Tanguy Turgis

Tanguy Turgis
Turgis at the 2016 Paris–Roubaix Juniors.
Personal information
Born (1998-05-16) 16 May 1998
Bourg-la-Reine, France
Team information
Current team Retired
Discipline Road
Role Rider
Amateur team(s)
2013–2016 US Métro Transports
2017 BMC Development Team
Professional team(s)
2017 Cofidis (stagiaire)
2018 Vital Concept

Tanguy Turgis (born 16 May 1998 in Bourg-la-Reine) is a French cyclist who rode for Vital Concept during the 2018 season but who had to abandon his career for medical reasons.[1] His brothers Jimmy and Anthony are also cyclists.

Career

In 2017, Turgis joined BMC Development Team, the development team of the BMC Racing Team. Starting on August 1st of that year, he rode for UCI Professional Continental team Cofidis as a stagiaire.

Turgis joined UCI Professional Continental team Vital Concept for the 2018 season. He rode in the 2018 Paris–Roubaix, finishing in 42nd place. This made him the first teenager to finish the race since 1962.[2][3] He also rode in Gent–Wevelgem and the E3 Harelbeke, all spring classics. He celebrated his first major top-10 finish in 1.HC rated event, the Handzame Classic.

In late 2018 Turgis was diagnosed with a congenital heart malformation and had to end his bicycle racing career.[4]

Major results

2015
5th Bernaudeau Junior
9th Paris–Roubaix Juniors
2016
1st Bernaudeau Junior
2nd Overall GP Gènèral Patton
1st Stage 2
3rd Paris–Roubaix Juniors
3rd Time trial, National Junior Road Championships
5th Overall Tour du Pays de Vaud
1st Stage 3
2017
1st Omloop Het Nieuwsblad Beloften
9th Dorpenomloop Rucphen
2018
8th Handzame Classic

References

  1. ↑ "Tanguy Turgis". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
  2. ↑ "À 19 ans, Tanguy Turgis est le plus jeune coureur à finir le Paris-Roubaix depuis plus de cinquante ans". Le Equipe.fr. 8 April 2018. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
  3. ↑ "Tanguy Turgis (19) eerste tiener sinds 1962 die finisht". HLN. 9 April 2018. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
  4. ↑ "Cardiac malformation forces Tanguy Turgis to end his career at 20". Cyclingpub.com. 6 October 2018. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
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