Alexis Gougeard — Wikipedia

Alexis Gougeard , born the 5 mars 1993 In Rouen, is a French cyclist specializing in time trial and endurance on track. He notably won a stage in the Tour of Spain 2015.

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Alexis Gougeard grew up in Grémonville ^{[ first ]} , in Seine-Maritime, about thirty kilometers from Rouen. He comes from a family of cyclists. His brother Florent also ran to Ussa Pavilly Barentin ^{[ 2 ]} And his father is a member of the supervisory board.

Alexis Gougeard made his debut in the different categories of young people in his club. In 2009, during his second younger year, he obtained seven road victories including the title of Normandy champion in Épinay-sur-Odon, as well as 14 tracks on track. These results allow him to be selected as a Normandy team and then in the France team.

In 2010, he won 19 races for his first junior year. Among these, the most important is his victory in the French time trial championship organized in Brécey. His second junior year is also fruitful, with 20 victories. For the second consecutive year, he won the French time trial championship in Ussel. Thanks to this result, he participated in the European time trial championship organized in Italy. He finished second in this race two seconds from the winner. He then participated in the world junior world trial championships and the race in the league which take place in Copenhagen in Denmark. It ends eleventh in the trial test. In the online race event, he contributes to the victory of his teammate Pierre-Henri Lecuisinier by escaping in the first kilometers.

In 2012, Alexis Gougeard obtained seven road victories as well as two track victories. He became French champion of hopes for hopes in track cycling and also finished second in the French Hopes Road Championship, organized in La Chapelle-Caro in Morbihan. He joined the Véranda Rideau-Super U team as an intern. This team disappears at the end of the year. Alexis Gougeard is elected Cauchois sportsman of 2012 by the local newspaper Cauchois mail .

In 2013, Gougeard obtained many successes and notably won the first stage of the Saguenay City Cup Cup as well as the Tour de la Manche and the Normandy championship on the road. In August he was recruited by the professional team AG2R La Mondiale for the 2014 and 2015 seasons ^{[ 3 ]} . This same month he climbed on the third step of the podium of the French championship of the hopes. Member of the French selection which participates in the Tour of the future, he won the prologue by ahead of the Danish runner tired Norman Hansen who is Olympic champion of reigning omnium and his compatriot Julian Alaphilippe ^{[ 4 ]} . He keeps the leader’s yellow jersey until the fourth stage he was dispossessed by the Spaniard Rubén Fernández Andújar who will later win the general classification of the event.

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In 2014, for his first year with professionals, Alexis Gougeard won the Loire-Atlantique Classic after an escape of 180 kilometers ^{[ 5 ]} . On May 31, he was escaped from the Plumelec-Morbihan Grand Prix and was only taken up in the last two kilometers. The next day, again present in a group of escaped on the loops of Alder, he extricated it with Rudy Kowalski twenty kilometers from the finish and won at the end of a sprint ash ^{[ 6 ]} .

In Paris Roubaix 2015, it is part of the morning escape over 220 km. At the 2015 Spanish Tour, during the 19th stage, he won at 22 years old, his first stage victory over a big round, after a breakaway ^{[ 7 ] , [ 8 ]} . After this Lap , Gougeard wins the prologue of the Eurometropolis Tour, his first victory in the background as a professional. He attributes this victory to the force acquired during the Tour of Spain ^{[ 9 ]} .

For 2016, its leader Vincent Lavenu announced in pre-season that Gougeard has “Nine in ten chances” to participate in his first Tour de France ^{[ ten ]} . In February, he was fifth in the Het Nieuwsblad circuit, where he arrives in the group that is playing victory. In July, he took part in the Tour de France where he helps his Roman leader Bardet to finish second in the event. Gougeard is a replacement for the online race of the world championships disputed in Qatar ^{[ 11 ]} . For the first time, he does not win a race, unlike his first two professional years.

The following year, in 2017, he did not obtain results at the start of the season. In the second semester, he participated in the Tour of Wallonia where he stood out for his presence in several escapes. He won the mounting classification. Less than a week later, he left a group of ten runners in the Polynormande finale which he won in Saint-Martin-de-Landelles in his region of origin. He then participated in the Tour of Spain, where he signed two tops 5 of the stage. He is then part of the French selection for the online race and the time trial of the Bergen World Championships ^{[ twelfth ]} . He abandoned during the online race and ranks thirteenth of the time trial where he is the victim of a technical incident 500 meters from the finish ^{[ 13 ]} .

Its 2018 season is disappointing. It is seventh place in the time trial and the general classification of the Bessèges star, then fourth in the Tour of Andalusia. In March, he was injured at the foot and had to declare for the Flanderian classics, where he was to accompany his leader Oliver Naesen. In May, he finished fourth of the four days of Dunkirk, where he was very offensive. He is not selected on the Tour de France, after a big disappointment during the French time trial championship ( 27 ^{It is} ) ^{[ 14 ]} . In July 2018, he was selected by Cyrille Guimard to represent France at the European Road Cycling Championships ^{[ 15 ]} . He ranks 32 ^{It is} of the trial test ^{[ 16 ]} . He then participated in the Vuelta, but abandoned halfway.

After a complicated start of 2019, he returned to success in April and won solo at Mont des Avallitaux during the third stage of the Sarthe circuit ^{[ 17 ]} . Thanks to this victory, he also won the general classification of this race. He then participated in the Tour de France as a teammate of Romain Bardet. While he knows a disappointing tour, Alexis Gougeard takes part in an escape during the sixteenth stage and receives the price of the combative of the day.

In 2020, he ranked fifth in the Tour Poitou-Charentes in New Aquitaine won by his compatriot Arnaud Démare.

B&B Hotels p/b KTM [ modifier | Modifier and code ]

After eight years in the same team, the French Proteam, B&B Hotels P/B KTM announced on August 31, 2021, its arrival for the seasons 2022 and 2023. Alongside its former teammates Quentin Jauregui, Cyril Gautier and Samuel Dumoulin , become sports director, he hopes to relaunch after two years without major results, and endorse more responsibilities in his new colors ^{[ 18 ] , [ 19 ]} .

For his first appearances under his new tunic, he distinguished himself in his favorite exercise, the escapes, taking the lead on the GP La Marseillaise, on the second and the fourth stage of the Bessèges star and during the last two stages of the Tour from Provence.

Return to amateurs (2023) [ modifier | Modifier and code ]

Following the disappearance of the B&B Hotels P/B KTM team at the end of the 2022 season, and failing to find a professional team, Alexis Gougeard finds the amateur world by signing at VC Rouen on January 17, 2023 ^{[ 20 ]} .

Alexis Gougeard is classified as a roller with aptitudes in endurance, as shown in his stage victory at the Tour of Spain 2015 ^{[ ten ]} .

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Tour de France [ modifier | Modifier and code ]

3 participations

Italian Tour [ modifier | Modifier and code ]

1 participation

Tour of Spain [ modifier | Modifier and code ]

3 participations

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