Nicolas Roche (; born 3 July 1984) is an

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former professional road bicycle racer who last rode for

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. He has twice been national champion and has twice finished in the top ten of the

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, and won stages in

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and 2015. He started a total of 24

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, finishing 22, and he took a total of 65 top 10 finishes in Grand Tour stages, including 43 on the Vuelta. He represented Ireland at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the road race. He has competed for Ireland 7 times at the road world championships.

Early life

Roche, who was born in

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, in suburban

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, is the son of former cycling champion

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and his former wife, Lydia, nephew of former cycling professionals Laurence Roche and Neil Martin and cousin of 2008 Irish road champion

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. In childhood he resided in both

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and France. He lived in

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from 1996 to 1999, where he was educated at the Lycée Français d'Irlande in

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for two years, and

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, a private school, for one year. During this period he was a keen soccer and rugby player. He moved to southern France in 1999, where he spent most of life since.

Career

Early years

He turned professional at the end of 2004, with team and became one of the youngest

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racers. As his father is Irish and his mother French, Roche had dual nationality as an amateur. In early 2005, Roche was told by French officials to choose between his two nationalities. Roche declared for France as he was planning to spend the rest of his life in France. The loss of Roche was a blow to Irish cycling, as he had won the 2002 Junior Tour of Ireland and finished third in the 2004 Irish Elite championship. However, six months later, the UCI and

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told Roche he was given incorrect information, and that he could compete for Ireland and keep his two nationalities, which he did. During his first two years, he was often a

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, but he did get a few good results, mostly in

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races. His first win as a professional was a stage in the 2004

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, a race known as a mini-

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for riders under 25. He wore the yellow jersey for two days and finished tenth overall. He was in major breakaway in the 2006 World championships in

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. Soon after, he signed a two-year contract with on the back of his many good results this season.

Credit Agricole (2007–2008)

In 2007, Roche rode the Giro d'Italia. In June, he won the Irish National Time Trial Championships (CN) in Dungarvan. He came also fourth in the Road Race Championship. Due to injury, Roche withdrew from the Tour of Ireland and missed the World Championship. Roche had planned 2008 for the Giro d'Italia but organizers RCS did not invite his team. He changed his schedule, and finished sixth in the Tour Ivoirien de la Paix, 15th in Clásica Internacional de Alcobendas in Spain and won a stage in GP Internacional Paredes Rota dos Móveis in Portugal. After finishing seventh of the Tour de Wallonie, he competed in the Beijing Olympic road race, teaming with Philip Deignan, won a stage in the Tour du Limousin, and was then picked for his first

. Roche had good performances in the Vuelta, nearly winning stage 18 into Las Rozas, where he was outsprinted by Imanol Erviti after a 17-man breakaway. Roche had three top-ten and ten top-20 stage finishes, finishing a fine 13th in the general classification, during what was only his second

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. Roche along with Deignan and Roger Aiken made up the Irish team for the 2008 World Championship in Varese. Roche was in an early crash and retired.

Ag2r (2009–2012)

2009

Roche signed a two-year contract with following the disbandment of . For most part of the year and after a solid performance in the Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré, Roche was in consideration for the

team and after winning the Irish National Road Race Championships for the first time in June 2009, it was announced that Roche had been selected by to ride his first Tour de France the following month. He had a fine debut Tour, finishing in 23rd place overall and 5th in the points classification. He had five top ten placings in the race and finished 2nd on stage 14.

2010

After a good early season, where he finished 10th in Paris–Nice, 5th in the

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and 2nd in the Irish National Road Race Championships, Roche was chosen as the co-leader of the team in the

and during the race he wrote articles for the '' Irish Independent'' newspaper. Roche finished 15th overall, but could have been a few ranks above had he not lost four minutes to the race leaders because of a flat tyre in stage 15. After the Tour, Roche finished 8th in the

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and in September, he led at the

. His performance was even better than during the Tour de France, as he was really close to the best climbers of the race, losing very little time in stages with a mountain top finish. He finished 7th overall however was promoted to 6th overall after Ezequiel Mosquera's second place was annulled. He finished only five minutes and three seconds behind overall winner

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. This place was the best in a Grand Tour by an Irishman since 1988. The performance lifted him to 32nd in the year end UCI World Rankings with 148 points. Roche was part of the three-man Irish team at the 2010 World Championships in September.

2011

Roche's season was hampered by injuries and crashes, particularly by one in the

Critérium du Dauphiné The Critérium du Dauphiné, before 2010 known as the Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré, is an annual cycling road race in the Dauphiné region in the southeast of France. The race is run over eight days during the first half of June. It is par ...

He entered the

as a team leader again, but quickly realized he had not fully recovered from the crash and could not hope for a good general classification. He got in a number of unsuccessful breaks in the final week, hoping to grab a stage win, and eventually finished 26th overall. He also rode the

, finishing 16th overall. In October, Roche won the 3rd stage of the inaugural

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. This marked his first international victory in three years and his first win on the World Tour. He finished the season world ranked 150th with 19 ranking points. Roche published a memoir in 2011 called ''Inside the Peloton''. It was the winner of the Sports Book category at that year's

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2012

Roche renounced his French citizenship in 2012, becoming solely an Irish national. He showed some form with top-20 finishes in Paris–Nice and the

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. He finished 10th overall in the

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, and 2nd and 3rd respectively in the National Road Race and Time Trial Championships before riding the

. Roche moved up to seventh overall on the first mountain stage seven which finished on La Planche des Belles Filles. However he lost time over the time trial on stage nine and rest of the mountain stages. On stage 18, Roche broke clear of the peloton in the last with Luis León Sánchez. The pair passed the day's breakaway and looked set to contest the stage win only to for

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to sprint past in the final . Roche sat 11th overall heading into the time trial on stage 20 and targeted a top ten finish, but a weak time trial saw him drop a place to 12th. Roche, along with Dan Martin and David McCann, represented Ireland in the Olympic Games Road Race. He then rode the Vuelta a España where he had a good start and sat seventh overall by the second week of the race. However, he struggled through the last week of the race and dropped down to 12th overall by the end of the race.

Tinkoff–Saxo (2013–2014)

On 1 August, it was announced that Roche would leave at the end of the 2012 season, ending an eight-year association with French-registered teams. He signed a two-year contract with for the 2013 and 2014 seasons.

2013

Throughout much of the season with including the

, he rode as a domestique for

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with few results. After a good performance at the

finishing 5th, he was given leadership at the

. On 25 August, Roche won stage two of the Vuelta by breaking away with three others on the final climb at the end of the stage from Pontevedra to Alto Do Monte Da Groba. Roche held the leader's red jersey until stage 8, and also held the lead of the points, mountains and combination classifications at one stage in the race. On stage 8 Roche lost the jersey finishing eight seconds behind Daniel Moreno to fall one second behind in the general classification. After stage 13 Roche was 2nd overall but on a cold day to Andorra on stage 14 he dropped to 6th overall. He went on to finish 5th overall in the general classification, his best result to date in a Grand Tour. He would later state that he felt that the 2013 Vuelta was the highlight of his career. Later that year Roche again competed for Ireland in the

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and the World Time Trial Championships where he finished 13th.

2014

Roche had few early season results before participating in the Giro d'Italia which started on the island of

and was given the role as co-leader with

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. Roche also took part at the

as a domestique to

. Before the Tour, Roche won the overall classification of the

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ahead of

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. He won the queen stage win in the process and also the points classification. This was his first stage race victory and was a race which his father also won in 1985. Roche went into the

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expecting a good result and placed 5th overall.

Team Sky (2015–2016)

2015

In 2015, Roche left to join . On 10 September, Roche won stage 18 of the

in a sprint finish against

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2016

After a disrupted winter training due to more than one spider infection while riding, Roche struggled with few early season results. At the end of April Roche competed in the

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looking for a good result. On the final stage Roche attacked a group of favourites alongside

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where he was beaten in the final sprint to the line. This gave him 2nd place overall in the general classification. After this race it was confirmed that Roche would take part in the Giro d'Italia for a third time in his career. Roche started the race as a backup general classification rider to

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in the first five days of racing, where he was placed in the top 10 overall. His form faded over the race but helped his teammate

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win the mountains classification. In June Roche completed the double at the Irish National Cycling Championships winning the time trial ahead of Eddie Dunbar and Ryan Mullen, and winning the road race ahead of

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. However, he was not selected for the

, having started the previous seven editions of the race from 2009 to 2015.

BMC Racing Team (2017–2018)

After leaving Team Sky, Roche joined the for the 2017 and 2018 seasons.

Team Sunweb (2019–2021)

In September 2018 he confirmed that he had agreed a contract with for 2019, with a role as a domestique for

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in the latter's effort to win the

. Roche took the Red Jersey on Stage 2 of the

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after being part of a six-man group who attacked in the final kilometres of the stage. He held the jersey until Stage 5, however he crashed out on stage 6, being one of four riders to abandon due to the crash. He was fifth in the general classification at the start of the stage. In September 2019 it was announced that Roche had extended his contract with Team Sunweb for a further two years. On 27 May 2021 he finished 3rd on Stage 18 of the Giro d'Italia. Roche retired from competition after the Irish national road race championships in October 2021.

Personal life

Roche currently resides in

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, having previously lived in

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, Italy until 2013. He married Spaniard Deborah Robles on 23 October 2015, the couple split two years later in September 2017. They have one child together. Roche co-owns Roca Sports, a bicycle shop in

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Media appearances

''Dancing with the Stars''

In 2022, Roche appeared on the fifth series of the Irish version of ''Dancing With the Stars''. He was partnered with professional dancer Karen Byrne. They were eliminated at the quarter-final stage, finishing in sixth place, after losing the dance-off to Ellen Keane and Ervinas Merfeldas.

Series 5

; ''Dancing with the Stars'' performances Average: 17.4; Place: 6th

Major results

;2004 : 2nd Overall

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: 3rd Road race, National Road Championships : 8th Overall Ronde de l'Isard : 8th

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: 9th Tour du Jura : 10th

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;2005 : 4th Tour de Vendée : 6th Tour du Finistère ;2006 : 4th Road race, National Road Championships : 4th Overall Paris–Corrèze : 8th Polynormande : 10th Overall

::1st Stage 4 : 10th Paris–Camembert ;2007 : National Road Championships ::1st MaillotIrlanda

Time trial ::4th Road race : 5th Polynormande : 6th Grand Prix de Denain : 9th Paris–Camembert : 9th Tro-Bro Léon ;2008 : 1st Stage 1 GP Internacional Paredes Rota dos Móveis : 1st Stage 1 Tour du Limousin : 4th Road race, National Road Championships : 6th Overall Tour Ivoirien de la Paix : 6th

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: 7th Overall Tour de Wallonie : 8th Paris–Camembert ;2009 : 1st MaillotIrlanda

Road race, National Road Championships ;2010 : 2nd Road race, National Road Championships : 3rd

Gran Premio dell'Insubria-Lugano Gran Premio dell'Insubria-Lugano was a single day race in the historic region of Insubria, Switzerland. The race was established in 2009 as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. The race replaced the former Gran Premio di Chiasso The Gran Premio ...

: 4th

Grand Prix of Aargau Canton Grand Prix of Aargau Canton (german: Grosser Preis des Kantons Aargau) is a semi classic European bicycle race held in Aargau canton, one of the more northerly cantons of Switzerland. The race consists of fifteen laps around the Swiss town o ...

: 5th Overall

: 6th Overall

: 8th

: 10th Overall Paris–Nice ;2011 : 1st Stage 3

: 4th Road race, National Road Championships : 5th

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: 8th Gran Premio Industria e Commercio di Prato : 10th Paris–Camembert ;2012 : National Road Championships ::2nd Road race ::3rd Time trial : 10th Overall

;2013 : 5th Overall

::1st Stage 2 :: Jersey red

Held after Stage 8 :: Jersey green

Held after Stages 2–3 :: Jersey blue dotted

Held after Stages 2–9 :: Jersey white

Held after Stages 2–8, 11–13 : 5th Overall Tour Méditerranéen : 5th

;2014 : 1st Jersey orange

Overall

::1st

Points classification ::1st Stage 2 : 5th Overall

Combativity award Stage 11

;2015 : 1st Stage 18

: 1st Stage 1 ( TTT)

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;2016 : National Road Championships ::1st MaillotIrlanda

Road race ::1st MaillotIrlanda

Time trial : 2nd Overall

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: 2nd Overall

: 6th Overall

: 8th Time trial, UEC European Road Championships : 9th

;2017 :

::1st Stage 1 ( TTT) ::Held Jersey blue dotted

after Stages 1–2 : 1st Stage 1 ( TTT)

Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana The Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana (; en, Tour of the Valencian Community or Tour of Valencia) is a road cycling stage race held in the Valencian Community (''Comunitat Valenciana''), Spain. Its position in the cycling calendar means it is ofte ...

: National Road Championships ::2nd Time trial ::4th Road race : 3rd Overall

Tour of Guangxi The Tour of Guangxi (officially known as the GREE-Tour of Guangxi for sponsorship purposes) is an annual professional cycling stage race held in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China. The race consists of multi-stage and is part of the UC ...

: 4th

Giro dell'Emilia The Giro dell'Emilia is a late season road bicycle race held annually in Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. Since 2005, the race has been organised as a 1.HC event on the UCI Europe Tour, and since 2020 it's part of the UCI ProSeries calendar. The ...

: 10th

;2018 : 4th

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: 5th Overall Arctic Race of Norway : 10th Overall

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;2019 : 10th Overall

::Held

after Stages 2–4 ;2020 : National Road Championships ::2nd Road race ::2nd Time trial : 7th Overall Tour des Alpes-Maritimes et du Var : Jersey red number

Combativity award Stage 6

;2021 : 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

References

External links

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