Anthony Roux
Anthony Roux at the 2012 Tour de France | |
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Date of birth | April 18, 1987 |
nation | France |
discipline | Street |
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Current team | Groupama-FDJ |
Last updated: June 01, 2020 |
Anthony Roux (born April 18, 1987 in Verdun ) is a French cyclist .
Athletic career
In 2005 Anthony Roux won the overall standings at the Tour de Lorraine and a stage at the Grand Prix Général Patton in the junior class. In 2007 he was third in the U23 class at Liège-Bastogne-Liège and the French time trial championship. He then drove at the end of the season with the ProTeam La Française des Jeux as a stagiaire and got a professional contract for the following season. He celebrated his first international success in 2009 with a stage win at the Circuit Cycliste Sarthe .
In October 2011, Roux was seriously injured in a cross-country race in Boulzicourt, France, and broke two vertebrae. Then he had to take a break for half a year.
In 2014 Roux finished second in the French individual time trial championships and third in the 2016 Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec .
By 2019, Anthony Roux had started twelve major country tours. His best placement of 34th place at the Vuelta a España 2013 . In 2018 he became French road racing champion, and Roux finished fourth in the time trial. He was also third at Clásica San Sebastián and the Tour du Limousin .
successes
2009
- a stage Circuit Cycliste Sarthe
- a stage Vuelta a España
2010
- a stage Circuit de Lorraine
- a stage Tour du Poitou Charentes
2011
- Overall classification and one stage of the Circuit Cycliste Sarthe
- Overall standings and two stages Circuit de Lorraine
- Grand Prix de la Somme
2013
- a stage of the Étoile de Bessèges
- one stage tour of Burgos
2014
2015
- a stage Circuit Cycliste Sarthe
2018
- a stage of the Route d'Occitanie
- French champion - road racing
- one stage Tour du Limousin
Grand Tour placements
Grand Tour | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
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Giro d'Italia | - | - | - | - | DNF | - | 87 | - | - | 76 | - |
Tour de France | - | 165 | 99 | 126 | - | - | - | 63 | - | - | 102 |
Vuelta a España | 120 | - | - | - | 34 | DNF | - | - | 52 | - | - |
Teams
- 2007 Française des Jeux ( Stagiaire )
- 2008 Française des Jeux
- 2009 Française des Jeux
- 2010 Française des Jeux
- 2011 FDJ
- 2012 FDJ-Big Mat
- 2013 FDJ.fr
- 2014 FDJ.fr
- 2015 FDJ
- 2016 FDJ
- 2017 FDJ
- 2018 Groupama-FDJ
- 2019 Groupama-FDJ
- 2020 Groupama-FDJ
Web links
- Anthony Roux in the database of Radsportseiten.net
- Anthony Roux in the ProCyclingStats.com database
Individual evidence
- ↑ Roux breaks two vertebrae in cross races. In: radsport-news.com. October 11, 2011, accessed April 24, 2018 .
- ↑ Ben Atkins: Six months out for Anthony Roux with fractured vertebrae. In: velonation.com. October 10, 2011, accessed April 24, 2018 .
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SURNAME | Roux, Anthony |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French road cyclist |
DATE OF BIRTH | April 18, 1987 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Verdun |