Benoît Cosnefroy
Benoît Cosnefroy (born 17 October 1995 in Cherbourg) is a French cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam AG2R Citroën Team.[3] In July 2019, he was named in the startlist for the 2019 Tour de France.[4] In the 2020 Tour de France, he led the mountains classification and wore the polka dot jersey for 15 consecutive stages; he ultimately finished sixth in the final classification standings.
![]() Cosnefroy at the 2018 Tour of California | ||||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Benoît Cosnefroy | |||||||||||||
| Nickname | Cherbourg Cheetah | |||||||||||||
| Born | 17 October 1995 Cherbourg, France | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)[1] | |||||||||||||
| Weight | 64 kg (141 lb; 10 st 1 lb)[1] | |||||||||||||
| Team information | ||||||||||||||
| Current team | AG2R Citroën Team | |||||||||||||
| Discipline | Road | |||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | |||||||||||||
| Rider type | Puncheur | |||||||||||||
| Amateur teams | ||||||||||||||
| 2014 | Bricquebec Cotentin | |||||||||||||
| 2015–2017 | Chambéry CF | |||||||||||||
| Professional team | ||||||||||||||
| 2017– | AG2R La Mondiale[2] | |||||||||||||
| Major wins | ||||||||||||||
| One-day races and Classics | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Major results
- 2016
- 4th Road race, UEC European Under–23 Road Championships
- 5th Tour de Berne
- 6th Overall Rhône-Alpes Isère Tour
- 2017
- 1st
Road race, UCI Road World Under–23 Championships - 1st Grand Prix d'Isbergues
- 1st Stage 2 Rhône-Alpes Isère Tour
- 2nd
Road race, UEC European Under–23 Road Championships - 6th Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan
- 6th Tour de Berne
- 2018
- 3rd Paris–Tours
- 9th Bretagne Classic
- 9th Coppa Sabatini
- 9th La Roue Tourangelle
- 10th Cholet-Pays de Loire
- 2019
- 1st
Overall Tour du Limousin
- 1st
Young rider classification - 1st Stage 3
- 1st
- 1st Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan
- 1st Paris–Camembert
- 1st Polynormande
- 4th Tour de Vendée
- 7th Bretagne Classic
- 10th Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec
- 2020
- 1st
Overall Étoile de Bessèges - 1st Grand Prix La Marseillaise
- 1st Stage 4 Route d'Occitanie
- 2nd La Flèche Wallonne
- 2nd Paris–Tours
- 3rd Brabantse Pijl
- 5th La Drôme Classic
- 10th Road race, UEC European Road Championships
- Tour de France
- Held
after Stages 2–16
Combativity award Stage 2
- Held
- 2021
- 1st Bretagne Classic
- 1st Tour du Finistère
- 1st Tour du Jura
- 2nd Polynormande
- 3rd
Road race, UEC European Road Championships - 4th Tre Valli Varesine
- 8th Brabantse Pijl
- 2022
- 2nd Overall Circuit de la Sarthe
- 2nd Amstel Gold Race
- 2nd Brabantse Pijl
- 3rd La Drôme Classic
- 5th Grand Prix La Marseillaise
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
| Grand Tour | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | — | ||
| 113 | 116 | 107 | ||
| — | — | — |
Classics results timeline
| Monument | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milan–San Remo | — | — | — | — | — | — | 15 |
| Tour of Flanders | Has not contested during his career | ||||||
| Paris–Roubaix | |||||||
| Liège–Bastogne–Liège | — | — | DNF | 45 | 18 | 48 | |
| Giro di Lombardia | — | — | — | — | — | DNF | |
| Classic | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
| Brabantse Pijl | — | — | — | — | 3 | 8 | 2 |
| Amstel Gold Race | — | — | 48 | 44 | NH | — | 2 |
| La Flèche Wallonne | — | — | DNF | 12 | 2 | 18 | |
| Bretagne Classic | — | — | 9 | 7 | — | 1 | |
| Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec | — | — | 25 | 10 | NH | ||
| Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal | — | — | 24 | 17 | |||
| Paris–Tours | 96 | 155 | 3 | — | 2 | — | |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
| NH | Not held |
References
- "Benoît Cosnefroy - Equipe cycliste AG2R La Mondiale". Retrieved 10 July 2019.
- "Official presentation of the AG2R LA MONDIALE professional cycling team 2020". AG2R La Mondiale. Groupe AG2R La Mondiale. 10 December 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
- "AG2R Citroën Team". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- "2019: 106th Tour de France: Start List". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
External links
| Wikimedia Commons has media related to Benoît Cosnefroy. |
- Benoît Cosnefroy at ProCyclingStats
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