Nicolas Vogondy

Nicolas Vogondy

Personal information
Full name	Nicolas Vogondy
Born	August 8, 1977 (1977-08-08) (age 34) Blois, France
Team information
Current team	Cofidis
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	All-rounder
Professional team(s)
1997–2004 2005–2006 2007–2009 2010 2011–	Française des Jeux Crédit Agricole Agritubel Bbox Bouygues Telecom Cofidis
Infobox last updated on July 19, 2007

Nicolas Vogondy (born August 8, 1977 in Blois) is a French road racing cyclist who rides for UCI Professional Continental team Cofidis.

Vogondy won the Tour de Lorraine in 1995 as a junior. He became a professional rider in 1997 when he signed for Française des Jeux. His first professional win came in that same year when he won the third stage of the Tour de Normandie. In 2002 he became national champion of France when he outsprinted Nicolas Jalabert and Patrice Halgand. He won the overall rankings of the Boucles de la Mayenne in 2007, after winning the second stage earlier. He has multiple appearances in the three Grand Tours, the Tour de France, the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a España.

Vogondy was in the breakaway on stage 5 of 2008 Tour de France. He attacked his two companions just over a kilometer before the finish, as they were about to be caught by the peloton. Vogondy stayed ahead of the pack until about 70 meters before the finish, when he was passed by top sprinters like Mark Cavendish, who won the stage.

Early in the 2010 season, Vogondy was refused a licence to race by the French cycling federation because a medical examination revealed cardiac arrhythmia problems.^[1] He was instructed to take several weeks rest pending further tests, but resumed training the following month, and started racing again in April of the same year.

Palmarès

1995

1st, Tour de Lorraine (junior)

1997

1st, Stage 3, Tour de Normandie

1999

1st, Stage 4, Circuit des Mines

2002

1st, Stage 6, Circuit des Mines

1st, Criterium Polynormand

1st, French National Road Race Championship

1st, Bol d'Or des Monédières Chaumeil

1st, Criterium Saran

2003

1st, A Travers le Morbihan

1st, Stage 3, Tour du Limousin

2004

1st, Stage 5, Regio-Tour International

2005

1st, Stage 1, Route du Sud

2006

1st, Châteauroux-Classic de l'Indre

1st, Stage 5, Tour du Poitou

2007

1st, Stage 2, Rhône-Alpes Isère Tour

1st, Stage 2, Boucles de la Mayenne

1st, overall, Boucles de la Mayenne

2008

1st, Stage 1 & Overall, Les 3 Jours de Vaucluse

1st, French National Road Race Championship

Combative rider for Stages 5 and 21 of the Tour de France

2010

6th Overall, Critérium du Dauphiné

1st, Stage 4

1st, French National Time Trial Championship

2011

6th, Tour du Finistère

6th Overall, Circuit de la Sarthe

References

1. ^ Vogondy denied licence because of cardiac problems

External links

• Nicolas Vogondy profile at Cycling Archives

Persondata
Name	Vogondy, Nicolas
Alternative names
Short description	Road bicycle racer
Date of birth	1977-08-08
Place of birth	Blois, France
Date of death
Place of death