Romain Grégoire (born 21 January 2003) is a French

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, who currently rides for

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Career

Grégoire had a successful junior career, being crowned both the national and European junior road race champion. He also won the silver medal in the road race at the 2021 UCI World Junior Championships. He also competed in

cyclo-cross Cyclo-cross (cyclocross, CX, cyclo-X or cross) is a form of bicycle racing. Races typically take place in the autumn and winter (the international or "World Cup" season is October–February), and consist of many laps of a short (2.5–3.5&nb ...

until 2022, winning the 2022 national under-23 championships. In 2022, Grégoire joined

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for his first year in the under-23 category. He took six UCI victories that season, including the Liège–Bastogne–Liège Espoirs, the G.P. Palio del Recioto, the Flèche Ardennaise and a stage of the Tour de l'Avenir. The following season, he was promoted to the World Tour squad, taking five professional wins, including the overall wins of the

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and the Tour du Limousin. he also finished eighth in his first UCI WorldTour event: Strade Bianche. In August, he entered his first Grand Tour: the

Vuelta a España The Vuelta a España (; ) is an annual stage race, multi-stage bicycle racing, bicycle race primarily held in Spain, while also occasionally making passes through nearby countries. Inspired by the success of the Tour de France and the Giro d'Ital ...

, where he finished second on stage 11 from the breakaway. In April 2024, he won the fifth stage of the Tour of the Basque Country.

Major results

Road

;2020 : 1st Road race, National Junior Championships : 2nd Overall La Philippe Gilbert Juniors ;2021 : 1st Road race, UEC European Junior Championships : National Junior Championships ::1st Road race ::1st

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: 1st Overall Ain Bugey Valromey Tour ::1st Stage 5 : 1st Trofeo Guido Dorigo : 1st Gran Premio Eccellenze Valli del Soligo : 2nd Silver medal uci

Road race, UCI World Junior Championships : 4th Overall Driedaagse van Axel ::1st Stage 3 : 4th Overall Course de la Paix Juniors : 5th Overall Aubel–Thimister–Stavelot ::1st Stage 3 : 5th Paris–Roubaix Juniors ;2022 : 1st Liège–Bastogne–Liège Espoirs : 1st G.P. Palio del Recioto : 1st Giro del Belvedere : 1st Flèche Ardennaise : Giro Ciclistico d'Italia ::1st Points classification ::1st Stage 7 : 1st Stage 6 Tour de l'Avenir : National Under-23 Championships ::2nd

::3rd Road race : 2nd Overall

Alpes Isère Tour Alpes Isère Tour is a road bicycle race held annually in the French Department of Rhône-Alpes. The editions 1991–2004 were reserved to amateurs; since 2005, it is organized as a 2.2 event on the UCI Europe Tour. 1991–2005: ''Tour Nord- ...

::1st Young rider classification ;2023 (5 pro wins) : 1st Overall

::1st Young rider classification ::1st Stage 2 : 1st Overall Tour du Limousin ::1st Young rider classification ::1st Stages 1 & 3 : 2nd Grand Prix du Morbihan : 5th Ardèche Classic : 6th

Trofeo Laigueglia The Trofeo Laigueglia is an early season road bicycle race held annually in Liguria, Italy. It is held about ten days after the opening to the Italian season, the Gran Premio della Costa Etruschi. From 2005 to 2014, the race was organised as a ...

: 8th Strade Bianche : 9th

Boucles de l'Aulne Boucles de l'Aulne is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in May or June around Châteaulin, in the region of Brittany, France. Since 2006, the race is organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. It was previously known as Grand ...

: 10th Tour du Finistère ;2024 (1) : 1st Stage 5 Tour of the Basque Country : 2nd Ardèche Classic : 2nd Veneto Classic : 2nd

Coppa Agostoni The Coppa Ugo Agostoni is a classic cycle races, semi classic European Road bicycle racing, bicycle race held in Lissone, Italy. The race is held in memory of Italian cyclist Ugo Agostoni, winner of prestigious classic Milan–San Remo, killed du ...

: 3rd Giro del Veneto : 4th Overall

Tour de Pologne The Tour de Pologne (; ), officially abbreviated TdP, is an annual, professional men's Race stage, multiple-stage cycle sport, bicycle race primarily held in Poland. It consists of seven or eight stages and is usually around 1,200 km ...

: 7th Overall Tour des Alpes-Maritimes : 7th

La Flèche Wallonne La Flèche Wallonne (, French for "The Walloon Arrow") is a men's professional cycle road race held in April each year in Wallonia, Belgium. It is part of the UCI World Tour. The first of two Belgian Ardennes classics, La Flèche Wallonne is ...

: 10th Classic Var : Jersey beige number

Combativity award Stage 17

Tour de France The Tour de France () is an annual men's multiple-stage cycle sport, bicycle race held primarily in France. It is the oldest and most prestigious of the three Grand Tour (cycling), Grand Tours, which include the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a ...

;2025 (2) : 1st Ardèche Classic : 1st Stage 1 Tour de Suisse : 4th Overall Volta ao Algarve ::1st Young rider classification : 7th Amstel Gold Race : 7th

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Cyclo-cross

;2019–2020 : Junior EKZ CrossTour ::1st Hittnau ::3rd Meilen : 3rd Junior Madiswil ;2020–2021 : 2nd Junior Steinmaur ;2021–2022 : 1st National Under-23 Championships

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gregoire, Romain 2003 births Living people French male cyclists Sportspeople from Besançon Cyclists from Doubs French cyclo-cross cyclists 21st-century French sportsmen