Blel Kadri (born 3 September 1986) is a former French professional

road racing cyclist Road bicycle racing is the cycle sport discipline of road cycling, held primarily on paved roads. Road racing is the most popular professional form of bicycle racing, in terms of numbers of competitors, events and spectators. The two most common ...

, who most recently rode for

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. He is of

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n descent.

Career

2013

In March 2013, Kadri won the

Roma Maxima The Giro del Lazio is a semi classic European bicycle race held in the region of Lazio, Italy. From 2005 to 2008, the race has been organised as a 1.HC event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing ...

, a newly revived race formerly known as the

Giro del Lazio The Giro del Lazio is a semi classic European bicycle race held in the region of Lazio, Italy. From 2005 to 2008, the race has been organised as a 1.HC event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing ...

. He was part of the early breakaway which formed after the first hour of racing, and shook off his fellow escapees until he was alone with to go. He managed to resist to the

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's onslaught and triumphed in Rome.

2014

On 12 July 2014, he achieved his biggest success, winning his first stage victory in the

Tour de France The Tour de France () is an annual men's multiple-stage bicycle race primarily held in France, while also occasionally passing through nearby countries. Like the other Grand Tours (the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a España), it consists ...

. Also, on this stage, he won the Most Combative Rider award for the second time during the Tour de France and held the King of the Mountains jersey.

Post-cycling

After retiring from professional racing, he was working in the cycling aisle of a department store in

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Career achievements

Major results

;2007 : 7th Overall

Giro delle Regioni The Giro delle Regioni was a multi-day cycling race held annually in Italy. It is part of UCI Europe Tour in category 2.ncup, meaning it was part of the UCI Under 23 Nations' Cup The UCI Under 23 Nations' Cup is an annual, season-long competitio ...

;2008 : 2nd Overall

Ronde de l'Isard The Ronde de l'Isard is a road bicycle race held annually in France. It is organized as a 2.2U 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 C ...

::1st Stage 2 : 7th Overall

Tour du Haut-Anjou The Tour du Haut-Anjou was a road bicycle race held annually in France. It was organized as a 2.2U event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing Road bicycle racing is the cycle sport discipline of ...

;2009 : 3rd

Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan Grand Prix du Morbihan is a single-day men's road bicycle race held annually in May around Plumelec, in the region of Brittany, France. Since 2020, the race is organised as a 1.Pro event on the UCI ProSeries The UCI ProSeries is the second tie ...

: 7th

Trophée des Grimpeurs The Trophée des Grimpeurs, called Polymultipliée until 1970, was a single-day road bicycle race held annually in August in the region of Val-d'Oise, France, between Argenteuil and Sannois. Between 1980 and 2002 it was a criterium. Since 2005, t ...

;2010 : 7th Overall

Route du Sud The Route d'Occitanie is a road bicycle race with 4 stages held annually in Southern France. It was first held in 1977 and since 2005 it has been organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. It is usually held a week before the Tour de France ...

::1st Stage 2 : 9th Overall

Étoile de Bessèges The Étoile de Bessèges () is an early-season five-day road bicycle racing stage race held annually around Bessèges, in the Gard department of the Languedoc-Roussillon region of France. First organized in 1971 as a one-day race, it became a ...

;2011 : 2nd Overall

Circuit de la Sarthe The Circuit des 24 Heures du Mans, also known as Circuit de la Sarthe (after the 1906 French Grand Prix triangle circuit) located in Le Mans, Sarthe, France, is a semi-permanent motorsport race course, chiefly known as the venue for the 24 Hou ...

: 4th Overall Bayern–Rundfahrt : 8th Overall

Tour Down Under The Tour Down Under (branded as the Santos Tour Down Under under a partnership arrangement) is a cycling race in and around Adelaide, South Australia, and is traditionally the opening event of the UCI World Tour and features all 19 UCI WorldTe ...

: 10th Overall

Volta a Catalunya The Volta a Catalunya (; en, Tour of Catalonia, es, Vuelta a Cataluña, link=no) is a road bicycle race held annually in Catalonia, Spain. It is one of three World Tour stage races in Spain, together with the Vuelta a España and the Tour of th ...

;2012 : 1st Jersey polkadot

Mountains classification,

: 10th Les Boucles du Sud Ardèche ;2013 : 1st

Combativity award The combativity award is a prize given in road bicycle racing to a stage's or the overall race's most aggressive rider. References {{cycling-stub Cycling jerseys ...

Stage 2

;2014 :

::1st Stage 8 ::Held Jersey polkadot

after Stage 8 :: Jersey red number

Combativity award The combativity award is a prize given in road bicycle racing to a stage's or the overall race's most aggressive rider. References {{cycling-stub Cycling jerseys ...

Stages 2 & 8

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

References

External links

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Cycling Base: Blel Kadri
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Ag2r-La Mondiale: Blel Kadri
1986 births Living people French male cyclists Sportspeople from Bordeaux 2014 Tour de France stage winners French Tour de France stage winners French sportspeople of Algerian descent Cyclists from Nouvelle-Aquitaine {{France-cycling-bio-1980s-stub