FRENCH – CLIMBER / PUNCHER
Date and place of birth : June 1st, 1988 in St Claude (Jura / France)
Height : 1m74 / Weight : 60 kg
Turned pro in 2013
In the AG2R LA MONDIALE Team since 2014
Q&A
- Your nickname : Pikatchu
- Your favorite race : The Tour de France
- Your best memory on bike : my victory on the 8th stage of the Tour de France in 2015 at Mûr de Bretagne
- Your worst memory on bike : the first stage of the Giro d’Italia 2014, in the rain during 200km and I fell twice !
- The club where you started cycling : The VTT Plateau du Lizon that became le Vél’haut Jura St Claude that is my current club.
- Your hobbies : Economics and sport in general
- Music you like : highly eclectic musical tastes
- If you were a movie : Kick-Ass which mixes humour with action
- If you were a dish : Spaghetti with neapolitan sauce and grated Comté
- If you had to practise another job, which one ? : Asset manager
HIGHLIGHTS
2020 (AG2R LA MONDIALE)
- 6th on a stage, La Route d’Occitanie-La Dépêche du midi
2019 (AG2R LA MONDIALE)
- Winner Royal Bernard Drôme Classic
- 4th overall, Tour du Haut Var / 5th on stages
- 6th on a stage, Tour of the Alps
- 7th Classic de l’Ardèche Rhône Crussol
- 8th on a stage, Tirreno-Adriatico
- Victim of a patella fracture
2018 (AG2R LA MONDIALE)
- 2nd overall, Tour du Haut Var / 2nd and 4th on stages
- 3rd on a stage, Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
- 4th Classic de l’Ardèche
- 5th G.P. de Plumelec-Morbihan
- 5th Coppa Sabatini
- 7th on a stage, Deutschland Tour
- 8th on a stage, Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
- 8th overall, Paris-Nice
- 12th G.P. Cycliste de Québec
- 15th Flèche Wallonne
- 17th overall, Itzulia Basque Country
2017 (AG2R LA MONDIALE)
- Winner G.P. Plumelec – Morbihan
- Overall and stage winner, Tour du Limousin
- 4th G.P.Cycliste de Québec
- 4th Il Lombardia
- 6th Giro dell’Emilia
- 11th G.P. Cycliste de Montréal
- 12th Clasica San Sebastian
- 13th overall, Tour de France
2016 (AG2R LA MONDIALE)
- 2nd G.P. Plumelec – Morbihan
- 3rd on a stage, Tour du Haut-Var
- 3rd French National Road Race Championships
- 3rd on a stage, Tour de France
- 4th on a stage, Vuelta al Pais Vasco
- 5th overall, Critérium International / 4th on a stage
- 6th on a stage, Tour de San Luis
2015 (AG2R LA MONDIALE)
- Winner G.P. de Plumelec – Morbihan
- Stage winner, Tour de France / 3rd on a stage
- Winner Pre-Olympics in Rio
- Stage winner, Tour du Gévaudan / 6th overall
- 4th on a stage, Tirreno-Adriatico
- 6th on a stage, Critérium International / 9th overall
- 6th Flèche Wallonne
- 7th on a stage, Critérium du Dauphiné
- 9th on a stage, Tour de San Luis
- 9th on a stage, Tour du Haut Var / 9th overall
- 10th on a stage, Vuelta Ciclista al Pais Vasco
2014 (AG2R LA MONDIALE)
- Stage winner, Tour du Gévaudan / 3rd overall
- 5th Tour du Doubs
- 8th overall, Critérium International / 7th on a stage
- 11th overall, Giro d’Italia / 10th on a stage
- 12th Milano-Torino
- 17th overall, Tour du Haut-Var
- 19th Drôme Classic
2013 (SOJASUN)
- 2nd on a stage, Rhône-Alpes Isère Tour / 5th overall
- 11th Klasika Primavera
- 14th overall, Route du Sud – La Dépêche du midi
- 14th overall, Tour de l’Ain
2012 (FRENCH NATIONAL TEAM)
- 5th overall, Tour des Pays de Savoie / 5th on a stage
- 15th Paris-Bourges
2010 (U23)
- U23 French mountain bike Champion (cross-country)
- 3rd and 5th on stages, Tour des Pays de Savoie
- U23 4th mountain bike World Championships (cross-country)
- 6th on a stage, Boucles de l’Artois
2009 (U23)
- U23 French mountain bike Champion (cross-country)
- U23 2nd mountain bike World Championships (cross-country)
- 5th, a round of the World Cup Elite in Schaldming (cross-country)
2008 (U19)
- U19 French mountain bike Team relay Champion
- U19 Mountain bike Team relay European Champion
- U19 Mountain bike Team relay World Champion
2006 (U19)
- U19 French mountain bike Champion (cross-country)
- U19, 2nd European mountain bike Championships (cross-country)