Romain Sicard

Romain Sicard (born 1 January 1988) is a French professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam Total Direct Énergie.[3]

Romain Sicard
Sicard in 2012
Personal information
Full nameRomain Sicard
Born (1988-01-01) 1 January 1988
Bayonne, France
Height1.77 m (5 ft 9 12 in)
Weight64.5 kg (142 lb; 10 st 2 lb)
Team information
Current teamTotal Direct Énergie
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider type
  • Climber
  • Puncheur
Amateur teams
2002–2004VC Tarnos
2005–2006US Colomiers
2007–2008GSC Blagnac
Professional teams
2009Orbea
2010–2013Euskaltel–Euskadi
2014–Team Europcar[1][2]

Career

Born in Bayonne, Sicard won the under 23 World Road Race Championships in 2009.[4] In 2010, he joined the Basque UCI ProTour team Euskaltel–Euskadi as the second ever French national after Thierry Elissalde.

Sicard joined Team Europcar for the 2014 season, after his previous team Euskaltel–Euskadi[5] – folded at the end of the 2013 season.[6]

Major results

2008
9th Overall Ronde de l'Isard
2009
1st Road race, UCI Under-23 Road World UChampionships
1st Overall Tour de l'Avenir
1st Stage 8 (ITT)
1st Subida al Naranco
1st Stage 2 Ronde de l'Isard
3rd Overall Tour du Haut-Anjou
4th Cinturó de l'Empordà
9th Overall Tour du Loir-et-Cher
10th Vuelta a La Rioja
2010
9th Vuelta a La Rioja
10th Overall Bayern–Rundfahrt
2014
7th Overall Tour de l'Ain
2015
5th Time trial, National Road Championships
6th Overall Vuelta a Castilla y León
2016
8th Overall Critérium International
2017
2nd Overall Tour du Gévaudan Languedoc-Roussillon
5th Tour du Doubs
7th Overall Tour du Limousin
8th Overall Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
2018
8th Tour du Gévaudan Occitanie
10th Classic de l'Ardèche

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Giro d'Italia 51
Tour de France 122 33 81 66 73 80 31
Vuelta a España 44 13 15 55 45
Legend
Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

References

  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. Sicard wins world Under 23 road title Archived 2009-09-26 at the Wayback Machine
  5. Urraburu, Benito (21 October 2012). "Euskaltel ya tiene completo su equipo para 2013 con diez nuevos fichajes" [Euskaltel team already full for 2013 with ten new signings]. El Diario Vasco (in Spanish). Grupo Vocento. Retrieved 5 January 2013.
  6. "Sicard and Martinez join Team Europcar". Yahoo! Eurosport. TF1 Group. 21 October 2013. Retrieved 18 December 2013.

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