Yohann Gène
Yohann Gène (2019) | |
To person | |
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Date of birth | June 25, 1981 |
nation | France |
discipline | Street |
height | 175 cm |
Racing weight | 67 kg |
End of career | 2019 |
Societies) | |
1999-2004 | Vendée U |
Team (s) | |
2005-2019 | SA Vendée Cyclisme |
Most important successes | |
Overall ranking La Tropicale Amissa Bongo 2013, 2017 |
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Last updated: November 23, 2019 |
Yohann Gène (born June 25, 1981 in Pointe-à-Pitre ) is a former French cyclist from Guadeloupe .
Career
Yohann Gène drove in his entire career in cycling teams of Jean-René Bernaudeau , first from 1999 for the club team Vendée U , before moving in 2005 to the first team, the then Bouygues Telecom was called and a license as a UCI ProTeam possessed. Also in 2005 he contested his first Grand Tour with the Vuelta a España and finished the race 127th in the overall standings. He contested the Giro d'Italia in 2006, 2007 and 2009 and the Tour de France from 2011 to 2017 ; it is said that he was the first black athlete to compete in the Tour. His best result in the Tour de France was 128th in 2014 . In 2009 he won his first international competition with a stage of the Tour de Langkawi . His greatest career successes were the overall rankings of the Gabonese stage race La Tropicale Amissa Bongo in 2013 and 2017. After the end of the 2019 season, he ended his career as an active.
successes
- 2009
- one stage Tour de Langkawi
- 2010
- a stage La Tropicale Amissa Bongo
- 2011
- two stages La Tropicale Amissa Bongo
- one stage Tour of South Africa
- 2012
- two stages and points classification La Tropicale Amissa Bongo
- 2013
- Overall evaluation, points evaluation and a stage La Tropicale Amissa Bongo
- a stage Route du Sud
- 2014
- a stage Boucles de la Mayenne
- 2015
- Scoring La Tropicale Amissa Bongo
- 2017
- Overall ranking and one stage La Tropicale Amissa Bongo
Grand Tour placements
Grand Tour | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
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Giro d'Italia | - | 149 | DNF | - | DNF | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Tour de France | - | - | - | - | - | - | 156 | 139 | 158 | 128 | 137 | 158 | 134 | - | - |
Vuelta a España | 127 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Web links
- Yohann Gène in the Radsportseiten.net database
- Yohann Gène in the ProCyclingStats.com database
Individual evidence
- ^ Rhiannon Walker: The day Yohann Gene became the first black cyclist to compete in Tour de France. In: The Undefeated. July 25, 2018, accessed November 23, 2019 .
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Gène, Yohann |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French cyclist |
DATE OF BIRTH | June 25, 1981 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Pointe-à-Pitre |