Nicolas Edet (born 2 December 1987) is a French professional road cyclist, who last rode for UCI WorldTeam Arkéa–Samsic. He has entered the Tour de France on eight occasions and completed the race seven times. He won the mountains classification in the 2013 Vuelta a España,[4] and wore the red jersey of overall race leader, for one day, during the 2019 Vuelta a España.[5]
 Edet in 2020 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Nicolas Edet |
| Born | 2 December 1987 La Ferté-Bernard, France |
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) |
| Weight | 60 kg (132 lb; 9 st 6 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Climber |
| Amateur teams | |
| 2007 | Centre |
| 2008 | Pays de la Loire |
| 2008–2010 | Team Agem 72 |
| 2010 | Cofidis (stagiaire) |
| Professional teams | |
| 2011–2021 | Cofidis[1][2][3] |
| 2022–2023 | Arkéa–Samsic |
| Major wins | |
| Grand Tours | |
Major results
edit- 2007
- 8th Overall Tour du Faso
- 1st Stage 4
- 2008
- 4th Paris–Tours Espoirs
- 2009
- 4th Overall Rhône-Alpes Isère Tour
- 10th Overall Giro della Valle d'Aosta
- 2010
- 1st Stage 5 Giro della Valle d'Aosta
- 3rd Overall Tour des Pays de Savoie
- 1st Stage 4
- 3rd Overall Tour Alsace
- 2011
- 1st
Mountains classification, Tour of Austria - 10th Overall Tour of Turkey
- 2012
- 9th Overall Tour du Gévaudan Languedoc-Roussillon
Combativity award Stage 1 Tour de France- 2013
- Vuelta a España
- 1st
Mountains classification 
Combativity award Stage 4
- 1st
- 1st
Mountains classification, Rhône-Alpes Isère Tour - 4th Overall Tour of Turkey
- 8th Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia
- 9th Overall Tour of Austria
- 2014
- 5th Overall Rhône-Alpes Isère Tour
- 1st Stage 3
- 7th Grand Prix de la Ville de Lillers
- 2015
- 1st
Mountains classification, Tour de Yorkshire - 6th Overall Tour du Limousin
- 7th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía
- 7th Overall Critérium International
- 7th Cholet-Pays de Loire
- 2016
- 1st
Sprints classification, Tour of the Basque Country - 3rd Overall Route du Sud
- 4th Overall Tour du Limousin
- 5th Tour du Doubs
- 5th Grand Prix de Wallonie
- 10th Overall Tour de Luxembourg
- 2017
- 3rd Overall Tour du Gévaudan Languedoc-Roussillon
- 1st Mountains classification
- 1st
- 4th Tour du Doubs
- 5th Overall Tour La Provence
- 9th Overall Tour de Luxembourg
- 2018
- 1st
Overall Tour du Limousin
- 1st Stage 3
- 2nd Overall Tour de l'Ain
- 4th Tour du Finistère
- 2019
- 5th Overall Tour du Haut Var
- 10th Overall Tour de l'Ain
- 10th Classic Sud-Ardèche
- Vuelta a España
- Held
after Stage 8
- Held
- 2020
- 1st Mountains classification, Paris–Nice
- 5th Overall Tour des Alpes-Maritimes et du Var
- 5th Faun-Ardèche Classic
- 2022
- 3rd Overall Vuelta a Asturias
- 4th Overall Tour of Turkey
- 9th Overall Route d'Occitanie
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
edit| Grand Tour | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Giro d'Italia
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | DNF | DNF |
| Tour de France
|
— | 128 | — | 77 | 111 | 106 | 76 | 43 | DNF | 49 | — |
| Vuelta a España
|
DNF | — | 104 | — | — | — | — | — | 18 | — | — |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
References
edit- ^ Retsin, Frédéric (8 December 2017). "Les premières photos du stage de l'équipe Cofidis en Espagne" [The first photos of the Cofidis team in Spain]. La Voix du Nord (in French). Groupe Rossel. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
- ^ Bacon, Ellis (30 December 2019). "2020 Team Preview: Cofidis". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
- ^ "Cofidis". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- ^ Puddicombe, Stephen (15 September 2013). "Chris Horner wins 2013 Vuelta a Espana". Cycling Weekly. TI Media. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
- ^ "Vuelta a Espana: Nikias Arndt wins wet stage eight as Nicolas Edet claims red jersey". BBC Sport. BBC. 31 August 2019. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
External links
edit- Nicolas Edet at UCI
- Nicolas Edet at ProCyclingStats
- Nicolas Edet at Cycling Archives (archived)
- Nicolas Edet profile at Cofidis
