Guillaume Boivin

Guillaume Boivin (born 25 May 1989) is a Canadian professional road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Israel Start-Up Nation.[5]

Guillaume Boivin
Boivin in 2011
Personal information
Full nameGuillaume Boivin
Born (1989-05-25) 25 May 1989
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Weight78 kg (172 lb; 12.3 st)[1]
Team information
Current teamIsrael Start-Up Nation
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeSprinter
Amateur teams
2004–2006Vélo Club Longueuil
2006André Cycle IDCAD
2007–2008EVA Devinci
2007–2009Predictor–Lotto–VC Ardennes
2009Volkswagen–Specialized
2009Planet Energy (stagiaire)
Professional teams
2010–2012SpiderTech–Planet Energy
2013–2014Cannondale[2]
2015Optum–Kelly Benefit Strategies
2016–Cycling Academy[3][4]

His greatest cycling accomplishment was finishing in a dead heat for the bronze at the World Under-23 Road Race Championships in 2010.[6] He finished 3rd in the 2012 Tro Bro Leon, getting on the podium with his teammate Ryan Roth, who won the race.[7] In October 2014, it was announced that Boivin would leave Cannondale and ride with Optum–Kelly Benefit Strategies in 2015.[8] On 29 April 2015, on the first stage of the Tour of the Gila, Boivin was the last man remaining of a breakaway that was caught by eventual solo winner, Rafael Montiel. Boivin took the second place of the mountaintop finish.[9]

In May 2018, he was named in the startlist for the Giro d'Italia.[10]

Career achievements

Major results
2008
1st Overall Tour de Québec
1st Stage 3
2009
1st Road race, National Under–23 Road Championships
2010
1st Overall Tour de Québec
1st Stage 3
2nd Sparkassen Giro Bochum
3rd Road race, UCI Road World Under–23 Championships
2012
2nd Ronde van Drenthe
3rd Tro-Bro Léon
4th Grand Prix Pino Cerami
4th Handzame Classic
6th Grand Prix de Denain
7th Overall World Ports Classic
10th Scheldeprijs
2013
1st Stage 2 Tour de Beauce
2015
1st Road race, National Road Championships
1st Stage 3b Tour de Beauce
2016
1st Stage 1 Tour of Rwanda
2017
2nd Overall Tour of Taihu Lake
1st Prologue
2nd Overall Grand Prix Cycliste de Saguenay
2nd Coppa Bernocchi
4th Road race, National Road Championships
8th Memorial Marco Pantani
2018
1st Famenne Ardenne Classic
4th Gooikse Pijl
7th Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne
2019
2nd Overall Vuelta a Castilla y León
8th Druivenkoers Overijse

Grand Tour general classification results timeline
Grand Tour 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Giro d'Italia — — — — — 117 125
Tour de France — — — — — — —
Vuelta a España DNF 149 — — — — —
Legend
— Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

References
  1. "Team SpiderTech Biography – Guillaume Boivin". Team SpiderTech official website. Archived from the original on 2011-07-17.
  2. Atkins, Ben (3 December 2012). "Lucas Sebastian Haedo to Cannondale Pro Cycling in 2013". VeloNation. VeloNation LLC. Retrieved 4 January 2013. Haedo will join Sagan, Guillaume Boivin – who joins from Spidertech p/b C10 – and Elia Viviani as one of the team’s sprint specialists.
  3. Malach, Pat (1 November 2017). "Israel Cycling Academy complete 2018 roster with Omer Goldstein". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
  4. "Israel Cycling Academy finalises 2019 roster, adds Sorensen as DS". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 4 December 2018. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
  5. Ostanek, Daniel (11 December 2019). "Israel Cycling Academy become Israel Start-Up Nation as WorldTour beckons". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  6. "Phinney, Boivin tie makes U23 Worlds history".
  7. Quénet, Jean-François (15 April 2012). "Roth wins Tro-Bro Leon". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. Retrieved 16 April 2012.
  8. Maxwell Nagel (2 October 2014). "Optum signs three Canadian riders for 2015". VeloNews. Competitor Group, Inc. Retrieved 3 October 2014.
  9. "Montiel, Abbott strike first at Tour of the Gila". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 29 April 2015. Retrieved 29 April 2015.
  10. "2018: 101st Giro d'Italia: Start List". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 3 May 2018.

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