Geoffrey Bouchard Explained

Geoffrey Bouchard
Birth Date:1 April 1992
Birth Place:Dijon, France
Height:1.77 m
Weight:64 kg
Discipline:Road
Role:Rider
Ridertype:Climber
Amateuryears1:2009–2010
Amateurteam1:UC Voiron
Amateuryears2:2011–2014
Amateurteam2:Vulco-VC Vaulx-en-Velin
Amateuryears3:2015–2018
Amateurteam3:CR4C Roanne
Amateuryears4:2018
Amateurteam4: (stagiaire)
Proyears1:2019–
Proteam1:[1]
Majorwins:Grand Tours

Giro d'Italia

Mountains classification (2021)

Vuelta a España

Mountains classification (2019)

Geoffrey Bouchard (born 1 April 1992) is a French cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam .[2]

In August 2019, he was named in the startlist for the 2019 Vuelta a España.[3] He took over the lead in the King of the Mountains competition following stage 16 and would hold this lead for the remainder of the race. In October 2020, he was named in the startlist for the 2020 Giro d'Italia.[4] He would also start the Giro the following year, and in May 2021 he became the first French rider to win the mountains classification in the Giro since Laurent Fignon in 1984.

Major results

2018
  • 1st Road race, National Amateur Road Championships
  • 1st Overall Tour Alsace
  • 1st Stage 2
  • 3rd Tour du Gévaudan Occitanie
    2019
  • Vuelta a España
  • 1st Mountains classification
  • Combativity award Stage 9
    2021
  • 1st Mountains classification, Giro d'Italia
  • 3rd Paris–Camembert
  • 9th Overall Vuelta a Burgos
  • 10th Mont Ventoux Dénivelé Challenge
    2022
  • 1st Stage 1 Tour of the Alps
  • 4th Paris–Camembert
  • 8th Overall UAE Tour
    2023
  • 3rd Overall Tour of Oman

    Grand Tour general classification results timeline

    Grand Tour20192020202120222023
    Giro d'Italia5558
    Tour de FranceDNF
    Vuelta a España4714DNF
    Legend
    Did not compete
    DNFDid not finish

    Notes and References

    1. News: Official presentation of the AG2R LA MONDIALE professional cycling team 2020. . Groupe AG2R La Mondiale. 10 December 2019. 1 January 2020. 10 December 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191210193834/https://www.cyclisme.ag2rlamondiale.fr/en/official-presentation-of-the-ag2r-la-mondiale-professional-cycling-team-2020/. dead.
    2. Web site: AG2R Citroën Team. UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. 1 January 2021. https://archive.today/20210101022611/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15234/1001084/279. 1 January 2021.
    3. Web site: 2019: 74th La Vuelta ciclista a España . 23 August 2019 . ProCyclingStats.
    4. Web site: 103rd Giro d'Italia: Startlist . ProCyclingStats . 2 October 2020.