Geoffrey Soupe
![]() Soupe at the 2013 Four Days of Dunkirk | |
Personal information | |
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Full name | Geoffrey Soupe |
Born |
Viriat, Ain, France | 22 March 1988
Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) |
Weight | 68 kg (150 lb; 10.7 st) |
Team information | |
Current team | Cofidis |
Discipline | Road |
Role | Rider |
Rider type | Rouleur |
Amateur team(s) | |
2005–2006 | VC Bressan (junior) |
2007–2008 | VC Vaulx-en-Velin (junior) |
2009–2010 | C.C. Etupes Le Doubs |
Professional team(s) | |
2011–2014 | FDJ |
2015– | Cofidis |
Geoffrey Soupe (born 22 March 1988) is a French professional road bicycle racer, currently riding for UCI Professional Continental team Cofidis.[1] Soupe was the 2010 under-23 French national champion for the road race,[2] and finished second to Great Britain's Alex Dowsett in the European under-23 time trial championship.[3]
Career
Born in Viriat, Ain, Soupe competed for the VC Bressan and VC Vaulx-en-Velin setups as a junior, and the C.C. Etupes Le Doubs squad as an amateur, before joining the FDJ professional team for the 2011 season as a neo-pro.[4] In his first race for the team, Soupe won the opening stage of La Tropicale Amissa Bongo in Gabon – beating Team Europcar's Anthony Charteau in a two-man sprint[5] – before finishing the race in eighth place overall.[6] Soupe later added a stage victory in the Tour Alsace,[7] before quitting the race the next day.[8]
Soupe made his Grand Tour début at the 2012 Giro d'Italia, taking a third-place finish during the race's first mass-start stage in Herning, Denmark; a result that Soupe stated that he was "sorry" for, after he was supposed to be leading out the team's main sprinter Arnaud Démare, until he was caught up in a final-corner crash.[9]
In August 2014 Cofidis announced that they had signed Soupe, alongside FDJ teammate Nacer Bouhanni, for 2015.[10] He was named in the start list for the 2015 Tour de France.[11]
Career achievements
Major results
- 2008
- 1st
Overall Tour du Béarn - 2009
- National Under–23 Road Championships
- 2nd Road race
- 3rd Time trial
- 2nd Overall Boucles de la Marne
- 3rd Souvenir Michel Roques
- 5th Chrono des Herbiers
- 2010
- 1st
Road race, National Under–23 Road Championships - 2nd
Time trial, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships - 2011
- 1st Stage 1 Tour Alsace
- 5th Ronde Pévéloise
- 8th Overall La Tropicale Amissa Bongo
- 1st Stage 1
- 2013
- 10th Overall Four Days of Dunkirk
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
Grand Tour | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 |
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76 | — | — | — | — |
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— | — | — | 123 | 142 |
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— | DNF | 94 | DNF | — |
— | Did not compete |
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DNF | Did not finish |
References
- ↑ Retsin, Frédéric (8 December 2017). "Les premières photos du stage de l'équipe Cofidis en Espagne" [The first photos of the Cofidis team in Spain]. La Voix du Nord (in French). Groupe Rossel. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
- ↑ Gilson, Michael (22 August 2010). "France – Espoirs : Les réactions" [France – Prospects: The reactions]. Directvelo (in French). Association Le Peloton. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
- ↑ Richardson, Simon (16 July 2010). "Dowsett wins gold at U23 European championships". Cycling Weekly. IPC Media Limited. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
- ↑ Gilson, Michael (18 August 2010). "Geoffrey Soupe néo-pro à la FDJ" [Geoffrey Soupe neo-pro at FDJ]. Directvelo (in French). Association Le Peloton. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
- ↑ "Soupe claims opening stage". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 25 January 2011. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
- ↑ "Charteau wins overall in Gabon". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 30 January 2011. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
- ↑ Gachet, Nicolas (27 July 2011). "Tour Alsace – Et. 1 : Classements" [Tour Alsace – Stage 1: Rankings]. DirectVélo (in French). Association Le Peloton. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
- ↑ "Double success for Albert in Alsace". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 28 July 2011. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
- ↑ "Soupe "sorry" to have finished third in Giro d'Italia stage". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 7 May 2012. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
- ↑ Farrand, Stephen (1 August 2014). "Transfers: Cofidis confirms the arrival of Nacer Bouhanni". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 3 August 2014.
- ↑ "2015 Tour de France start list". Velo News. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
External links
- FDJ-BigMat profile
- Geoffrey Soupe at Cycling Archives
- Cycling Quotient profile