Élie Gesbert (born 1 July 1995) is a French racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Arkéa–B&B Hotels.[4] Gesbert competed in the Tour de France in 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2021.[5]
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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1 July 1995 Saint-Brieuc, France |
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)[1] |
| Weight | 63 kg (139 lb; 9 st 13 lb)[1] |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Arkéa–B&B Hotels |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Amateur teams | |
| 2014–2015 | Pays de Dinan |
| 2016 | Vélo Club de Loudéac |
| Professional teams | |
| 2015 | FDJ (stagiaire) |
| 2016– | Fortuneo–Vital Concept[2][3] |
Career
editFortuneo–Vital Concept (2016–present)
editBorn in Saint-Brieuc, Gesbert rode the Tour de France for the first time in 2017, and started as the first rider in the opening stage individual time trial. He took his first professional win at the Tour du Limousin, as he won stage 1, where he also finished 2nd overall.
Gesbert rode his first Monument classic in 2018, at Liège–Bastogne–Liège, and finished 91st. He also participated in the Tour de France during which he was the victim of a punch from fellow competitor Gianni Moscon, which Moscon was later disqualified from the race for.[6]
Major results
edit- 2013
- 1st
Road race, National Junior Road Championships - 4th Overall Trophée Centre Morbihan
- 2015
- 1st Stage 6 Tour de l'Avenir
- 2nd Kreiz Breizh Elites
- 2016
- 1st Stage 3 Ronde de l'Isard
- 2017
- 2nd Overall Tour du Limousin
- 1st
Young rider classification - 1st Stage 1
- 1st
- 4th Overall Tour de Bretagne
- 1st Stage 6
- 6th Overall Tour du Gévaudan Languedoc-Roussillon
Combativity award Stage 10 Tour de France- 2019
- 4th Overall Tour de l'Ain
- 5th Overall Tour of Oman
- 1st Young rider classification
- 1st
- 5th Mont Ventoux Dénivelé Challenge
- 6th Tour du Doubs
- 9th Overall Tour du Limousin
- 9th Paris–Camembert
- Combativity award Stage 14 Tour de France
- 2021
- 5th Overall Volta ao Algarve
- 1st Stage 5
- 5th Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
- 5th GP Miguel Induráin
- 6th Overall Route d'Occitanie
- 2022
- 4th Overall Tour of Oman
- 5th Classic Grand Besançon Doubs
- 6th Tour du Jura
- 7th Trofeo Pollença - Port d'Andratx
- 9th Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia
- 2023
- 7th Overall Tour de l'Ain
- 7th Overall Tour du Limousin
- 7th Paris–Camembert
- 8th GP Miguel Induráin
- 10th Classic Grand Besançon Doubs
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
edit| Grand Tour | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Giro d'Italia
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 Tour de France
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85 | 86 | 78 | — | 61 | — | — | — |
 Vuelta a España
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— | — | — | — | — | 42 | 72 | DNF |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
References
edit- ^ a b "ELIE GESBERT - Arkea-Samsic". Retrieved 5 July 2019.
- ^ "Arkéa-Samsic". Directvelo (in French). Association Le Peloton. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
- ^ "Franck Bonnamour et Romain Le Roux avec Arkéa-Samsic en 2020" [Franck Bonnamour and Romain Le Roux with Arkéa-Samsic in 2020]. Arkéa–Samsic (in French). Pro Cycling Breizh. 14 October 2019. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
- ^ "Team Arkea - Samsic". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 7 January 2021. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
- ^ "2017: 104th Tour de France: Start List". Pro Cycling Stats. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
- ^ "Moscon knows he let the team down with Tour de France disqualification, says Brailsford". 22 July 2018.
External links
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- Élie Gesbert at ProCyclingStats
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