Arthur Vichot

Arthur Vichot (born 26 November 1988) is a French former professional cyclist, who rode professionally between 2010 and 2020, for the Groupama–FDJ and B&B Hotels–Vital Concept teams.[3] He is the nephew of Frédéric Vichot, who won stages in the Tour de France in 1984 and 1985.

Arthur Vichot
Vichot at the 2015 Grand Prix d'Isbergues
Personal information
Full nameArthur Vichot
Born (1988-11-26) 26 November 1988
Colombier-Fontaine, France
Height1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
Weight70 kg (154 lb; 11 st 0 lb)
Team information
Current teamRetired
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Amateur team
2008–2009CR4C Roanne
Professional teams
2010–2018Française des Jeux
2019–2020Vital Concept–B&B Hotels[1][2]
Major wins
Single-day races and Classics
National Road Race Championships (2013, 2016)

Professional career

One tradition of the Tour Down Under is that the fans choose an unknown rider and treat him the way they would a star, by mobbing him at hotels and painting his name on the road. The rider must be a non-English speaking domestique who most likely will not get a start at a major race and will simply act as a bottle carrier. For 2010, in his first professional race, Arthur Vichot was chosen.

Vichot at the 2010 Tour de Romandie.

He started the 2011 season by taking fifth position at the Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise. The next month, he went on to win the Boucles du Sud Ardèche, and he was selected to ride in Paris–Nice.[4] Bad luck struck in the race as he crashed hard and cracked his clavicle, preventing him from racing the Ardennes classics. He was selected to race the Tour de France.[5] He finished the event in 104th position after playing a role of domestique. In September, he achieved a solo victory near his home in the Tour du Doubs.[6] He also cracked the top ten in the Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal, finishing eighth.[7]

In 2012, Vichot conquered the biggest victory of his career up to that point in the fifth stage of the Critérium du Dauphiné, a mountainous affair that led the riders across the Col de la Colombière. He was part of the breakaway that formed at the beginning of the race and resisted to the bunch. With 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) to go, Vichot distanced the remnants of the leading group, earning a solo victory.[8]

In 2013 and 2016, Vichot won the French National Road Race Championships and the right to wear the coveted tricolor jersey in the Tour de France.

Major results
2008
1st Stage 2 Grand Prix Guillaume Tell
2nd Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships
2009
3rd Overall Circuit des Ardennes
2010
1st Stage 2 Paris–Corrèze
8th Overall Tour de Wallonie
2011
1st Les Boucles du Sud Ardèche
1st Tour du Doubs
5th Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise
8th Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal
9th Overall Étoile de Bessèges
2012
1st Stage 5 Critérium du Dauphiné
2nd Les Boucles du Sud Ardèche
3rd Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise
10th Boucles de l'Aulne
2013
1st Road race, National Road Championships
1st Overall Tour du Haut Var
1st Points classification
1st Young rider classification
2nd Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec
4th Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan
9th Overall Étoile de Bessèges
10th Overall Tour Méditerranéen
2014
3rd Overall Paris–Nice
1st Stage 8
3rd GP Ouest–France
5th Overall Étoile de Bessèges
5th Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise
8th Overall Tour du Limousin
2015
7th Grand Prix de Wallonie
8th Overall Circuit Cycliste Sarthe
8th Vuelta a Murcia
2016
1st Road race, National Road Championships
1st Overall Tour du Haut Var
1st Points classification
1st Stage 2
2nd Boucles de l'Aulne
3rd La Drôme Classic
3rd Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan
5th Overall Étoile de Bessèges
7th Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise
7th Trofeo Laigueglia
Combativity award Stage 11 Tour de France
2017
1st Overall Tour du Haut Var
1st Points classification
1st Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise
2nd Overall Circuit de la Sarthe
2nd La Drôme Classic
4th Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan
6th Classic Sud-Ardèche
7th Trofeo Laigueglia
2018
1st Overall Tour de l'Ain
1st Points classification
1st Stage 3
2nd Boucles de l'Aulne
4th Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan
5th La Drôme Classic
7th Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec
10th Overall Tour de Suisse
2019
6th La Drôme Classic

Grand Tour general classification results timeline
Grand Tour 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Giro d'Italia Did not contest during his career
Tour de France — 103 94 66 DNF — 78 DNF 41
Vuelta a España DNF — — — — — — — —
Legend
— Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

References
  1. Malvestio, Carlo (22 January 2019). "Presentazione Squadre 2019, Vital Concept – B&B Hotels" [Presentation of Teams 2019, Vital Concept - B & B Hotels]. SpazioCiclismo – Cyclingpro.net (in Italian). Gravatar. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
  2. "B&B Hotels - Vital Concept". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 4 January 2020. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
  3. "Cyclisme. Arthur Vichot, double champion de France sur route, met un terme à sa carrière" [Cycling. Arthur Vichot, double French road champion, puts an end to his career]. Ouest-France (in French). Groupe Ouest-France. 26 November 2020. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
  4. "Vichot : " La physionomie parfaite pour moi "". velochrono.fr (in French). Retrieved 28 April 2011.
  5. "La FDJ sans Pierrick Fédrigo". cyclismactu.net (in French). Retrieved 26 June 2011.
  6. "Vichot à domicile". lequipe.fr (in French). Retrieved 4 September 2011.
  7. Frattini, Kirsten (11 September 2011). "Costa claims GP Montreal". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. Retrieved 11 September 2011.
  8. "Bradley Wiggins still in lead of Criterium du Dauphine". BBC Sport. BBC. 8 June 2012. Retrieved 30 December 2020. France's Arthur Vichot won Friday's 186.5km stage in a time of four hours 42 minutes 17 seconds.
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