Nicolas Rousseau
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Nicolas Rousseau (2010) | |
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Date of birth | March 16, 1983 |
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discipline | Roads / trains |
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Last updated: May 21, 2017 |
Nicolas Rousseau (born March 16, 1983 in Châteaurenaud ) is a former French cyclist .
Career
Nicolas Rousseau came off the track and was a good time trial. In 2000, together with William Bonnet , Romain Genter and Grégory Bernard, he was junior runner-up in the team pursuit on the track and was French champion in the same discipline. In the same year he won the prestigious Chrono des Herbiers time trial on the road in the junior class and repeated this success the following year; three years later he was third in the race of the U23 drivers behind the winner Olivier Kaisen . At the U23 European Railway Championships in 2002 he won a silver medal in the team pursuit (with Vincent Socquin , Christophe Riblon and Aurélien Mingot ) and the bronze medal in the points race .
From August 2006 Rousseau drove as a stagiaire with the French ProTeam Ag2r Prévoyance and received a professional contract for the following season. In 2008 he had his only start in a major tour of the country and finished 122nd in the overall ranking of the Giro d'Italia . In 2009 he won a stage of the Route du Sud and in 2010 a stage of the Tropicale Amissa Bongo
At the end of the 2012 season, he ended his international career as a professional cyclist.
successes
train
- 2000
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Junior World Championship - Team Pursuit (with William Bonnet , Romain Genter and Grégory Bernard )
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French Champion - Team Pursuit (Juniors) (with Olivier Basck , William Bonnet and Charly Carlier )
- 2002
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European Championship (U23) - Team Pursuit (with Vincent Socquin , Christophe Riblon and Aurélien Mingot )
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European Championship (U23) - points race
Street
- 2000
- Chrono des Herbiers (Juniors)
- 2001
- Chrono des Herbiers (Juniors)
- 2009
- a stage Route du Sud
- 2010
- a stage La Tropicale Amissa Bongo
Teams
- 2007 AG2R Prévoyance
- 2008 Ag2r
- 2009 Ag2r
- 2010 Ag2r
- 2011 Big Mat Auber 93
- 2012 Auber 93
Web links
- Nicolas Rousseau in the Radsportseiten.net database
- Nicolas Rousseau in the ProCyclingStats.com database
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SURNAME | Rousseau, Nicolas |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French cyclist |
DATE OF BIRTH | March 16, 1983 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Châteaurenaud |