Clément Lhotellerie

Clément Lhotellerie

Climbing in the Polka-dot jersey at 2008 Paris–Nice
Personal information
Full name	Clément Lhotellerie
Born	March 19, 1986 (1986-03-19) (age 25) Charleville-Mézières, France
Team information
Current team	Unattached
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Amateur team(s)
2006 2006	VC La Pomme Marseille Crédit agricole (stagiaire)
Professional team(s)
2007–2008 2009 2010	Skil-Shimano Vacansoleil Roubaix - Lille Metropole
Infobox last updated on 2 July 2009

Clément Lhotellerie (born March 19, 1986 in Charleville-Mézières, Ardennes) is a French road racing cyclist.

Career

Lhotellerie was an accomplished mountain-biker and cyclo-cross rider before switching to the road. He had won the French cyclo-cross championships in Juniors and U23 categories. He turned professional for Skil-Shimano cycling team in 2007. In early 2008 he finished second in the first stage and the overall classification of Vuelta a Andalucía. He later won the Mountains classification of Paris–Nice and also finished second in the third stage and eleventh in the overall classification.^[1]

On 2 July 2009 his team announced that he had tested positive for Methylhexanamine which Lhotellerie claimed was from contaminated geranium oil.^[2]

Palmarès^[3]

2003

National Championship, Cyclo-cross, Juniors

2004

National Championship, Cyclo-cross, Juniors

3rd, UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships, Junior

2006

National Championship, Cyclo-cross, U23

1st, Overall, Circuit de Saône-et-Loire

2007 – Skil-Shimano

4th, Overall, Tour du Limousin

9th, Overall, Niedersachsen-Rundfahrt

11th, Overall, 3-Länder-Tour

1st, King of the Mountains classification

2008 – Skil-Shimano

2nd, Overall and Stage 1, Vuelta a Andalucía

2nd, Overall, Quatre Jours de Dunkerque

11th, Overall, Paris–Nice

1st, King of the Mountains classification

2nd, Stage 3

2009

11th, La Flèche Wallonne

References

1. ^ Lhôtellerie: France's next climbing sensation
2. ^ Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team and Clément Lhotellerie part ways
3. ^ http://www.cyclingbase.com/palcoureurs.php?id=7704&idtitle=1

External links

• Clément Lhotellerie profile at Cycling Archives
• Palmares on CyclingBase (French)

Persondata
Name	Lhotellerie, Clément
Alternative names
Short description	Road bicycle racer
Date of birth	1986-03-19
Place of birth	Charleville-Mézières, France
Date of death
Place of death