Julien Simon

Julien Simon (born 4 October 1985 in Rennes) is a French road bicycle racer, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam Total Direct Énergie.[4]

Julien Simon
Simon at the 2015 Tour de France
Personal information
Full nameJulien Simon
Born (1985-10-04) 4 October 1985
Rennes, France
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9 12 in)
Weight65 kg (143 lb; 10 st 3 lb)
Team information
Current teamTotal Direct Énergie
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typePuncheur
Amateur team
2007Super Sport 35
Professional teams
2008Crédit Agricole
2009–2013Besson Chaussures–Sojasun
2014–2019Cofidis[1][2]
2020–Total Direct Énergie[3]
Major wins
One-day races and Classics
Tour du Finistère (2012, 2019)
Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan (2012, 2014)
Grand Prix de Wallonie (2012)

Simon joined the Cofidis squad for the 2014 season,[5] after his previous team Sojasun – folded at the end of the 2013 season. He was named in the start list for the 2015 Vuelta a España.[6]

Major results

2007
8th Overall Tour du Haut-Anjou
2008
9th Tour du Doubs
2009
2nd Overall Tour du Gévaudan Languedoc-Roussillon
5th Overall Circuit de la Sarthe
7th Overall Tour du Haut Var
7th Paris–Camembert
10th Tour du Finistère
2010
3rd Overall Circuit de la Sarthe
4th Overall Tour de Wallonie
4th Grand Prix de Wallonie
5th Overall Boucles de la Mayenne
5th Les Boucles du Sud Ardèche
5th Route Adélie
2011
1st Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia
2nd Grand Prix de Wallonie
3rd Overall Circuit de Lorraine
5th Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan
5th Duo Normand (with Paul Poux)
5th Paris–Bourges
7th Polynormande
9th GP Ouest–France
2012
1st Tour du Finistère
1st Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan
1st Grand Prix de Wallonie
Volta a Catalunya
1st Stages 5 & 7
3rd Overall Tour du Haut Var
3rd Route Adélie
5th Boucles de l'Aulne
6th Tour du Doubs
2013
3rd Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan
6th Route Adélie
8th Les Boucles du Sud Ardèche
8th Tour de Vendée
9th Overall Tour du Haut Var
9th Grand Prix de Fourmies
9th Tour du Doubs
9th Grand Prix de Wallonie
10th Grand Prix d'Isbergues
2014
1st Overall French Road Cycling Cup
1st Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan
2nd Route Adélie
2nd Tour du Finistère
3rd Overall Circuit de la Sarthe
6th Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise
6th Paris–Camembert
6th Grand Prix d'Isbergues
7th Overall Critérium International
7th Grand Prix de Wallonie
9th Tour de Vendée
10th Brussels Cycling Classic
10th Tour du Doubs
2015
2nd Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan
3rd Tour du Finistère
2016
2nd Classic Sud-Ardèche
4th Overall Tour du Haut Var
4th La Drôme Classic
4th Tour du Finistère
2017
2nd Overall Tour du Haut Var
1st Stage 2
2nd Tour du Finistère
3rd Route Adélie
3rd Grand Prix de Wallonie
4th Overall Circuit de la Sarthe
4th Overall Tour du Limousin
5th Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan
7th Classic Sud-Ardèche
8th Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli
2018
1st Tour du Doubs
2nd Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan
5th Clásica de San Sebastián
7th Coppa Sabatini
8th Tre Valli Varesine
2019
1st Tour du Finistère
2nd Road race, National Road Championships
8th Overall Tour de l'Ain
8th Tour du Doubs
8th Tour de Vendée
10th Overall Boucles de la Mayenne
10th Route Adélie
2020
7th La Drôme Classic

Grand Tour results timeline

Grand Tour general classification results timeline[7]
Grand Tour 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Giro d'Italia Has not contested during his career
Tour de France 92 87 109 94 117 101 108
Vuelta a España 74 65

References

  1. Retsin, Frédéric (8 December 2017). "Les premières photos du stage de l'équipe Cofidis en Espagne" [The first photos of the Cofidis team in Spain]. La Voix du Nord (in French). Groupe Rossel. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  2. Bonnefoy, François (29 November 2018). "Route - L'effectif de l'équipe Cofidis pour la saison 2019" [Road - The Cofidis squad for the 2019 season]. Cyclism'Actu (in French). Swar Agency. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
  3. "Total Direct Énergie". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 12 January 2020. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
  4. "Total Direct Energie". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 7 January 2021. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  5. "Julien Simon chez Cofidis" [Julien Simon at Cofidis]. L'Équipe (in French). Éditions Philippe Amaury. 2 October 2013. Retrieved 7 November 2013.
  6. "Vuelta a España 2015". Cycling Fever. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
  7. "Julien Simon". ProCyclingstats. Stephan van der Zwan. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
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