Benoît Cosnefroy

Benoît Cosnefroy
	Benoît Cosnefroy (2018)
To person
Date of birth	October 17, 1995
nation	France
discipline	Road / cross-country
To the team
Current team	Ag2r La Mondiale
function	driver
Societies)
until 2014 ; 2015 – July 2016	Union Concorde Bricquebetaise ; Chambéry Cyclisme Formation
Most important successes
	UCI Road World Championships (U23) 2017 - road race
	Last updated: September 21, 2019

Benoît Cosnefroy (born October 17, 1995 in Cherbourg ) is a French cyclist.

Athletic career

Benoît Cosnefroy comes from a cycling family, his grandfather as well as his father were cyclists and organized cycling races. He himself started cycling at the local club Union Concorde Bricquebetaise at the age of nine . He competed in races on the road and cross-country races . As a junior he took part in European and World Championships in cyclo-cross races. At the age of 16, he won the Prix Louis-Cosnefroy race in Teurtheville-Hague, named after his great-great-grandfather , which he said in an interview was a decisive moment.

In 2016 Cosnefroy became a stagiaire with the ag2r La Mondiale team . In the same year, he decided one stage each of the Annemasse – Bellegarde et retour and Les Boucles de l'Artois races for himself. He was French runner-up in the U23 road race and finished fifth in the Tour of Bern . In 2017 he won a stage of the Rhône-Alpes Isère Tour and the Grand Prix d'Isbergues , and finished fourth in the U23 European Championships . In addition, he was once again vice road champion of the U23.

Internationally, Benoît Cosnefroy had his breakthrough in 2017: at the UEC European Road Championships in 2017 , he finished second in the U23 road race. A few weeks later he became U23 world champion in road racing.