Jimmy Engoulvent Explained

Jimmy Engoulvent
Fullname:Jimmy Engoulvent
Birth Date:7 December 1979
Birth Place:Le Mans, France
Height:1.87m (06.14feet)
Weight:79kg (174lb)
Discipline:Road
Ridertype:Rouleur
Amateuryears1:1992–1999
Amateurteam1:UC Sabolienne
Amateuryears2:2000–2001
Amateurteam2:Vendée U–Pays de la Loire
Amateuryears3:2000
Amateurteam3: (stagiaire)
Proyears1:2001–2003
Proyears2:2004–2005
Proyears3:2006–2008
Proyears4:2009–2013
Proyears5:2014–2015
Proteam5:[1]
Manageyears1:2016–2017
Manageteam1: (directeur sportif)
Manageyears2:2018–
Manageteam2: (directeur sportif)
Majorwins:Four Days of Dunkirk (2012)

Jimmy Engoulvent (born 7 December 1979) is a French former road racing cyclist, who competed professionally between 2001 and 2015 for the,, and teams. Since retiring, Engoulvent has worked as a directeur sportif for the team, before moving to for the 2018 season.[2]

Career

Born in Le Mans, Engoulvent was a prologue time trial specialist, having won many prologues throughout his professional career, he also specialised in small field sprints. He was the lanterne rouge of the 2012 Tour de France, as he finished last of the 153 riders to complete the Tour.

Engoulvent joined for the 2014 season, after his previous team –  – folded at the end of the 2013 season.[1]

Major results

Source:[3]

2001
  • 8th Overall Le Triptyque des Monts et Châteaux
    2002
  • 2nd Grand Prix de la Ville de Lillers
    2003
  • 1st Stage 2b Tour de la Somme
  • 6th Grand Prix de Denain
  • 7th Grand Prix Rudy Dhaenens
    2004
  • 3rd Overall Tour du Poitou-Charentes
  • 3rd Tartu GP
  • 8th Overall Volta ao Algarve
  • 8th Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise
  • 9th Le Samyn
    2005
  • 3rd Cholet-Pays de Loire
  • 10th Eindhoven Team Time Trial
    2006
  • Tour Méditerranéen
  • 1st Mountains classification
  • 1st Stage 3 (TTT)
  • 3rd Overall Tour de Picardie
    2007
  • 1st Prologue La Tropicale Amissa Bongo Ondimbo
  • 1st Prologue Tour de Luxembourg
  • 8th Eindhoven Team Time Trial
  • 9th Grand Prix de Denain
    2008
  • 3rd Grand Prix de Denain
  • 5th Overall Delta Tour Zeeland
  • 8th Overall Tour Ivoirien de la Paix
  • 1st Stage 4
    2009
  • 1st Stage 2 Four Days of Dunkirk
  • 1st Stage 4 Tour Alsace
  • 1st Stage 3 Circuito Montañés
  • 1st Stage 4 Tour de Gironde
  • 4th Overall Tour de Bretagne
  • 1st Stage 5
  • 6th Overall Circuit de la Sarthe
  • 1st Stage 3 (ITT)
  • 8th Overall Tour de Picardie
  • 9th Overall Les 3 Jours de Vaucluse
  • 1st Stage 2
    2010
  • 1st Overall Tour du Poitou-Charentes
  • 1st Stage 3
  • 1st Prologue Tour de Luxembourg
  • 1st Prologue Boucles de la Mayenne
  • 1st Prologue Volta a Portugal
  • 8th Val d'Ille Classic
  • 10th Tro-Bro Léon
    2011
  • 1st Prologue Vuelta a Andalucía
  • 7th Overall Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen
  • 10th Binche–Tournai–Binche
    2012
  • 1st Overall Four Days of Dunkirk
  • 1st Stage 3
  • 1st Prologue Tour de Luxembourg
  • 3rd Flèche d'Emeraude
    2013
  • 1st Prologue Tour de Luxembourg
    2014
  • 1st Stage 5 Four Days of Dunkirk
  • 1st Prologue Boucles de la Mayenne
  • 6th Cholet-Pays de Loire
    2015
  • 4th Tro-Bro Léon

    Grand Tour general classification results timeline

    Grand Tour200420052006200720082009201020112012201320142015
    Giro d'Italiacolspan=12
    Tour de France138DNF136158153
    Vuelta a España157133
    Legend
    Did not compete
    DNFDid not finish

    External links

    Notes and References

    1. News: Engoulvent joins new sponsor at Team Europcar. . SA Vendée Cyclisme. 16 October 2013. 15 December 2013. 15 December 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131215015002/http://en.teameuropcar.com/cycling/engoulvent-joins-new-sponsor-at-team-europcar_sto3966313/story.shtml. dead.
    2. News: Vital Concept. Rous, Engoulvent et Pauchard dans le staff. fr. Vital Concept. Rous, Engoulvent and Pauchard in the staff. 1 November 2017. 22 January 2018. Le Télégramme. Groupe Télégramme.
    3. http://www.cyclingbase.com/palcoureurs.php?id=1359&idtitle=1 Cycling Base