Jérôme Cousin

Jérôme Cousin
	Cousin in 2015.
Personal information
Full name	Jérôme Cousin
Born	5 June 1989; Saint-Sébastien-sur-Loire,; Pays de la Loire, France
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	74 kg (163 lb; 11 st 9 lb)
Team information
Current team	Total Direct Énergie
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	All-rounder
Amateur teams
2007	UC Nantes Atlantique junior
2008–2010	Vendée U
2009	Bbox Bouygues Telecom (stagiaire)
2010	Bbox Bouygues Telecom (stagiaire)
Professional teams
2011–2015	Team Europcar
2016–2017	Cofidis
2018–	Direct Énergie[1][2]

Jérôme Cousin (born 5 June 1989) is a French professional road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam Total Direct Énergie.[3]

In October 2015 Cofidis announced that Cousin would join them from 2016 on a two-year contract,[4] after six years with Team Europcar and its previous iterations. He returned to the team in 2018, now known as Direct Énergie, upon the expiration of his contract.[5]

Major results

2006

5th Chrono des Nations Juniors

2008

3rd Overall Tour du Haut-Anjou

9th Chrono des Nations Espoirs

2010

8th Overall Ronde de l'Isard

1st Stage 1

10th Overall Thüringen Rundfahrt der U23

2011

7th Overall Danmark Rundt

9th Polynormande

2012

1st

Overall Tour de Normandie

1st Stage 2

Rhône-Alpes Isère Tour

1st

Points classification

1st Stage 3

2013

2nd Overall Étoile de Bessèges

1st

Young rider classification

1st Stage 3

Tour de France

Combativity award Stages 1 & 10

2018

1st Stage 5 Paris–Nice

Combativity award Stage 4 Tour de France

2019

3rd Overall Vuelta a Castilla y León

7th Paris–Camembert

2020

Combativity award Stage 3 Tour de France

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Giro d'Italia	Has not contested during his career
Tour de France	156	—	—	121	—	93	—	HD
Vuelta a España	—	78	73	129	—	—	—	—

Legend
—	Did not compete
DNF	Did not finish
HD	Finished a stage outside the time limit resulting in them being eliminated.

References

"Direct Énergie". Directvelo (in French). Association Le Peloton. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
"Total Direct Énergie". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 12 January 2020. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
"Total Direct Energie". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 7 January 2021. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
"Team Cofidis Announces Its Final Roster For Next Season". Orbea. 16 October 2015. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
"Two-year extension for Calmejane at Direct Energie". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 29 August 2017. Retrieved 9 January 2018. Confirmed signings from 2018 include Axel Journiaux (Neo-Pro), Simon Sellier (Neo-Pro), Rein Taaramäe (Katusha-Alpecin), Jérôme Cousin (Cofidis), and Damien Gaudin (l'Armée de Terre).

External links

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[1] "Direct Énergie". Directvelo (in French). Association Le Peloton. Retrieved 14 January 2019.

[2] "Total Direct Énergie". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 12 January 2020. Retrieved 12 January 2020.

[3] "Total Direct Energie". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 7 January 2021. Retrieved 7 January 2021.

[4] "Team Cofidis Announces Its Final Roster For Next Season". Orbea. 16 October 2015. Retrieved 7 November 2015.

[5] "Two-year extension for Calmejane at Direct Energie". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 29 August 2017. Retrieved 9 January 2018. Confirmed signings from 2018 include Axel Journiaux (Neo-Pro), Simon Sellier (Neo-Pro), Rein Taaramäe (Katusha-Alpecin), Jérôme Cousin (Cofidis), and Damien Gaudin (l'Armée de Terre).