 Vuillermoz at the 2023 Tour de l'Ain | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Alexis Vuillermoz |
| Nickname | Pikachu |
| Born | 1 June 1988 Saint-Claude, Jura, France |
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)[1] |
| Weight | 60 kg (132 lb; 9 st 6 lb)[1] |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Team TotalEnergies |
| Disciplines |
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| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Puncheur[2] |
| Amateur teams | |
| 2006–2008 | Scott–Les 2 Alpes |
| 2009–2012 | Lapierre International |
| 2012 | Saur–Sojasun (stagiaire) |
| Professional teams | |
| 2013 | Sojasun |
| 2014–2020 | Ag2r–La Mondiale[3][4] |
| 2021– | Total Direct Énergie |
| Major wins | |
Grand Tour
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Alexis Vuillermoz (born 1 June 1988) is a French road bicycle racer, who rides for UCI ProTeam Team TotalEnergies.[5]
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Career
Mountain biking (2006–2012)
He was originally a mountain bike racer before switching to road cycling, winning the French national under-23 mountain bike title twice and riding as part of the French national team that took the team relay title at the 2008 Mountain Bike World Championships.[2]
Sojasun (2013)
He was a member of the Sojasun team that competed at the 2013 Tour de France,[6] finishing the race 46th overall.
Ag2r–La Mondiale (2014–2020)
Vuillermoz joined Ag2r–La Mondiale for the 2014 season, after his previous team – Sojasun – folded at the end of the 2013 season.[3] In the eighth stage of the 2015 Tour de France, Vuillermoz attacked the leading group on the Mûr-de-Bretagne to cross the line solo atop the hill.[7] "After winning I thought about my dad who died three years ago. He was the one who got me interested in the Tour de France, he used to take my cousins and I to the side of the road to watch the Tour go past," said Vuillermoz. "I hope today he's proud of me."[7]
In 2016, Vuillermoz finished in 23rd position in the Olympics men's road race and in 29th position in the Olympic men's road time trial.
He started the 2018 Tour de France, but was forced to abandon with a scapular fracture sustained after colliding with a roadside spectator trying to take a photo in one of the cobbled sectors on stage 9 to Roubaix.[8]
Total Direct Énergie (2021–present)
In October 2020, Vuillermoz signed an initial two-year contract with the Total Direct Énergie team, from the 2021 season.[9] In his first season with the team, he finished fourth at the Tour du Finistère,[10] and seventh overall at the Tour du Rwanda.[11] During the Tour de Suisse, Vuillermoz crashed during the seventh stage individual time trial, fracturing his pelvis and doctors advised him not to race again.[12][13]
At the start of the 2022 season, Vuillermoz recorded top-ten finishes in four of his first five race starts, with a best finish of fourth place at the GP Miguel Induráin. Later in the month, he finished third at the Classic Grand Besançon Doubs, and recorded a tenth-place finish in La Flèche Wallonne. That June, Vuillermoz won a stage from the breakaway at the Critérium du Dauphiné,[13] winning a sprint finish of five riders in Brives-Charensac that managed to fend off the peloton by five seconds and assumed the race lead following the stage.[14] Having extended his contract by a further two years in August,[15] Vuillermoz did not return to the podium until October's Gran Piemonte, where he finished in third place.[16]
Major results
Mountain biking
- 2005
- 3rd
Team relay, UCI World Championships - 3rd Cross-country, National Junior Championships
- 2006
- 1st
Cross-country, National Junior Championships - 2nd
Cross-country, UEC European Junior Championships - 2008
- 1st
Team relay, UCI World Championships - 1st
Team relay, UEC European Championships - 2009
- 1st Cross-country, National Under-23 Championships
- 2nd
Cross-country, UCI Under-23 World Championships - 2010
- 1st Cross-country, National Under-23 Championships
Road
Source: [17]
- 2012
- 5th Overall Tour des Pays de Savoie
- 2013
- 5th Overall Rhône-Alpes Isère Tour
- 2014
- 1st
Mountains classification, Route du Sud - 3rd Overall Tour du Gévaudan Languedoc-Roussillon
- 1st Stage 2
- 5th Tour du Doubs
- 8th Overall Critérium International
- 2015
- 1st Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan
- 1st International Road Cycling Challenge
- 1st Stage 8 Tour de France
- 6th Overall Tour du Gévaudan Languedoc-Roussillon
- 1st Stage 2
- 6th La Flèche Wallonne
- 9th Overall Tour du Haut Var
- 9th Overall Critérium International
- 2016
- 2nd Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan
- 3rd Road race, National Road Championships
- 5th Overall Critérium International
- 2017
- 1st
Overall Tour du Limousin
- 1st Stage 2
- 1st Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan
- 4th Giro di Lombardia
- 4th Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec
- 6th Giro dell'Emilia
- 2018
- 2nd Overall Tour du Haut Var
- 4th Classic de l'Ardèche
- 5th Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan
- 5th Coppa Sabatini
- 8th Overall Paris–Nice
- 2019
- 1st La Drôme Classic
- 4th Overall Tour du Haut Var
- 7th Classic de l'Ardèche
- 2021
- 4th Tour du Finistère
- 7th Overall Tour du Rwanda
- 2022
- 1st Stage 2 Critérium du Dauphiné
- 3rd Gran Piemonte
- 3rd Classic Grand Besançon Doubs
- 4th GP Miguel Induráin
- 6th La Drôme Classic
- 7th Overall Tour des Alpes-Maritimes et du Var
- 10th Overall Vuelta a Asturias
- 10th La Flèche Wallonne
- 10th Ardèche Classic
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
| Grand Tour | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Giro d'Italia
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— | 11 | — | — | — | — | 29 | — | — | — |
 Tour de France
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46 | — | 26 | 20 | 13 | DNF | 41 | 35 | — | DNF |
 Vuelta a España
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Has not contested during his career | |||||||||
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
References
- ^ a b "Alexis Vuillermoz - Equipe cycliste AG2R La Mondiale". Retrieved 10 July 2019.
- ^ a b Decaluwé, Brecht (11 July 2015). "Tour de France: Vuillermoz rises to stardom after stage win on the Mûr-de-Bretagne". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
- ^ a b "Vuillermoz chez AG2R" [Vuillermoz with AG2R]. L'Équipe (in French). Éditions Philippe Amaury. 21 October 2013. Retrieved 19 December 2013.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Total Direct Energie". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 7 January 2021. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
- ^ "Profile". Tour de France. Amaury Sport Organisation. Archived from the original on 3 July 2013. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
- ^ a b "Stage 8: Vuillermoz takes first French victory of 2015 Tour". VeloNews. Competitor Group, Inc. 11 July 2015. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
- ^ "Tour Shorts: Moscon questions rapid returns after cobbled crashes, Groenewegen hopes to continue". 16 July 2018.
- ^ "Vuillermoz joins Total Direct Energie on two-year contract". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 22 October 2020. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
- ^ "Alexis Vuillermoz passe près du succès en Bretagne" [Alexis Vuillermoz comes close to success in Brittany]. L'Est Républicain (in French). Groupe EBRA. 22 May 2021. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
- ^ "Cristian Rodriguez wins Tour du Rwanda". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 9 May 2021. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
- ^ Ostanek, Daniel (14 June 2021). "Vuillermoz fractures pelvis in Tour de Suisse crash". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
- ^ a b "Criterium du Dauphine: Alexis Vuillermoz puts career-threatening injury behind him to win sprint". BBC Sport. BBC. 6 June 2022. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
- ^ "Frenchman Vuillermoz grabs Dauphine stage and race lead". Radio France Internationale. France Médias Monde. Agence France-Presse. 6 June 2022. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
- ^ "Alexis Vuillermoz signs for two more seasons". Team TotalEnergies. SA Vendée Cyclisme. 5 August 2022. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
- ^ Ostanek, Daniel (6 October 2022). "Garcia Cortina wins unpredictable finish at 2022 Gran Piemonte". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
- ^ "Alexis Vuillermoz". FirstCycling.com. FirstCycling AS. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
External links
- Official website
- Alexis Vuillermoz at UCI
- Team TotalEnergies team profile
- Alexis Vuillermoz at Cycling Archives
- Alexis Vuillermoz at CQ Ranking
- Alexis Vuillermoz at ProCyclingStats
- Alexis Vuillermoz at Équipe de France Olympique (archived) (in French)
- Alexis Vuillermoz at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
This page was last edited on 19 February 2024, at 23:19