Lilian Calmejane
 Calmejane at the 2014 Tour de l'Ain | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Lilian Calmejane |
| Born |
6 December 1992 Albi, France |
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) |
| Weight | 69 kg (152 lb; 10.9 st) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Direct Énergie |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Puncheur |
| Amateur team(s) | |
| 2011–2013 | Occitane CF |
| 2014–2015 | Vendée U |
| Professional team(s) | |
| 2016– | Direct Énergie |
| Major wins | |
| |
Lilian Calmejane (born 6 December 1992) is a French cyclist, currently riding for UCI Professional Continental team Direct Énergie.[1] He is a stage winner at the Tour de France & Vuelta a Espana.
Cycling Career
Direct Energie (2016-present)
2016
Calmejane won the fourth stage of 2016 Vuelta a España,[2] his first ride in a Grand Tour.
2017
His second win of his career came at the Etoile de Bessèges where he won stage 3 and the overall race. At the start of March, Calmejane won the Mountains classification at the Paris-Nice. His great form continued at the Settimana Internazionale Coppi e Bartali where he won stage 4 and the overall race. He finished of his strong spring with a stage win and the overall win at the Circuit Cycliste Sarthe - Pays de la Loire.
In June 2017, he was named in the startlist for the 2017 Tour de France.[3] He achieved his first Tour de France stage victory after making a solo breakaway with 17 kilometres (11 mi) to go on Stage 8, despite battling leg cramps 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) from the finish line. [4]
2018
In late February, Calmejane won the Royal Bernard Drome Classic. At the start of April he managed to win again, at the Paris-Camembert.
Career achievements
Major results
- 2014
- 4th Overall Ronde de l'Isard Ariege
- 1st Stages 2 & 3 (TTT)
- 2015
- 1st
- 1st Stage 2
- 5th Overall Tour de Bretagne
- 1st Stage 3
- 8th Overall Tour Alsace
- 1st
- 1st
- 2016
- 1st Stage 4 Vuelta a España
- 3rd Overall Tour La Provence
- 8th Overall La Méditerranéenne
- 1st
- 1st
- 8th Tour du Finistère
- 10th La Drôme Classic
- 2017
- 1st
- 1st
- 1st Stage 4
- 1st
- 1st
- 1st Stage 3
- 1st
- 1st Stage 3
- Tour de France
- 1st Stage 8
- Held
- 1st
- 3rd Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise
- 5th Overall Tour du Haut Var
- 6th Overall Tour du Limousin
- 9th Classic Sud-Ardèche
- 10th Overall Tour du Poitou-Charentes
- 2018
- 1st Paris–Camembert
- 1st La Drôme Classic
- 3rd Classic Sud-Ardèche
- 3rd Grand Prix Cycliste la Marseillaise
- 5th Overall Tour La Provence
- 6th Overall Etoile de Bessèges
- 8th GP Miguel Induráin
- 8th Overall Tour du Limousin
- 9th Overall Tour de l'Ain
- 10th Tour du Finistère
General classification results timeline
| Grand Tour general classification results timeline | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Tour | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
 |
— | — | — |
|
— | 35 | 30 |
 |
70 | — | — |
| Major stage race general classification results timeline | |||
| Race | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
|
24 | 45 | DNF |
 |
— | — | — |
 |
— | — | — |
|
— | — | — |
|
— | — | — |
 |
DNF | — | — |
|
— | 36 | 31 |
Classics results timeline
| Monument | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Milan–San Remo | — | — | — |
| Tour of Flanders | — | — | — |
| Paris–Roubaix | — | — | — |
| Liège–Bastogne–Liège | DNF | 56 | 52 |
| Giro di Lombardia | — | DNF | |
| Classic | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
| Amstel Gold Race | — | 60 | — |
| La Flèche Wallonne | — | 61 | — |
| Bretagne Classic - Ouest-France | — | 20 |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
References
- ↑ Bonamy, Raphaël (1 September 2017). "Direct Énergie: le point sur l'effectif 2018" [Direct Énergie: Roster Update 2018]. Ouest-France (in French). Groupe Ouest-France. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
- ↑ "71st Vuelta a España: Stage 4: Betanzos › San Andrés de Teixido". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
- ↑ "2017: 104th Tour de France: Start List". Pro Cycling Stats. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
- ↑ "Stage 8 - Dole > Station des rousses - Tour de France 2017". Letour.fr. Retrieved 2017-07-09.
External links
- Lilian Calmejane at Cycling Archives
- Lilian Calmejane at Cycling Quotient
- Lilian Calmejane at ProCyclingStats