Bryan Coquard
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| Full name | Bryan Coquard | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 25 April 1992 Saint-Nazaire, France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 60 kg (132 lb; 9 st 6 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current team | Cofidis | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rider type | Sprinter (road) Endurance (track) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2008–2010 | US Pontchâtelaine | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011–2012 | Vendée U | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2013–2017 | Team Europcar | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018–2021 | Vital Concept[1][2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022– | Cofidis | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Bryan Coquard (born 25 April 1992) is a French cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Cofidis.[3] He was a silver medalist at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the Omnium.[4][5]
Career
Youth and amateur career
Coquard began cycling in 1999 at the age of seven, at the US Pontchâteau club. In September 2008, aged sixteen, he joined CREPS Bordeaux, where he was coached by Éric Vermeulen.
In 2009, Coquard won the gold medal in the omnium at the UCI Juniors World Championships, as well as winning the scratch at the European championships. He retained his Junior Omnium crown in 2010, winning four of the six events, he also finished second in the Scratch Race. Due to his track success, in June 2011 Coquard signed a contract with Team Europcar for the start of the 2013 professional road season. Later that month, he became the omnium champion of France, winning 5 of the 6 races. Following this, he was selected to represent France in the omnium at the 2012 Summer Olympics. He won the silver medal finishing behind Lasse Norman Hansen of Denmark.
Team Europcar
Coquard signed a contract for a professional career on the roads from the 2013 season onwards, signing with Team Europcar.[6] His 2013 campaign began well, as he took two stages in the Étoile de Bessèges in January and February.[7] In 2015, Coquard won the first stage of the Four Days of Dunkirk. The stage featured cobbled sectors, fracturing the peloton to bits, and Coquard won the sprint of a small group of three.[8]
Bryan Coquard began the 2016 season with two victories in the first and second stages of the Étoile de Bessèges. However, on 16 February, in preparation for the Vuelta a Andalucía, he fractured his right shoulder blade. He returned a month later in time for the classics season, having missed his first objective of the year, Paris–Nice. He started off well finishing 2nd behind Jens Debusschere in a small bunch sprint at Dwars door Vlaanderen. After a stage win at the Circuit de la Sarthe, his form continued into the hilly classics of Brabantse Pijl and the Amstel Gold Race finishing fourth in both. In May, he won his first professional stage race at the Four Days of Dunkirk while also winning three stages in the process. The following month, he won his first race against the clock during the prologue of the Boucles de la Mayenne, as well as winning the next stage. In his build up to the Tour de France, he beat Arnaud Démare in the first two stages of the Route du Sud.
Vital Concept
In August 2017 it was confirmed that Coquard had signed for the newly formed Vital Concept team, as team leader for 2018,[9][10] shortly after Coquard was excluded from the Direct Énergie Tour de France team.[11] Coquard was also offered a place on the Quick-Step Floors team, but turned it down as he felt he would be put as 2nd sprinter behind Fernando Gaviria[12]
Coquard made his debut for Vital Concept in January 2018 at the Sharjah International Cycling Tour. He took his first victory in February at stage 1 of the Tour of Oman where he won a sprint finish ahead of Mark Cavendish.[13] Earlier in the month Coquard narrowly missed out on victory at the Étoile de Bessèges, when Christophe Laporte passed him out at the finish line while Coquard was celebrating the victory he had thought he had won.[14]
Cofidis
In August 2021, Coquard signed a two-year contract with Cofidis, from the 2022 season.[3]
Major results
Road
- 2010
- 2nd
Road race, UEC European Junior Championships - 2nd La Bernaudeau Junior
- 2012
- 1st Grand Prix Cristal Energie
- 1st Stage 5 Tour de Berlin
- 2nd
Road race, UCI World Under-23 Championships - 2013 (6 pro wins)
- 1st Châteauroux Classic
- Étoile de Bessèges
- 1st
Points classification - 1st Stages 2 & 4
- 1st
- Tour de Langkawi
- 1st Stages 8 & 9
- 2nd Overall French Cup
- 1st Young rider classification
- 2nd Overall Tour de Picardie
- 1st Stage 2
- 2nd Val d'Ille Classic
- 2nd Grand Prix de Denain
- 3rd Grand Prix de Fourmies
- 5th Paris–Camembert
- 5th Boucles de l'Aulne
- 6th Tour de Vendée
- 8th Grand Prix d'Isbergues
- 2014 (5)
- 1st Route Adélie
- 1st Paris–Camembert
- Étoile de Bessèges
- 1st Stages 3 & 4
- 3rd Overall Tour de Picardie
- 1st Stage 1
- 2015 (4)
- Route du Sud
- 1st
Points classification - 1st Stages 2 & 4
- 1st
- 1st Stage 3 Étoile de Bessèges
- 2nd Overall Four Days of Dunkirk
- 1st Points classification
- 1st
Young rider classification - 1st Stage 1
- 1st
- 4th Overall Tour de Picardie
- 4th Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan
- 4th Brussels Cycling Classic
- 5th Trofeo Playa de Palma
- 5th Grand Prix de la Somme
- 9th Trofeo Santanyi-Ses Salines-Campos
- 10th Grand Prix de Denain
- 2016 (13)
- 1st
Overall Four Days of Dunkirk
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Young rider classification
- 1st Stages 1, 2 & 3
- 1st
- 1st Overall Boucles de la Mayenne
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Prologue & Stage 2
- 1st
- 1st Route Adélie
- Étoile de Bessèges
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Stages 1 & 2
- 1st
- Route du Sud
- 1st Stages 1 & 2
- 1st Stage 2a Circuit de la Sarthe
- 2nd Dwars door Vlaanderen
- 3rd Grand Prix de Fourmies
- 3rd Tour de Vendée
- 4th Brabantse Pijl
- 4th Clásica de Almería
- 4th Amstel Gold Race
- 5th Paris–Tours
- 6th Grand Prix d'Isbergues
- 2017 (5)
- Circuit de la Sarthe
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Stages 2a & 4
- 1st
- 1st Stage 4 Vuelta a Andalucía
- 1st Stage 5 Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
- 1st Stage 1 Tour of Belgium
- 2018 (3)
- 1st Stage 1 Tour of Oman
- 1st Stage 4 Four Days of Dunkirk
- 2nd Paris–Bourges
- 7th Overall Sharjah International Cycling Tour
- 7th Overall Tour of Belgium
- 1st Stage 5
- 2019 (8)
- 1st Grand Prix Pino Cerami
- 1st Grote Prijs Marcel Kint
- 1st Points classification, Tour de Wallonie
- Circuit de la Sarthe
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Stage 2
- 1st
- 1st Stage 1 Étoile de Bessèges
- 1st Stage 2 Arctic Race of Norway
- 1st Stage 4 Four Days of Dunkirk
- 2nd Cholet-Pays de la Loire
- 3rd Overall Boucles de la Mayenne
- 1st Stage 3
- 3rd Tour de Vendée
- 5th Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan
- 5th Grand Prix d'Isbergues
- 6th La Roue Tourangelle
- 7th Overall Tour of Belgium
- 1st Stage 5
- 8th Paris–Chauny
- 2020 (1)
- 1st Stage 1 Route d'Occitanie
- 2nd Road race, National Championships
- 3rd Scheldeprijs
- 2021
- 2nd Grand Prix du Morbihan
- 3rd Grand Prix La Marseillaise
- 4th Overall Boucles de la Mayenne
- 5th Paris–Bourges
- 6th Paris–Tours
- 2022 (3)
- 1st Tour de Vendée
- 1st Stage 2 Tour de la Provence
- 1st Stage 2 Étoile de Bessèges
- 2nd La Roue Tourangelle
- 3rd Paris–Bourges
- 6th Grand Prix La Marseillaise
- 7th Omloop van het Houtland
- 10th Circuit Franco-Belge
- 2023 (3)
- 2nd Team relay, UCI World Championships
- 4th Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen
- 4th Tour de Vendée
- 5th Paris–Chauny
- 5th Route Adélie de Vitré
- 7th Overall Région Pays de la Loire Tour
- 1st Stages 1 & 3
- 8th Paris–Bourges
- 9th Schwalbe Classic
- 10th Overall Tour Down Under
- 1st Stage 4
- 2024
- 2nd Clàssica Comunitat Valenciana 1969
- 4th Muscat Classic
- 7th Overall AlUla Tour
- 10th Gran Premio Castellón
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
| Grand Tour | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
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 Giro d'Italia
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Has not contested during his career | |||||||||
 Tour de France
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104 | 110 | 113 | — | — | — | 122 | DNF | — | 98 |
 Vuelta a España
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | DNF | DNF |
| — | Did not compete |
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| DNF | Did not finish |
Track
- 2009
- 1st
Omnium, UCI World Junior Championships - UEC European Junior Championships
- 1st
Scratch - 3rd
Team pursuit
- 1st
- 2010
- UCI World Junior Championships
- 1st Omnium
- 2nd Scratch
- 1st
- UEC European Junior Championships
- 3rd Madison (with Romain Le Roux)
- 3rd Scratch
- 3rd Team pursuit
- 3rd
- National Junior Championships
- 1st
Individual pursuit - 2nd Madison (with Jauffrey Betouigt-Suire)
- 1st
- 2nd Omnium, National Championships
- 2011
- National Championships
- 1st Team pursuit
- 1st Scratch
- 2nd Madison (with Morgan Lamoisson)
- 1st
- 2nd Omnium, UEC European Championships
- 3rd Ominium, UCI World Cup, Cali
- 2012
- National Championships
- 1st Omnium
- 1st Madison (with Morgan Lamoisson)
- 3rd Scratch
- 1st
- 2nd
Omnium, Olympic Games - UEC European Under-23 Championships
- 2nd Omnium
- 2nd Points race
- 2nd
- 2nd Ominium, UCI World Cup, Beijing
- 2nd Six Days of Grenoble (with Morgan Kneisky)
- 2013
- UEC European Under-23 Championships
- 1st Madison (with Thomas Boudat)
- 2nd Scratch
- 2nd Team pursuit
- 1st
- 2015
- 1st Madison, UCI World Championships (with Morgan Kneisky)
- UEC European Championships
- 1st
Elimination race - 3rd Madison (with Morgan Kneisky)
- 1st
- National Championships
- 1st Madison (with Thomas Boudat)
- 1st Team pursuit
- 2nd Omnium
- 1st
- 2019
- UEC European Championships
- 1st
Points race - 2nd Elimination race
- 1st
- 2nd Madison, UCI World Cup, Minsk (with Benjamin Thomas)
References
- ^ Malvestio, Carlo (22 January 2019). "Presentazione Squadre 2019, Vital Concept – B&B Hotels" [Presentation of Teams 2019, Vital Concept – B & B Hotels]. SpazioCiclismo – Cyclingpro.net (in Italian). Gravatar. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
- ^ "B&B Hotels p/b KTM". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 4 January 2021. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
- ^ a b "Coquard joins Cofidis on two-year deal". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 13 August 2021. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
- ^ "Gold success for Hansen". London 2012. 5 August 2012. Archived from the original on 6 August 2012. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Bryan Coquard". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 12 February 2019. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
- ^ Weislo, Laura (6 August 2012). "Omnium silver medallist Coquard to Europcar". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
- ^ "Bryan Coquard takes stage 2 at 2013 Etoile de Besseges; Michael Van Staeyen holds lead". VeloNews. Competitor Group, Inc. 31 January 2013. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
- ^ Emil Axelgaard (6 May 2015). "In-form Coquard conquers the cobbles in Dunkerque opener". Cycling Quotes. CyclingQuotes.com 2013. Retrieved 6 May 2015.
- ^ "New Vital Concept team confirms Coquard as leader". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 17 August 2017. Retrieved 14 February 2018.
- ^ "Vital Concept Club unveil 2018 team kit". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 23 December 2017. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
- ^ Fletcher, Patrick (27 June 2017). "Coquard excluded from Tour de France team". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. Retrieved 14 February 2018.
- ^ "Coquard chooses Vital Concept over Quickstep Floors". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 18 August 2017. Retrieved 14 February 2018.
- ^ "Tour of Oman 2018: Stage 1 Results". 13 February 2018.
- ^ "Coquard puts Laporte defeat behind him to win in Oman". 13 February 2018.
External links
- Bryan Coquard at UCI
- Bryan Coquard at Cycling Archives
- Bryan Coquard at ProCyclingStats
- Bryan Coquard at CQ Ranking
- Bryan Coquard at CycleBase
- Bryan Coquard at Olympedia
- Bryan Coquard at Olympics.com
- Bryan Coquard at Équipe de France (in French)
- Bryan Coquard at Équipe de France Olympique (archived) (in French)
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