Benoît Salmon (born 9 May 1974 is a French former professional road racing cyclist. In 1999, Salmon won the young rider classification in the Tour de France and the overall title of the Grand Prix du Midi Libre.[1]
Personal information | |
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Born | Dinan, France | 9 May 1974
Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) |
Weight | 60 kg (132 lb) |
Team information | |
Current team | Retired |
Discipline | Road |
Role | Rider |
Amateur teams | |
1986 | CC Plancoët |
1993–1994 | CC Louison Bobet |
1994 | Castorama (stagiaire) |
Professional teams | |
1995 | Castorama |
1996 | Collstrop–Lystex |
1997 | Lotto–Mobistar–Isoglass |
1998–2001 | Casino–Ag2r |
2002–2003 | Phonak |
2004 | Crédit Agricole |
2005–2008 | Agritubel–Loudun |
Major results
edit- 1992
- 1st Road race, National Junior Road Championships
- 1996
- 1st Flèche Ardennaise
- 8th Overall Tour de l'Avenir
- 1997
- 5th GP de Cholet-Pays de Loire
- 8th Route Adélie
- 9th La Flèche Wallonne
- 1998
- 1st Overall Tour du Vaucluse
- 1st Stage 4
- 3rd Classique des Alpes
- 6th Overall Grand Prix du Midi Libre
- 1999
- 1st Overall Grand Prix du Midi Libre
- 1st Stage 4
- 1st Young rider classification, Tour de France
- 2nd Classique des Alpes
- 6th Tour du Haut Var
- 2000
- 6th Paris–Camembert
- 6th Classique des Alpes
- 2001
- 2nd Overall Grand Prix du Midi Libre
- 1st Stage 6
- 2nd Tour de Vendée
- 3rd Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
- 5th Classique des Alpes
- 8th GP Ouest-France
- 8th Trophée des Grimpeurs
- 2003
- 2nd Classique des Alpes
- 4th Road race, National Road Championships
- 2004
- 3rd Road race, National Road Championships
- 10th Overall Route du Sud
- 2005
- 3rd Overall Route du Sud
- 6th Overall Tour de l'Ain
- 9th Tour du Doubs
- 2006
- 4th Grand Prix de Wallonie
- 7th Trofeo Melinda
- 9th Overall Rhône-Alpes Isère Tour
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
editGrand Tour | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 |
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Giro d'Italia | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Tour de France | DNF | 28 | 16 | 107 | 35 | — | — | 83 | — | 38 | 125 |
Vuelta a España | — | — | — | — | — | 83 | — | — | — | — | — |
— | Did not compete |
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DNF | Did not finish |
References
edit- ^ "Benoît Salmon". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
External links
edit- Benoît Salmon at Cycling Archives (archived)