Sylvain Georges
Sylvain Georges (born 1 May 1984) is a professional French racing cyclist who last rode for Ag2r–La Mondiale. He was born in Beaumont, Puy-de-Dôme, France.[1] On 18 May 2012, Georges won his first pro tour stage on the 6th stage of the Tour of California, where he broke away with six other riders at the start of a mountain stage leading to Big Bear Lake and rode solo for the last 50 kilometers to take the win as the peloton was in sight.[2]
Georges at the 2011 Four Days of Dunkirk. | |
Personal information | |
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Full name | Sylvain Georges |
Born | Beaumont, France | 1 May 1984
Team information | |
Discipline | Road |
Role | Rider |
Professional teams | |
2008 | A-Style-Somn |
2011 | BigMat–Auber 93 |
2012–2013 | Ag2r–La Mondiale |
In May 2013 Georges withdrew from the Giro D'Italia after testing positive for Heptaminol.[3] He was later sacked by his team.[4]
Palmarès
- 2005
- 7th Chrono Champenois
- 2006
- 3rd Time trial, French Under–23 Road Championships
- 4th Chrono Champenois
- 2007
- 2nd Overall Tour du Loir-et-Cher
- 2008
- 7th Grand Prix de la Ville de Lillers
- 2009
- 1st Prologue 45ème Circuit De Saône Et Loire
- 3rd Overall Grand Prix Chantal Biya
- 2010
- 8th Overall Rhône-Alpes Isère Tour
- 2011
- 1st
Overall Rhône-Alpes Isère Tour - 1st Stages 1 & 3
- 1st GP Plumelec-Morbihan
- 2nd Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise
- 10th Tour du Finistère
- 2012
- 1st Stage 6 Tour of California
- 2nd Tour du Doubs
- 2013
- 2nd Paris–Camembert
- 4th Les Boucles du Sud Ardèche
- 2015
- 1st Stage 8a Tour de Guadeloupe
- 2016
- 1st Stage 7 Tour de Guadeloupe
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
Grand Tour | 2013 |
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DNF | |
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— | Did not compete |
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DNF | Did not finish |
gollark: People tend to disagree lots about ☭'s definition, troublingly.
gollark: NONE are safe.
gollark: Interesting! I'm vaguely aware of that! It seems like one of the better ☭s. Although arguably not a ☭.
gollark: Nonsense, there is a shared HTech-GTech™ ([HG]Tech™) cactus farm in a [REDACTED] location.
gollark: I am not aware of "GG policy".
References
- "Profile". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 30 April 2012.
- Weislo, Laura (19 May 2012). "Tour of California: Sylvain Georges roars into Big Bear Lake". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. Archived from the original on 21 May 2012. Retrieved 19 May 2012.
- GMT (2013-05-15). "BBC Sport – Giro d'Italia: French cyclist Sylvain Georges fails drug test". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2013-06-11.
- "Georges Sacked By Ag2r-La Mondiale". Cyclingnews.com. 2012-05-19. Retrieved 2013-06-11.
External links
- Sylvain Georges at Cycling Archives
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