Alexis Vuillermoz

French road bicycle racer
  • Road
  • Mountain biking
RoleRiderRider typePuncheur[2]Amateur teams2006–2008Scott–Les 2 Alpes2009–2012Lapierre International2012Saur–Sojasun (stagiaire) Professional teams2013Sojasun2014–2020Ag2r–La Mondiale[3][4]2021–Total Direct Énergie Major winsGrand Tour
Tour de France
1 individual stage (2015)

Alexis Vuillermoz (born 1 June 1988) is a French road bicycle racer, who rides for UCI ProTeam Team TotalEnergies.[5]

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 (1 pro win)
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 (3)
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 (3)
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 (1)
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 (1)
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
A pink jersey Giro d'Italia — 11 — — — — 29 — — —
A yellow jersey Tour de France 46 — 26 20 13 DNF 41 35 — DNF
A red jersey Vuelta a España Has not contested during his career
Legend
— Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

References

  1. ^ a b "Alexis Vuillermoz - Equipe cycliste AG2R La Mondiale". Retrieved 10 July 2019.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ a b "Vuillermoz chez AG2R" [Vuillermoz with AG2R]. L'Équipe (in French). Éditions Philippe Amaury. 21 October 2013. Retrieved 19 December 2013.
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ "Total Direct Energie". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 7 January 2021. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  6. ^ "Profile". Tour de France. Amaury Sport Organisation. Archived from the original on 3 July 2013. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
  7. ^ a b "Stage 8: Vuillermoz takes first French victory of 2015 Tour". VeloNews. Competitor Group, Inc. 11 July 2015. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
  8. ^ "Tour Shorts: Moscon questions rapid returns after cobbled crashes, Groenewegen hopes to continue". 16 July 2018.
  9. ^ "Vuillermoz joins Total Direct Energie on two-year contract". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 22 October 2020. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
  10. ^ "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.
  11. ^ "Cristian Rodriguez wins Tour du Rwanda". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 9 May 2021. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
  12. ^ Ostanek, Daniel (14 June 2021). "Vuillermoz fractures pelvis in Tour de Suisse crash". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
  13. ^ 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.
  14. ^ "Frenchman Vuillermoz grabs Dauphine stage and race lead". Radio France Internationale. France Médias Monde. Agence France-Presse. 6 June 2022. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
  15. ^ "Alexis Vuillermoz signs for two more seasons". Team TotalEnergies. SA Vendée Cyclisme. 5 August 2022. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
  16. ^ Ostanek, Daniel (6 October 2022). "Garcia Cortina wins unpredictable finish at 2022 Gran Piemonte". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
  17. ^ "Alexis Vuillermoz". FirstCycling.com. FirstCycling AS. Retrieved 20 July 2023.

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