Benoît Salmon Explained

Benoît Salmon
Birth Date:9 May 1974
Birth Place:Dinan, France
Height:1.69 m
Weight:60 kg
Currentteam:Retired
Discipline:Road
Role:Rider
Amateuryears1:1986
Amateurteam1:CC Plancoët
Amateuryears2:1993–1994
Amateurteam2:CC Louison Bobet
Amateuryears3:1994
Amateurteam3: (stagiaire)
Proyears1:1995
Proyears2:1996
Proyears3:1997
Proyears4:1998–2001
Proyears5:2002–2003
Proyears6:2004
Proyears7:2005–2008

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]

Major results

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

    Grand Tour19971998199920002001200220032004200520062007
    Giro d'Italia
    Tour de FranceDNF2816107358338125
    Vuelta a España83
    Legend
    Did not compete
    DNFDid not finish

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: Benoît Salmon . ProCyclingStats . 13 September 2020.