Geoffrey Soupe (born 22 March 1988) is a French professional road bicycle racer, who currently rides for

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. Soupe was the 2010 under-23 French national champion for the road race, and finished second to Great Britain's

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in the European under-23 time trial championship.

Career

Born in

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, Soupe competed for the EC Bourg-en-Bresse, VC Bressan and VC Vaulx-en-Velin setups as a junior, and the C.C. Etupes Le Doubs squad as an amateur, before joining the professional team for the 2011 season as a ''neo-pro''. In his first race for the team, Soupe won the opening stage of

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in Gabon – beating 's

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in a two-man sprint – before finishing the race in eighth place overall. Soupe later added a stage victory in the Tour Alsace, before quitting the race the next day. Soupe made his

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début at the

2012 Giro d'Italia The 2012 Giro d'Italia was the 95th edition of Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tours. It started in the Danish city of Herning, and ended in Milan. The complete route of the 2012 Giro d'Italia was announced in mid October. For the fir ...

, taking a third-place finish during the race's first mass-start stage in

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; a result that Soupe stated that he was "sorry" for, after he was supposed to be leading out the team's main sprinter Arnaud Démare, until he was caught up in a final-corner crash. In August 2014 announced that they had signed Soupe, alongside FDJ teammate

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, for 2015. He was named in the start list for the

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. At age 35, Soupe secured his first win in a

at the 2023 edition of the

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, where he won the 7th stage in a

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Major results

;2008 : 1st Jersey yellow

Overall Tour du Béarn ;2009 : National Under-23 Road Championships ::2nd Road race ::3rd

Time trial In many racing sports, an athlete (or occasionally a team of athletes) will compete in a time trial against the clock to secure the fastest time. The format of a time trial can vary, but usually follow a format where each athlete or team sets off at ...

: 2nd Overall Boucles de la Marne : 3rd Souvenir Michel Roques : 5th

Chrono des Herbiers Chrono des Nations – Les Herbiers Vendée is a single-day individual time trial road bicycle race held annually in October in Les Herbiers, Vendée, France. Since 2005, the race is organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. It was orig ...

: 8th Time trial, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships ;2010 : 1st MaillotFra

Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships : 2nd Silver medal europe

Time trial, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships : 10th

, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships ;2011 : 1st Stage 1

Tour Alsace The Tour Alsace (or Tour d'Alsace) is a 6-day road bicycle race held annually in Alsace, France. It was first held in 2004 and it is a 2.2 rated event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing Roa ...

: 5th

Ronde Pévéloise The G.P. de Pont à Marcq-La Ronde Pévèloise is a road bicycle race held annually in France. It is organized as a 1.2 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduc ...

: 8th Overall

::1st Stage 1 ;2012 : 5th

Tour du Doubs The Tour du Doubs is a single-day road bicycle race, currently held annually in September in the region of Doubs, France. Since 2005, the race is organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour and since 2010 it is part of the French Road Cycli ...

;2013 : 10th Overall

Four Days of Dunkirk The Four Days of Dunkirk (french: Quatre Jours de Dunkerque) is road bicycle race around the Nord-Pas de Calais region of northern France. Despite the name of the race, since the addition of an individual time trial in 1963, the race has been h ...

;2017 : 6th

La Roue Tourangelle La Roue Tourangelle is a road bicycle race held annually in the Region Centre-Val de Loire, France. The editions 2002–2004 were reserved for amateurs; from 2005 until 2012, it was organized as a 1.2 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Conti ...

;2019 : 8th

Elfstedenronde The Elfstedenronde is a one-day road cycling race held annually in Belgium. It was held originally from 1943 until 1989, and returned in 2017 as the Bruges Cycling Classic. The race has also been called the Tour des Onze Villes and the Circuit des ...

;2020 : 9th Overall

Saudi Tour The Saudi Tour, formerly known as the Tour of Saudi Arabia, is an annual professional road bicycle racing race stage, stage race first held in Saudi Arabia in 1999. It has been held intermittently since its creation, and in 2020 joined the UCI Asi ...

;2023 : 1st Jersey yellow

Overall

::1st Points classification ::1st Stage 1 : 1st Stage 7

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

References

External links

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