Julien Simon (born 4 October 1985) is a French road bicycle racer, who rides for UCI ProTeam Team TotalEnergies.[6]
 Simon at the 2015 Tour de France | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nickname | Juju[1] |
| Born | 4 October 1985 Rennes, France |
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) |
| Weight | 65 kg (143 lb; 10 st 3 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Team TotalEnergies |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Puncheur[1] |
| Amateur team | |
| 2007 | Super Sport 35 |
| Professional teams | |
| 2008 | Crédit Agricole |
| 2009–2013 | Besson Chaussures–Sojasun |
| 2014–2019 | Cofidis[2][3] |
| 2020– | Total Direct Énergie[4][5] |
| Major wins | |
One-day races and Classics
| |
A professional since 2008, Simon has competed for Crédit Agricole (2008), Sojasun (2009–2013), Cofidis (2014–2019),[7] and Team TotalEnergies (since 2020). He has taken thirteen professional victories, including a record three victories at both the Grand Prix du Morbihan and the Tour du Finistère,[8][9] and two stage victories at the 2012 Volta a Catalunya.
Major results
editSource:[10]
- 2007
- 8th Overall Tour du Haut-Anjou
- 2008
- 9th Tour du Doubs
- 2009
- 2nd Overall Tour du Gévaudan Languedoc-Roussillon
- 5th Overall Circuit de la Sarthe
- 7th Overall Tour du Haut Var
- 7th Paris–Camembert
- 10th Tour du Finistère
- 2010
- 3rd Overall Circuit de la Sarthe
- 4th Overall Tour de Wallonie
- 4th Grand Prix de Wallonie
- 5th Overall Boucles de la Mayenne
- 5th Les Boucles du Sud Ardèche
- 5th Route Adélie de Vitré
- 2011
- 1st Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia
- 2nd Grand Prix de Wallonie
- 3rd Overall Circuit de Lorraine
- 5th Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan
- 5th Duo Normand (with Paul Poux)
- 5th Paris–Bourges
- 7th Polynormande
- 9th GP Ouest-France
- 2012
- 1st Tour du Finistère
- 1st Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan
- 1st Grand Prix de Wallonie
- Volta a Catalunya
- 1st Stages 5 & 7
- 3rd Overall Tour du Haut Var
- 3rd Route Adélie de Vitré
- 5th Boucles de l'Aulne
- 6th Tour du Doubs
- 2013
- 3rd Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan
- 6th Route Adélie de Vitré
- 8th Les Boucles du Sud Ardèche
- 8th Tour de Vendée
- 9th Overall Tour du Haut Var
- 9th Grand Prix de Fourmies
- 9th Tour du Doubs
- 9th Grand Prix de Wallonie
- 10th Grand Prix d'Isbergues
- 2014
- 1st Overall French Road Cycling Cup
- 1st Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan
- 2nd Route Adélie de Vitré
- 2nd Tour du Finistère
- 3rd Overall Circuit de la Sarthe
- 6th Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise
- 6th Paris–Camembert
- 6th Grand Prix d'Isbergues
- 7th Overall Critérium International
- 7th Grand Prix de Wallonie
- 9th Tour de Vendée
- 10th Brussels Cycling Classic
- 10th Tour du Doubs
- 2015
- 2nd Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan
- 3rd Tour du Finistère
- 2016
- 2nd Classic Sud-Ardèche
- 4th Overall Tour du Haut Var
- 4th La Drôme Classic
- 4th Tour du Finistère
- 2017
- 2nd Overall Tour du Haut Var
- 1st Stage 2
- 2nd Tour du Finistère
- 3rd Route Adélie de Vitré
- 3rd Grand Prix de Wallonie
- 4th Overall Circuit de la Sarthe
- 4th Overall Tour du Limousin
- 5th Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan
- 7th Classic Sud-Ardèche
- 8th Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli
- 2018
- 1st Tour du Doubs
- 2nd Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan
- 5th Clásica de San Sebastián
- 7th Coppa Sabatini
- 8th Tre Valli Varesine
- 2019
- 1st Tour du Finistère
- 2nd Road race, National Road Championships
- 8th Overall Tour de l'Ain
- 8th Tour du Doubs
- 8th Tour de Vendée
- 10th Overall Boucles de la Mayenne
- 10th Route Adélie de Vitré
- 2020
- 7th La Drôme Classic
- 2021
- 4th La Drôme Classic
- 6th Tour du Finistère
- 7th Tour du Doubs
- 9th Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia
- 10th Grand Prix of Aargau Canton
- 2022
- 1st Overall French Road Cycling Cup
- 1st Grand Prix du Morbihan
- 1st Tour du Finistère
- 1st Stage 1 Tour du Limousin
- 4th Overall Boucles de la Mayenne
- 4th Tour du Jura
- 5th Grand Prix d'Isbergues
- 7th Circuit Franco-Belge
- 7th Grand Prix de Fourmies
- 8th Overall Four Days of Dunkirk
- 8th Boucles de l'Aulne
- 8th Polynormande
- 9th Tour de Vendée
- 2023
- 6th Trofeo Matteotti
- 8th Grand Prix de Wallonie
- 2024
- 7th Overall Tour of Istanbul
Grand Tour results timeline
edit| Grand Tour general classification results timeline[11] | ||||||||||||
| Grand Tour | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Giro d'Italia
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Has not contested during his career | |||||||||||
 Tour de France
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92 | 87 | 109 | 94 | — | 117 | 101 | 108 | — | 129 | — | — |
 Vuelta a España
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— | — | — | 74 | — | — | — | — | 65 | — | — | — |
References
edit- ^ a b "Julien Simon". Team TotalEnergies. SA Vendée Cyclisme. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
- ^ Retsin, Frédéric (8 December 2017). "Les premières photos du stage de l'équipe Cofidis en Espagne" [The first photos of the Cofidis team in Spain]. La Voix du Nord (in French). Groupe Rossel. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
- ^ Bonnefoy, François (29 November 2018). "Route - L'effectif de l'équipe Cofidis pour la saison 2019" [Road - The Cofidis squad for the 2019 season]. Cyclism'Actu (in French). Swar Agency. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
- ^ "Total Direct Énergie". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 12 January 2020. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
- ^ "Total Direct Energie". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 7 January 2021. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
- ^ "Julien Simon". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
- ^ "Julien Simon chez Cofidis" [Julien Simon at Cofidis]. L'Équipe (in French). Éditions Philippe Amaury. 2 October 2013. Retrieved 7 November 2013.
- ^ "Julien Simon wins his third Grand Prix du Morbihan". Team TotalEnergies. SA Vendée Cyclisme. 15 May 2022. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
Since the start of his career, the Rennes-born racer has won on his home ground five times, including the Grand Prix du Morbihan three times, making him the record-holder for victories in this competition (2012, 2014 and 2022).
- ^ "Julien Simon is back!". Team TotalEnergies. SA Vendée Cyclisme. 22 May 2022. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
Yesterday afternoon he won his third Tour du Finistère (after 2012 and 2019). He now holds the record of victories for this competition, which counts towards the French Road Cycling Cup.
- ^ "Julien Simon". FirstCycling.com. FirstCycling AS. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
- ^ "Julien Simon". ProCyclingstats. Stephan van der Zwan. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Julien Simon.
- Julien Simon at UCI
- Julien Simon at Cycling Archives (archived)
- Julien Simon at ProCyclingStats
- Julien Simon at CQ Ranking
- Julien Simon at CycleBase
