Arthur Vichot
Vichot at the 2015 Grand Prix d'Isbergues
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Personal information | |
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Full name | Arthur Vichot |
Born | Colombier-Fontaine, France |
26 November 1988
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) |
Weight | 70 kg (150 lb; 11 st) |
Team information | |
Current team | Groupama–FDJ |
Discipline | Road |
Role | Rider |
Amateur team(s) | |
2008–2009 | CR4C Roanne |
Professional team(s) | |
2010– | Française des Jeux |
Major wins | |
Single-day races and Classics | |
Infobox last updated on 16 March 2014 |
Arthur Vichot (born 26 November 1988 in Colombier-Fontaine) is a French professional cyclist and member of UCI ProTeam Groupama–FDJ.[1] He is the nephew of Frédéric Vichot, who won stages in the Tour de France in 1984 and 1985.
Professional career
One tradition of the Tour Down Under is that the fans choose an unknown rider and treat him the way they would a star, by mobbing him at hotels and painting his name on the road. The rider must be a non-English speaking domestique who most likely will not get a start at a major race and will simply act as a bottle carrier. For 2010, in his first professional race, Arthur Vichot was chosen.
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He started the 2011 season by taking fifth position at the Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise. The next month, he went on to win the Boucles du Sud Ardèche, and he was selected to ride in Paris-Nice.[2] Bad luck struck in the race as he crashed hard and cracked his clavicle, preventing him from racing the Ardennes classics. He was selected to race the 2011 Tour de France.[3] He finished the event in 104th position after playing a role of domestique. In September, he achieved a solo victory near his home in the Tour du Doubs.[4] He also cracked the top ten in the Grand Prix cycliste de Montréal, finishing eighth.[5]
In 2012, Vichot conquered the biggest victory of his career up to that point in the fifth stage of the Critérium du Dauphiné, a mountainous affair that led the riders across the Col de la Colombière. He was part of the breakaway that formed at the beginning of the race and resisted to the bunch. With 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) to go, Vichot distanced the remnants of the leading group, earning a solo victory.[6]
In 2013, Vichot won the French National Road Race Championships and the right to wear the coveted tricolor jersey in the Tour de France.
Palmarès
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- 2010
- 1st Stage 2 Paris–Corrèze
- 2011
- 1st Les Boucles du Sud Ardèche
- 1st Tour du Doubs
- 8th Grand Prix cycliste de Montréal
- 2012
- 1st Stage 5 Critérium du Dauphiné
- 2nd Les Boucles du Sud Ardèche
- 3rd Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise
- 2013
- 1st
National Road Race Championships
- 1st
Overall Tour du Haut Var
- 2nd Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec
- 4th Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan
- 9th Overall Étoile de Bessèges
- 10th Overall Tour Méditerranéen
- 2014
- 3rd Overall Paris–Nice
- 1st Stage 8
- 3rd GP Ouest-France
- 5th Overall Étoile de Bessèges
- 5th Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise
- 2015
- 7th Grand Prix de Wallonie
- 8th Vuelta a Murcia[7]
- 8th Overall Circuit Cycliste Sarthe[8]
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
Grand Tour | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 |
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- | - | - | - |
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- | 103 | 94 | 66 |
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WD | - | - | - |
WD = Withdrew; IP = In Progress
References
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External links
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- Arthur Vichot profile at Cycling Quotient
- Arthur Vichot profile at ProCyclingStats
- Française des Jeux official website (French)
- Cyclingnews.com article about "Vichot mania"