Laurent Didier (born 19 July 1984) is a Luxembourgish former professional

road bicycle racer 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 commo ...

, who competed between 2006 and 2018 for the , Designa Køkken, and teams.

Career

Didier is from

Dippach Dippach ( ) is a commune and small town in south-western Luxembourg. It is part of the canton of Capellen, which is part of the district of Luxembourg. The commune's administrative centre is Schouweiler. The River Mess, a tributary of the Alzett ...

, Luxembourg and his ancestors are no strangers to the world of cycling. His father, Lucien Didier, was part of winning team time trial squads 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 ...

and the Giro d'Italia, and his grandfather

Bim Diederich Jean "Bim" Diederich (20 February 1922 – 6 December 2012) was a professional Luxembourgian road bicycle racer, with an impressive record in the Tour de France. Diederich was born in Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg, and was active in competit ...

won three stages of the Tour and wore the yellow jersey for three days. Laurent is good in various terrains which makes him useful in different kinds of races. From October 2008 to early February 2009, Didier rode for Danish , and then moved home to Designa Køkken, also in Denmark. In 2009, he finished second at the

Luxembourgish National Road Race Championships The Luxembourg National Road Race Championship is a cycling race where Luxembourg cyclists decide who will become the champion for the year to come. The event was established in 1922. The event was organised alongside the German and Swiss natio ...

behind

Andy Schleck Andy Raymond Schleck (; born 10 June 1985) is a Luxembourgish former professional road bicycle racer. He won the 2010 Tour de France, being awarded it retroactively in February 2012 after Alberto Contador's hearing at the Court of Arbitration f ...

and was also runner-up in the Luxembourgish National Time Trial Championships behind

Kim Kirchen Kim Kirchen (born 3 July 1978 in Luxembourg City) is a Luxembourgian former road racing cyclist. He is the son of cyclist Erny Kirchen and the great-nephew of cyclist Jeng Kirchen. Career Kirchen signed as a professional cyclist in 2000 with De ...

. To most cycling experts it was a huge surprise that Didier was selected for the

2013 Tour de France The 2013 Tour de France was the 100th edition of the Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours. It started on the island of Corsica on 30 June and finished on the Champs-Élysées in Paris on 21 July. The Tour consisted of twenty-one stages ...

, at the expense of former Belgian champion

Stijn Devolder Stijn Devolder (born 29 August 1979) is a Belgian former professional road bicycle racer, who competed professionally for (2002–2003), (2004–2007), (2008–2010), (2011–2012), (2013–2016), (2017–2018) and (2019). Career Born in ...

Major results

Source: ;2005 : 1st MaillotLuxemburgo

Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships : 3rd Overall

Flèche du Sud The Flèche du Sud, is a road bicycle race held annually in Luxembourg. It is currently organised as a 2.2 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing Road bicycle racing is the cycle sport dis ...

::1st Stage 3a : 6th GP Möbel Alvisse : 9th Overall Stuttgart–Straßburg ;2006 : 8th

Rund um Düren The Rund um Düren is a cycling road race held in mid-April in Germany. The event, ranked at 1.2 on the UCI European calendar, is contested around the city of Düren Düren (; ripuarian: Düre) is a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, ...

;2007 : 1st Saargau : 1st Stage 2

Oberösterreich Rundfahrt The Oberösterreichrundfahrt is a cycling race held annually in the Austrian state Upper Austria. It was created in 2010 and is part of the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing Road bicycle racing is ...

: 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 ...

, National Road Championships : 8th

Ronde van Overijssel Ronde van Overijssel ( en, Tour of Overijssel) is an elite men's road bicycle racing event held annually in Overijssel, Netherlands and sanctioned by the Royal Dutch Cycling Union. The event is UCI 1.2 rated, and is part of the UCI Europe Tou ...

;2009 : National Road Championships ::2nd Road race ::2nd

: 6th Overall

Tour de Normandie Tour de Normandie is a road bicycle race held annually in the region of Normandy, France. The race started in 1939, but was not held in the periods of 1940–1955 and 1960–1980. It was originally a race for amateurs, but was opened for profess ...

;2010 : 9th Overall Vuelta a la Comunidad de Madrid ;2011 : National Road Championships ::3rd Road race ::3rd

;2012 : 1st MaillotLuxemburgo

Road race, National Road Championships : 1st Jersey polkadot

Mountains classification,

Tour de Wallonie The Tour de Wallonie is a stage race cycling race on the UCI Europe Tour. It runs in Wallonia, the French-speaking part of Belgium Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northw ...

;2013 : 1st Jersey red

Mountains classification,

Tour du Haut Var The Tour du Haut Var ( en, Tour of the Haut Var) is an early-season two-day road bicycle race in the Var department region in the south of France. Until 2008 it was run as a one-day race, part of the UCI Europe Tour. In 2009, the race transform ...

: 2nd

, National Road Championships ;2014 : 1st MaillotLuxemburgo

, National Road Championships : 1st Stage 5 USA Pro Challenge ;2015 : 1st Stage 1 ( TTT)

Tour of Alberta The ATB Tour of Alberta was a Canadian bicycle stage race, which raced across the province of Alberta. It was sanctioned by Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) and was part of the UCI America Tour. It was classified as a 2.1 race, making it one ...

: 3rd

, National Road Championships ;2016 : 10th Overall

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Grand Tour general classification results timeline

References

External links

Team Saxo Bank profile
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Didier, Laurent 1984 births Living people People from Dippach Luxembourgian male cyclists Cyclists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic cyclists of Luxembourg