Anthony Geslin

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Anthony Geslin (2015)

Anthony Geslin (born June 9, 1980 in Alençon ) is a former French cyclist .

Athletic career

Anthony Geslin won the important junior race Trofeo Karlsberg in 1998 and came second in the Chrono des Herbiers . He was also able to defend his title as French time trial champion in the same year.

In 2000 Geslin became a professional with the French cycling team Bonjour . He celebrated his first professional victory in 2004 on the Route Adélie . After taking part in the Tour de France for the first time in 2005 , he had the greatest success of his career: At the road cycling world championships , he finished third behind Tom Boonen and Alejandro Valverde in a road race out of a top group of 25 .

Geslin started six times in the Tour de France , but was never able to place in front. He took part in the Vuelta a España three times , but never reached the goal.

Geslin ended his cycling career at the end of 2015 in order to work as a financial advisor for professional cyclists.

successes

Geslin at the Eneco Tour 2009
1998
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009

Grand Tour placements

Grand Tour 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Maglia Rosa Giro d'Italia - - - - - - - -
Yellow jersey Tour de France 114 - 97 88 98 - 119 146
Red jersey Vuelta a España - - DNF DNF - DNF - -
Legend: DNF: did not finish , abandoned or withdrawn from the race due to timeout.

Teams

Web links

Commons : Anthony Geslin  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ From Basso to Veikkanen - who will be missing from the peloton in 2016. In: radsport-news.com. April 23, 2015, accessed December 27, 2015 .
personal data
SURNAME Geslin, Anthony
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH June 9, 1980
PLACE OF BIRTH Alencon