Antoine Duchesne

Antoine Duchesne
Duchesne at the 2014 Tour de Wallonie
Personal information
Full name Antoine Duchesne
Nickname Tony the Tiger[1]
Born (1991-09-12) September 12, 1991
Saguenay, Quebec, Canada
Team information
Current team Groupama–FDJ
Discipline Road
Role Rider
Rider type Classics specialist[2]
Amateur team(s)
2012 Team Québecor Garneau
Professional team(s)
2012 SpiderTech–C10 (stagiaire)
2013 Bontrager Cycling Team
2014–2017 Team Europcar
2018– FDJ

Antoine Duchesne (born September 12, 1991 in Saguenay, Quebec) is a Canadian cyclist riding for Groupama–FDJ.[3]

In May 2015, Duchesne helped his teammate Bryan Coquard to victory on the first stage of the Four Days of Dunkirk, especially in the finale where he took long pulls in the leading group, setting his teammate up for the win.[4] He was named in the start list for the 2015 Vuelta a España and the 2016 Tour de France.[5][6]

Career achievements

Major results

2009
1st Road race, National Junior Road Championships
2012
3rd Overall Tour de Québec
1st Stage 1
2013
National Road Race Championships
1st Under–23 Road race
3rd Road race
2014
2nd Polynormande
2015
3rd Polynormande
10th Overall Four Days of Dunkirk
2016
1st Mountains classification Paris–Nice
8th Overall Tour of Alberta

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour 2015 2016 2017 2018
A pink jersey Giro d'Italia — — — —
A yellow jersey Tour de France — 107 — —
A red jersey Vuelta a España 138 — — 127
Legend
— Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

References

  1. ↑ "Houle et Duchesne au Paris-Roubaix à RDS2" [Houle and Duchesne at Paris-Roubaix on RDS2]. Réseau des sports (in French). 11 April 2015. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
  2. ↑ McGrath, Andy (15 December 2015). "Portrait: Antoine Duchesne". Rouleur. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
  3. ↑ "FDJ sign Duchesne". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 26 September 2017. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
  4. ↑ Emil Axelgaard (6 May 2015). "In-form Coquard conquers the cobbles in Dunkerque opener". Cycling Quotes. CyclingQuotes.com 2013. Retrieved 6 May 2015.
  5. ↑ "Vuelta a España 2015". Cycling Fever. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
  6. ↑ "2016 > 103rd Tour de France > Startlist". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 30 June 2016.


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