Alexis Gougeard (born 5 March 1993 in Rouen) is a French cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Cofidis.[6]

Alexis Gougeard
Gougeard at the 2014 Grand Prix de Denain
Personal information
Full nameAlexis Gougeard
Born (1993-03-05) 5 March 1993 (age 31)
Rouen, France
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9+12 in)[1]
Weight70 kg (154 lb; 11 st 0 lb)[1]
Team information
Current teamCofidis
Disciplines
  • Road
  • Track
RoleRider
Rider typeRouleur
Amateur teams
2011USSA Junior Pavilly Barentin
2012–2013USSA Pavilly Barentin
2023VC Rouen 76
Professional teams
2012Véranda Rideau–Super U (stagiaire)
2014–2021Ag2r–La Mondiale[2][3][4]
2022B&B Hotels–KTM[5]
2024–Cofidis
Major wins
Grand Tours
Vuelta a España
1 individual stages (2015)

He specializes in time trials and track cycling. He became professional in 2014, as a member of the Ag2r–La Mondiale team. He was named in the start list for the 2015 Vuelta a España,[7] where he took his first grand tour stage win on the nineteenth stage, making a winning attack from a breakaway group.[8]

Major results

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2011
1st   Time trial, National Junior Road Championships
1st   Overall Grand Prix Rüebliland
1st Stage 1
2nd   Time trial, UEC European Junior Road Championships
2nd Paris–Roubaix Juniors
2012
2nd Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships
3rd Overall Kreiz Breizh Elites
2013
1st Prologue Tour de l'Avenir
2nd Overall Coupe des nations Ville Saguenay
1st Stage 1
3rd Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships
5th Time trial, Mediterranean Games
7th Time trial, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships
10th ZLM Tour
2014
1st Classic Loire Atlantique
1st Boucles de l'Aulne
2015
1st   Overall Tour de l'Eurométropole
1st   Young rider classification
1st Prologue
Vuelta a España
1st Stage 19
  Combativity award Stage 19
1st Classic Loire Atlantique
1st Stage 3 Four Days of Dunkirk
4th Overall Étoile de Bessèges
1st   Young rider classification
5th Overall Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen
2016
5th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
2017
1st Polynormande
1st   Mountains classification, Tour de Wallonie
5th Time trial, National Road Championships
2018
4th Overall Four Days of Dunkirk
7th Overall Étoile de Bessèges
2019
1st   Overall Circuit de la Sarthe
1st Stage 3
1st Boucles de l'Aulne
6th Overall Tour Poitou-Charentes en Nouvelle-Aquitaine
  Combativity award Stage 16 Tour de France
2020
5th Overall Tour Poitou-Charentes en Nouvelle-Aquitaine
2021
9th Polynormande
2023
1st Grand Prix de Buxerolles
2024
7th Overall Tour de la Provence

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

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Grand Tour 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
  Giro d'Italia 114
  Tour de France 147 115 89
  Vuelta a España 112 99 DNF
Legend
Did not compete
DNF Did not finish
IP In progress

References

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  1. ^ a b "Alexis Gougeard - Equipe cycliste AG2R La Mondiale". Retrieved 10 July 2019.
  2. ^ "Alexis Gougeard  » AG2R La Mondiale". Retrieved 14 July 2014.
  3. ^ "Official presentation of the AG2R LA MONDIALE professional cycling team 2020". AG2R La Mondiale. Groupe AG2R La Mondiale. 10 December 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
  4. ^ "AG2R Citroën Team". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  5. ^ "B&B Hotels p/b KTM". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
  6. ^ "Cofidis". UCI. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
  7. ^ "Vuelta a España 2015". Cycling Fever. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
  8. ^ Windsor, Richard (11 September 2015). "Tom Dumoulin extends his lead as Alexis Gougeard solos to Vuelta a España stage victory". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 11 September 2015.
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