 Gène at the 2010 Four Days of Dunkirk | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Yohann Gène |
| Born | (1981-06-25) 25 June 1981 (age 43) 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 |
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. 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.
Major results
- 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
| 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
- 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
- Profile at Bouygues Télécom official website
- Yohann Gène at UCI
- Yohann Gène at ProCyclingStats
- Yohann Gène at Cycling Archives (archived)