Yohann Gène (born 25 June 1981 in

Pointe-à-Pitre Pointe-à-Pitre (; , , or simply , ) is the second most populous commune of Guadeloupe (after Les Abymes). Guadeloupe is an overseas region and Overseas department, department of France located in the Lesser Antilles, of which it is a ''Subprefectu ...

Guadeloupe Guadeloupe is an Overseas departments and regions of France, overseas department and region of France in the Caribbean. It consists of six inhabited islands—Basse-Terre Island, Basse-Terre, Grande-Terre, Guadeloupe, Grande-Terre, Marie-Galant ...

) is a French 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 com ...

, who competed professionally between 2005 and 2019, entirely for and its later iterations. He was the first black cyclist, as well as the first cyclist of Afro-Caribbean and Sub-Saharan African descent, to ever compete in the

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 ...

Major results

;2003 : 2nd La Côte Picarde : 9th Overall Tour de la Somme ;2004 : 6th

Grand Prix des Marbriers The Grand Prix des Marbriers is a road bicycle race held annually in France. It was 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 introduced in 2005 by the ...

;2007 : 5th Grand Prix de la Somme ;2009 : 1st Stage 7

Tour de Langkawi The Tour de Langkawi is a stage race, multiple stage bicycle racing, bicycle race held in Malaysia. It is named after the archipelago Langkawi, where the first edition started and finished. The race has been held annually since 1996, primarily ...

;2010 : 2nd

Val d'Ille Classic The Val d'Ille U Classic 35 was a road bicycle race held annually in France. It was organized as a 1.2 event on the UCI Europe Tour from 2010 until 2012, and as a 1.1 for its final edition in 2013. The event was last held in 2013. It was part of U ...

: 5th Overall La Tropicale Amissa Bongo ::1st Stage 5 ;2011 : 1st Stage 3 Tour of South Africa : 7th

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 ...

: 9th Overall La Tropicale Amissa Bongo ::1st Stages 2 & 5 ;2012 : 3rd Châteauroux Classic : 5th Overall La Tropicale Amissa Bongo ::1st Jersey rosa

Points classification ::1st Stages 1 & 5 : 10th Tallinn–Tartu GP ;2013 : 1st Jersey yellow

Overall La Tropicale Amissa Bongo ::1st Jersey rosa

Points classification ::1st Stage 6 : 1st Stage 2 Route du Sud ;2014 : 1st Stage 3

Boucles de la Mayenne The Boucles de la Mayenne is a road bicycle race held annually in the Mayenne department and Pays de la Loire region in France. It was first held in 1975 and from 2006 until 2019, it was organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. The race ...

: 7th

Grand Prix de Fourmies The Grand Prix de Fourmies is a bicycle race held in the Fourmies commune of France. From 2005 to 2019 it was organised as a 1.HC event on the UCI Europe Tour. In 2021, it joined the UCI ProSeries The UCI ProSeries is the second tier men's ...

;2015 : 1st Jersey rosa

Points classification La Tropicale Amissa Bongo ;2016 : 6th

Tro-Bro Léon Tro-Bro Léon ( or ''The'' ''Hipsters’ Paris—Roubaix''; ) is a professional cycle road race held in Finistère, Brittany. The event was first run in 1984 as an amateur race before becoming a professional race since 2000. The race was establi ...

;2017 : 1st Jersey yellow

Overall La Tropicale Amissa Bongo ::1st Stage 5

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

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