Yohann Gène (born 25 June 1981 in Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe) is a French former professional road bicycle racer, who competed professionally between 2005 and 2019, entirely for Bouygues Télécom and its later iterations.[3] He was the first black cyclist, as well as the first cyclist of Afro-Caribbean and Sub-Saharan African descent, to ever compete in the Tour de France.[4]
 Gène at the 2010 Four Days of Dunkirk | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Yohann Gène |
| Born | 25 June 1981 Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe |
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) |
| Weight | 67 kg (148 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Retired |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Sprinter |
| Amateur teams | |
| 2000–2004 | Vendée U–Pays de la Loire |
| 2003 | Brioches La Boulangère (stagiaire) |
| 2004 | Brioches La Boulangère (stagiaire) |
| Professional team | |
| 2005–2019 | Bouygues Télécom[1][2] |
Major results
edit- 2003
- 2nd La Côte Picarde
- 9th Overall Tour de la Somme
- 2004
- 6th Grand Prix des Marbriers
- 2007
- 5th Grand Prix de la Somme
- 2009
- 1st Stage 7 Tour de Langkawi
- 2010
- 2nd Val d'Ille Classic
- 5th Overall La Tropicale Amissa Bongo
- 1st Stage 5
- 2011
- 1st Stage 3 Tour of South Africa
- 7th Boucles de l'Aulne
- 9th Overall La Tropicale Amissa Bongo
- 1st Stages 2 & 5
- 2012
- 3rd Châteauroux Classic
- 5th Overall La Tropicale Amissa Bongo
- 1st
Points classification - 1st Stages 1 & 5
- 1st
- 10th Tallinn–Tartu GP
- 2013
- 1st
Overall La Tropicale Amissa Bongo
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Stage 6
- 1st
- 1st Stage 2 Route du Sud
- 2014
- 1st Stage 3 Boucles de la Mayenne
- 7th Grand Prix de Fourmies
- 2015
- 1st Points classification La Tropicale Amissa Bongo
- 2016
- 6th Tro-Bro Léon
- 2017
- 1st Overall La Tropicale Amissa Bongo
- 1st Stage 5
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
edit| Grand Tour | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Giro d'Italia
|
— | 149 | DNF | — | DNF | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 Tour de France
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | 158 | 139 | 158 | 128 | 137 | 158 | 134 |
 Vuelta a España
|
126 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
References
edit- ^ Bonamy, Raphaël (1 September 2017). "Direct Énergie: le point sur l'effectif 2018" [Direct Énergie: Roster Update 2018]. Ouest-France (in French). Groupe Ouest-France. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
- ^ "Direct Énergie". Directvelo (in French). Association Le Peloton. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
- ^ "Yohann Gène arrêtera sa carrière à la fin de la saison" [Yohann Gene to end his career at the end of the season]. L'Équipe (in French). Éditions Philippe Amaury. 8 June 2019. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
- ^ "Meet Yohann Gène, the First Black Cyclist Ever in the Tour de France". Time. 9 July 2011. Archived from the original on July 11, 2011.
External links
edit
- Profile at Bouygues Télécom official website
- Yohann Gène at ProCyclingStats
- Yohann Gène at Cycling Archives (archived)
