d'Isbergues : 7th Trophée des Grimpeurs ;2009 : 6th Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan : 7th Overall Tour du Limousin : 9th Overall Circuit de Lorraine ;2010 : 1st Route Adélie : 3rd Les Boucles du S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Damien Gaudin
Damien Gaudin (born 20 August 1986 in Beaupréau) is a French former road bicycle racer, who competed as a professional from 2008 to 2021. He competed for France at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Gaudin left at the end of the 2013 season, and joined for the 2014 season. He was named in the start list for the 2015 Tour de France and won two combativity awards in the 2018 Tour de France. Major results ;2003 : 1st Chrono des Nations Juniors ;2004 : 3rd Chrono des Nations Juniors ;2006 : 1st Madison, National Track Championships (with Thibaut Mace) : National Under-23 Track Championships ::1st Individual pursuit ::1st Points race ;2007 : National Under-23 Track Championships ::1st Individual pursuit ::2nd Team pursuit : 1st Paris–Roubaix Espoirs : 2nd Madison, National Track Championships (with Thibaut Mace) : 2nd Overall Tour du Haut-Anjou : 9th Overall Ronde de l'Oise ;2008 : 1st Madison, National Track Championships (with Sébastien Turgot) ;2009 : National Track Cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jérôme Cousin
Jérôme Cousin (born 5 June 1989) is a French professional road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam . In October 2015 announced that Cousin would join them from 2016 on a two-year contract, after six years with and its previous iterations. He returned to the team in 2018, now known as , upon the expiration of his contract. Major results ;2006 : 5th Chrono des Nations Juniors ;2008 : 3rd Overall Tour du Haut-Anjou : 9th Chrono des Nations Espoirs ;2010 : 8th Overall Ronde de l'Isard ::1st Stage 1 : 10th Overall Thüringen Rundfahrt der U23 ;2011 : 7th Overall Danmark Rundt : 9th Polynormande ;2012 : 1st Overall Tour de Normandie ::1st Stage 2 : Rhône-Alpes Isère Tour ::1st Points classification ::1st Stage 3 ;2013 : 2nd Overall Étoile de Bessèges ::1st Young rider classification ::1st Stage 3 : Tour de France :: Combativity award Stages 1 & 10 ;2018 : 1st Stage 5 Paris–Nice : Combativity award Stage 4 Tour de France ;2019 : 3rd Overall Vuelta a Casti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mathieu Claude
Mathieu Claude (born 17 March 1983 in Niort, Deux-Sèvres) is a French former professional road bicycle racer, who competed professionally between 2005 and 2012, entirely for the squad which later became . He competed in the 2005 and 2010 Giro d'Italia and the 2006 and 2007 Vuelta a España. Major results ;2003 : 1st La Côte Picarde : 1st Paris–Tours Espoirs ;2004 : 1st Overall Tour d'Eure-et-Loir : 1st Stage 3 Boucles de la Mayenne : 6th Bordeaux–Saintes ;2005 : 6th Grand Prix d'Isbergues ;2006 : 7th Châteauroux Classic : 9th Nokere Koerse ;2007 : 6th Boucles de l'Aulne ;2008 : 9th Overall Tour Ivoirien de la Paix Tour Ivoirien de la Paix was a professional road bicycle racing event held in Côte d'Ivoire in 2008. The 6-day stage race was part of the UCI Africa Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were ... External links * * * 1983 births Living people People from Niort French male cyclists Sport ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sébastien Chavanel
Sébastien Chavanel (born 21 March 1981 in Châtellerault) is a retired French professional road bicycle racer who last rode for UCI ProTeam . He is a younger brother, by just under 2 years, to fellow professional cyclist Sylvain Chavanel. After three seasons with , Chavanel returned to for the 2014 season. At the 2015 Tour of Flanders, Chavanel sustained right thigh hematoma as a neutral service car rammed his team car which was stopped behind him to change his bike's wheel. By finishing in last place in the 2015 Tour de France, he was that year's lanterne rouge rider. Major results ;2002 : 1st La Côte Picarde : 1st Stage 3 Ronde de l'Isard : 5th Overall Tour du Loir-et-Cher ::1st Stages 1 & 4 : 7th Road race, UCI Road World Under-23 Championships ;2003 : Tour de l'Avenir ::1st Stages 2 & 3 ;2004 : Tour de l'Avenir ::1st Points classification ::1st Stages 2, 4 & 5 : 1st Stage 5 Tour de Wallonie : 4th Overall Tour de Picardie ;2006 : 1st Stage 3 GP Internacional da C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthony Charteau
Anthony Charteau (born 4 June 1979 in Nantes) is a French former professional road bicycle racer, who competed as a professional between 2001 and 2013. His biggest career victory was winning the Mountains classification in the Tour de France in the 2010 edition, which was his major breakthrough. He also won the Tropicale Amissa Bongo stage race in Gabon for three years in a row from 2010 to 2012. Charteau retired at the end of the 2013 season, after thirteen seasons as a professional. Major results ;2003 : 2nd Classic Loire Atlantique : 4th Tour du Doubs ;2004 : 6th Overall Route du Sud ;2005 : 1st Stage 6 Volta a Catalunya : 4th Tour du Finistère : 9th International Grand Prix Doha ;2006 : 1st Polynormande : 2nd Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan ;2007 : 1st Overall Tour de Langkawi ::1st Stage 3 : 2nd Paris–Camembert : 3rd Overall Tour du Limousin : 4th Trophée des Grimpeurs : 9th Tour du Finistère ;2008 : 3rd Paris–Bourges ;2010 : 1st Overall La Tropicale Amissa Bongo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franck Bouyer
Franck Bouyer (born 17 March 1974, in Beaupréau) is a French former professional road bicycle racer, who competed as a professional between 1995 and 2013. Bouyer competed for the , Agrigel–La Creuse–Fenioux, , and squads during his career. Bouyer suffers from narcolepsy, resulting in sudden sleep attacks and cataplexy, and was unable to compete or train without Modafinil. However, the UCI ruled in June 2004 that Bouyer could not be given a therapeutic use exemption to allow him to compete having taken the drug, so Bouyer was unable to race. The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) upheld the decision of the UCI citing that it could not be determined that Modafinil did not provide an extra increase in performance and that the dosage was hard to measure. Despite the rulings by both the UCI and CAS, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) gave Bouyer permission to return to racing in August 2005. Yet, following an appeal to CAS by the UCI, Bouyer was once again banned. In Janu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giovanni Bernaudeau
Giovanni Bernaudeau (born 25 August 1983 in Fontenay-le-Comte, Vendée) is a French former road bicycle racer, who competed professionally between 2005 and 2015, for the team and its previous iterations. He is the son of former professional cyclist Jean-René Bernaudeau. Major results ;2004 : 2nd Paris–Tours Espoirs ;2008 : 6th Overall La Tropicale Amissa Bongo ;2011 : 10th Overall Paris–Corrèze ;2014 : 9th Overall 2014 La Tropicale Amissa Bongo, La Tropicale Amissa Bongo ;2015 : 2nd Overall 2015 La Tropicale Amissa Bongo, La Tropicale Amissa Bongo ::1st Mountains classification References External links Europcar Profile * 1983 births Living people People from Fontenay-le-Comte French male cyclists Sportspeople from Vendée Cyclists from Pays de la Loire {{France-cycling-bio-1980s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UCI Continental Circuits
The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2005 by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) to expand cycling around the world. The five circuits (representing the continents of Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe and Oceania) are ranked below the UCI World Tour and, as of 2020, the UCI ProSeries The UCI ProSeries is the second tier men's elite road cycling tour. It was inaugurated in 2020. The series is placed below the UCI World Tour, but above the various regional UCI Continental Circuits. Development In December 2018, the UCI ann .... UCI Africa Tour Winners There is a rolling ranking for individuals and countries (the total of the top 8 ranked riders of the nation), for which points can be won in all UCI road events, regardless of where the races take place. Prior to 2019 there was also a team ranking, and in all three categories points were earned in continental races of category HC or below (1.1 and 2.1 or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cholet-Pays De Loire
Grand Prix Cholet-Pays de la Loire is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in March in Cholet, France. Since 2005, the race is organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2005 by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) to expand cycling around the world. The five circuits (representing the continents of Africa, the .... It is often called ''Primavera of the Mauges'' due to its similarities with Belgian semi-classics because of the wind, short hills and some rain on the way to Cholet. Name of the race :1978–1987: ''Grand Prix de Mauléon-Moulins'' :1988–1989: ''Grand Prix de Cholet-Mauléon-Moulins'' :1990–2007: ''Grand Prix de Cholet – Pays de Loire'' Winners References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Cholet-Pays De Loire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
