Yohann Gène

Yohann Gène

Gène at the 2010 Four Days of Dunkirk
Personal information
Full name Yohann Gène
Born (1981-06-25) 25 June 1981
Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight 67 kg (148 lb)
Team information
Current team Direct Énergie
Discipline Road
Role Rider
Rider type Sprinter
Amateur team(s)
2000–2004 Vendée U-Pays de la Loire
2003 Brioches La Boulangère (stagiaire)
2004 Brioches La Boulangère (stagiaire)
Professional team(s)
2005– Bouygues Télécom
Infobox last updated on
1 March 2015

Yohann Gène (born 25 June 1981 in Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe) is a French professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam Direct Énergie.[1] He is the first cyclist of Afro-Caribbean and Sub-Saharan African descent to ever compete in the Tour de France.[2]

Career achievements

Major results

2007
5th Tour de la Somme
2009
1st Stage 7 Tour de Langkawi
2010
2nd Val d'Ille Classic
5th Overall La Tropicale Amissa Bongo
1st Stage 5
2011
1st Stage 3 Tour of South Africa
7th Boucles de l'Aulne
9th Overall La Tropicale Amissa Bongo
1st Stages 2 & 5
2012
3rd Châteauroux Classic
5th Overall La Tropicale Amissa Bongo
1st Stages 1 & 5
1st Points classification
10th Tallinn–Tartu GP
2013
1st Overall La Tropicale Amissa Bongo
1st Points classification
1st Stage 6
1st Stage 2 Route du Sud
2014
1st Stage 3 Boucles de la Mayenne
7th Grand Prix de Fourmies
2015
1st Points classification La Tropicale Amissa Bongo

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Pink jersey Giro 149 WD WD
Yellow jersey Tour 158 139 158 128 137 158
red jersey Vuelta 126

References

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