Brice Feillu Explained

Brice Feillu
Fullname:Brice Feillu
Birth Date:26 July 1985
Birth Place:Châteaudun, France
Height:1.9m (06.2feet)
Weight:69kg (152lb)
Currentteam:Retired
Discipline:Road
Role:Rider
Ridertype:Climber
Amateuryears1:2004
Amateurteam1:Agritubel–Loudun 86
Amateuryears2:2005–2008
Amateurteam2:CC Nogent-sur-Oise
Amateuryears3:2008
Amateurteam3: (stagiaire)
Proyears1:2009
Proyears2:2010
Proyears3:2011
Proyears4:2012–2013
Proteam4:[1]
Proyears5:2014–2019
Proteam5:[2] [3]
Majorwins:Grand Tours

Tour de France

1 individual stage (2009)

Brice Feillu (born 26 July 1985) is a French former road racing cyclist,[4] who rode professionally between 2009 and 2019 for the,,, and teams.

Career

Born in Châteaudun, Eure-et-Loir, he is the younger brother of Romain Feillu, who was also a road racing cyclist. Brice Feillu achieved his greatest success with a stage victory on Stage 7 (from Barcelona to Arcalis, Andorra) of the 2009 Tour de France, the highest finish of that year's tour and the longest stage.

Feillu joined for the 2014 season, after his previous team –  – folded at the end of the 2013 season.[2]

Major results

2007
  • 7th Overall Tour Alsace
  • 1st Young rider classification
  • 10th Overall Tour du Haut-Anjou
    2008
  • 2nd Overall Paris–Corrèze
  • 6th Overall Tour Alsace
  • 1st Stage 5
    2009
  • 1st Stage 7 Tour de France
    2010
  • 8th Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise
  • 8th Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan
    2012
  • 6th Overall Volta a Portugal
  • 8th Klasika Primavera
  • 10th Overall Circuit de Lorraine
    2014
  • 2nd Overall Boucles de la Mayenne
    2015
  • 1st Mountains classification, Tour de l'Ain
  • 9th Overall Four Days of Dunkirk
    2016
  • 1st Mountains classification, Tour de Luxembourg
  • 9th Overall Tour de Savoie Mont-Blanc
    2017
  • 1st Mountains classification, Tour de Luxembourg
  • 4th Overall Route du Sud
  • 6th Overall Tour de l'Ain

    Grand Tour general classification results timeline

    Grand Tour200920102011201220132014201520162017
    Giro d'ItaliaDNF
    Tour de France259110416987016
    Vuelta a España
    Legend
    Did not compete
    DNFDid not finish

    Notes and References

    1. News: Feillu finds saviour in Saur-Sojasun. Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 23 October 2011. 4 January 2012.
    2. News: Feillu brothers reunited in 2014 as duo ink deals with Bretagne-Séché Environnement. VeloNation. VeloNation LLC. 29 November 2013. 25 December 2013.
    3. Web site: Arkéa-Samsic. French. Directvelo. Association Le Peloton. 7 January 2019.
    4. News: Brice Feillu arrêtera sa carrière à la fin de la saison. French. Brice Feillu to end career at season end. L'Équipe. Éditions Philippe Amaury. 29 September 2019. 11 January 2020.