- Frédéric Guesdon
Infobox Cyclist
ridername = Frédéric Guesdon
fullname = Frédéric Guesdon
nickname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1971|10|14
country = FRA
height = 1.85 m
weight = 73 kg
currentteam = Française des Jeux
discipline = Road
role = Rider
ridertype = Classics specialist
amateuryears =
amateurteams =
proyears = 1995
1996
1997–
proteams = Le Groupement
Polti
Française des Jeux
majorwins = Paris-Roubaix (1997)
Paris-Tours (2006)
updated =January 12 ,2007 Frédéric Guesdon (born
October 14 ,1971 inSaint-Méen-le-Grand ,Bretagne ) is a French professionalroad bicycle racer forUCI ProTour teamFrançaise des Jeux . Guesdon turned professional in 1995 with the FrenchLe Groupement team and moved on to thePolti team in 1996, where he scored eleventh place atParis-Roubaix and third place at the French championship. Guesdon had his breakthrough year in 1997. Having signed with the new Française des Jeux team, he scored an early victory for the team in the prestigious spring monument Paris-Roubaix. Guesdon also took victories at theClassic Haribo and a stage in theTour du Limousin . Guesdon had to wait until 2000 for his next major victory, a stage in theDauphiné Libéré , a feat he repeated in 2002. Despite a complete lack of victories between this win and his next win, over three-and-a-half years later in the 2006Tropicale Amissa Bongo , Guesdon remained loyal to Française des Jeux and Française des Jeux to him. This paid dividends when Guesdon won the2006 UCI ProTour race Paris-Tours, his first ProTour victory and the first overall ProTour victory both for Française des Jeux and by a French rider since the inception of the competition in 2005.Palmarès
Major results
;1997:1st,
Paris-Roubaix :1st, Classic Haribo:1st, Stage 2, Tour du Limousin;1999:1st, Stage 3,Tour de l'Ain ;2000:1st, Stage 1,Dauphiné Libéré :1st, Stage 1,Giro della Provincia di Lucca ;2001:1st,King of the Mountains classification, Tour Mediterraneen;2002:1st, Stage 5,Dauphiné Libéré ;2004:2nd, GP d'Isbergues;2006:1st,Paris-Tours :2nd, Overall, La Tropicale Amissa Bongo Ondimba,Gabon (2.2, UCI Africa Tour)::1st, Prologue (ITT, Circuit dansLibreville ):3rd, GP d'Isbergues;2008:1st,Tro-Bro Léon Tour de France record* 1996: 108th overall
* 1997: 111th overall
* 1998: 67th overall
* 1999: 106th overall
* 2000: 116th overall
* 2001: 124th overall
* 2004: 129th overallGiro d'Italia record* 2003: DNF (Stage 18)
Vuelta a España record* 2005: DNF (Stage 11)
External links
* [http://www.eurosport.com/cycling/personnews_prs845.shtml Eurosport Profile]
* [http://www.trap-friis.dk/cykling/france.Guesdon.htm Palmarès]Persondata
NAME= Guesdon, Frédéric
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=
SHORT DESCRIPTION=Road bicycle racer
DATE OF BIRTH=1971-10-14
PLACE OF BIRTH=Saint-Méen-le-Grand ,Bretagne ,France
DATE OF DEATH=
PLACE OF DEATH=
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