Benoît Poilvet

Infobox Cyclist
ridername = Benoît Poilvet


fullname = Benoît Poilvet
nickname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1976|8|27
country = FRA
height = height|m=1.83
weight = convert|71|kg|lb|abbr=on|lk=on
currentteam =
discipline = Road
role = Rider
ridertype =
amateurteams =
amateuryears =
proyears = 2000–2007 2008–
proteams = Crédit Agricole Bretagne Armor Lux
majorwins = Tour de Bretagne Cycliste
updated = May 2 2008

Benoît Poilvet (born August 27 1976 in Saint-Brieuc) is a French professional road bicycle racer. He rode for UCI ProTeam Crédit Agricole between 2000 and 2007. For the 2008 season he joined the continental team Bretagne Armor Lux, with whom when the team was an amateur team he had raced. In May 2008, Poilvet took his first professional race victory with stage 5 of the Tour de Bretagne Cycliste. [cite web|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/road.php?id=road/2008/apr08/bretagne08/bretagne085|title=Polivet finally becomes a winner|publisher=Cyclingnews.com|accessdate=2008-05-02] Poilvet also took the leader's jersey which he would keep to win the race. [cite web|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/road.php?id=road/2008/apr08/bretagne08/bretagne087|title=Wilmann's attack pays off|publisher=Cyclingnews.com|accessdate=2008-05-02]

Palmares

* Critérium International - Mountains Classification (2003)
* 1st stage 5 & overall Tour de Bretagne Cycliste

References

External links

* [http://au-veloclubdeparis.fr/index.php?m=7&id=&group=&lang=fr&rub=3&num_coureur=27 Profile at Crédit Agricole official website]
*trapfriis|france.Poilvet.htm

Persondata
NAME=Poilvet, Benoît
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=
SHORT DESCRIPTION=Road bicycle racer
DATE OF BIRTH=1976-08-27
PLACE OF BIRTH=Saint-Brieuc, France
DATE OF DEATH=
PLACE OF DEATH=