Jérôme Cousin

Jérôme Cousin
Cousin at the 2013 Tour de France
Personal information
Full name Jérôme Cousin
Born (1989-06-05) 5 June 1989
Saint-Sébastien-sur-Loire,
Pays de la Loire, France
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 74 kg (163 lb)
Team information
Current team Direct Énergie
Discipline Road
Role Rider
Rider type All-rounder
Professional team(s)
2010–2015 Bbox Bouygues Telecom
2016–2017 Cofidis
2018– Direct Énergie

Jérôme Cousin (born 5 June 1989) is a French professional road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Professional Continental team Direct Énergie.[1]

In October 2015 Cofidis announced that Cousin would join them from 2016 on a two-year contract,[2] after six years with Team Europcar and its previous iterations. He returned to the team in 2018, now known as Direct Énergie, upon the expiration of his contract.[1]

Career achievements

Major results

2010
10th Overall Thüringen Rundfahrt der U23
2011
7th Overall Danmark Rundt
9th Polynormande
2012
1st Overall Tour de Normandie
1st Stage 2
1st Stage 3 Rhône-Alpes Isère Tour
2013
2nd Overall Étoile de Bessèges
1st Young rider classification
1st Stage 3
Tour de France
Combativity award Stages 1 & 10
2018
1st Stage 5 Paris–Nice
Combativity award Stage 4 Tour de France

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
A pink jersey Giro d'Italia — — — — — —
A yellow jersey Tour de France 156 — — 121 — 93
A red jersey Vuelta a España — 78 73 129 — —
Legend
— Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

References

  1. 1 2 "Two-year extension for Calmejane at Direct Energie". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 29 August 2017. Retrieved 9 January 2018. Confirmed signings from 2018 include Axel Journiaux (Neo-Pro), Simon Sellier (Neo-Pro), Rein Taaramäe (Katusha-Alpecin), Jérôme Cousin (Cofidis), and Damien Gaudin (l'Armée de Terre).
  2. ↑ "Team Cofidis Announces Its Final Roster For Next Season". Orbea. 16 October 2015. Retrieved 7 November 2015.


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