Antoine Duchesne

Antoine Duchesne (born September 12, 1991) is a Canadian cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Groupama–FDJ.[5]

Antoine Duchesne
Duchesne at the 2014 Tour de Wallonie
Personal information
Full nameAntoine Duchesne
NicknameTony the Tiger[1]
Born (1991-09-12) September 12, 1991
Saguenay, Quebec, Canada
Team information
Current teamGroupama–FDJ
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeClassics specialist[2]
Amateur team
2012Team Québecor Garneau
Professional teams
2012SpiderTech–C10 (stagiaire)
2013Bontrager Cycling Team
2014–2017Team Europcar
2018–FDJ[3][4]
Major wins
One-day races and Classics
National Road Race Championships (2018)

In May 2015, Duchesne helped his teammate Bryan Coquard to victory on the first stage of the Four Days of Dunkirk, especially in the finale where he took long pulls in the leading group, setting his teammate up for the win.[6] He was named in the start list for the 2015 Vuelta a España and the 2016 Tour de France.[7][8]

Major results
2009
1st Road race, National Junior Road Championships
5th Overall Tour de l'Abitibi
2012
3rd Overall Tour de Québec
1st Stage 1
2013
1st Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships
3rd Road race, National Road Championships
8th Overall Coupe des nations Ville Saguenay
2014
2nd Polynormande
2015
3rd Polynormande
10th Overall Four Days of Dunkirk
2016
1st Mountains classification Paris–Nice
8th Overall Tour of Alberta
2018
1st Road race, National Road Championships

Grand Tour general classification results timeline
Grand Tour 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Giro d'Italia — — — — —
Tour de France — 107 — — —
Vuelta a España 138 — — 127 —
Legend
— Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

References
  1. "Houle et Duchesne au Paris-Roubaix à RDS2" [Houle and Duchesne at Paris-Roubaix on RDS2]. Réseau des sports (in French). April 11, 2015. Retrieved March 12, 2016.
  2. McGrath, Andy (December 15, 2015). "Portrait: Antoine Duchesne". Rouleur. Archived from the original on March 13, 2016. Retrieved March 12, 2016.
  3. "Groupama-FDJ confirm 28 riders for 2019". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. November 15, 2018. Retrieved January 3, 2019.
  4. "Groupama - FDJ". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on January 2, 2020. Retrieved January 2, 2020.
  5. "Groupama - FDJ". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on January 1, 2021. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
  6. Emil Axelgaard (May 6, 2015). "In-form Coquard conquers the cobbles in Dunkerque opener". Cycling Quotes. CyclingQuotes.com 2013. Retrieved May 6, 2015.
  7. "Vuelta a España 2015". Cycling Fever. Retrieved August 21, 2015.
  8. "2016 > 103rd Tour de France > Startlist". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved June 30, 2016.


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