Alexandre Geniez

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Alexandre Geniez
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Geniez at the 2016 Grand Prix de Denain
Personal information
Full nameAlexandre Geniez
Born (1988-04-16) 16 April 1988 (age 35)
Rodez, France
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight68 kg (150 lb; 10.7 st)
Team information
Current teamRetired
Discipline Road
RoleRider
Rider typeClimber
Amateur teams
2008GSC Blagnac
2009 Vélo-Club La Pomme Marseille
Professional teams
2010–2012 Skil–Shimano
2013–2016 FDJ [1]
2017–2020 AG2R La Mondiale [2]
2021–2022 Total Direct Énergie
Major wins
Grand Tours
Vuelta a España
3 individual stages (2013, 2016, 2018)

One-day races and Classics

Tre Valli Varesine (2017)

Alexandre Geniez (born 16 April 1988) is a French professional cyclist, who last rode for UCI ProTeam Team TotalEnergies. [3]

Contents

In March 2022 Geniez was convicted of domestic violence charges and given a four month suspended prison sentence. [4] [5] On 31 May 2022 Team TotalEnergies terminated his contract effective immediately. [6]

Career

One of his prestigious feats was winning the white jersey awarded to the best young rider in the 2011 Tour de Luxembourg.

Geniez left Argos–Shimano at the end of the 2012 season, and joined FDJ for the 2013 season. [1]

In April 2015, Geniez won the Tro Bro Leon, a race cycled on asphalt and sandy roads, outsprinting four breakaway companions to accomplish the feat. [7]

In August 2020, Geniez signed a two-year contract with the Total Direct Énergie team, from the 2021 season. [8]

Major results

2009
1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Ronde de l'Isard
2nd Overall Tour de Gironde
7th Overall Giro della Valle d'Aosta
1st Stage 4
2010
2nd Overall Route du Sud
6th Les Boucles du Sud-Ardèche
7th Overall Tour de Luxembourg
2011
1st Stage 4 Tour of Austria
2nd Overall Tour de Luxembourg
1st Jersey white.svg Young rider classification
4th Overall Critérium International
5th Overall Circuit de la Sarthe
5th Overall Vuelta a Murcia
2012
8th Overall Circuit de la Sarthe
9th Overall Tour de Pologne
2013
1st Stage 15 Vuelta a España
9th Overall Tour Méditerranéen
2014
4th Overall Volta ao Algarve
2015
1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Tour de l'Ain
1st Stage 3
1st Tro-Bro Léon
4th Tour du Finistère
9th Overall Giro d'Italia
9th Tour du Doubs
Jersey red number.svg Combativity award Stage 20 Tour de France
2016
Vuelta a España
1st Stage 3
Held Jersey green.svg after Stages 3–4
Held Jersey blue dotted.png after Stages 3–7
3rd Tour du Finistère
6th Overall Tour de l'Ain
1st Stage 4
7th Overall La Méditerranéenne
1st Stage 1 (TTT)
9th Overall Critérium International
2017
1st Tre Valli Varesine
3rd Overall Tour de l'Ain
1st Jersey green.svg Points classification
1st Stage 4
3rd Overall Tour La Provence
1st Stage 2
Jersey green number.svg Combativity award Stage 3 Vuelta a España
2018
1st Jersey blue.svg Overall Tour La Provence
1st Prologue
1st Grand Prix La Marseillaise
1st Stage 12 Vuelta a España
2019
1st Stage 2 Tour de l'Ain
8th Classic Loire Atlantique
2022
Tour du Rwanda
1st Prologue & Stage 5
8th Overall Saudi Tour

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour2011201220132014201520162017201820192020
Jersey pink.svg Giro d'Italia ——— 13 9 DNF DNF 11 ——
Jersey yellow.svg Tour de France —— 44 — 112 —————
Jersey red.svg Vuelta a España 158 90 47 —— 108 DNF 90 — DNF
Legend
—Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

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References

  1. 1 2 "Geniez to FDJ". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 24 August 2012. Retrieved 6 October 2012.
  2. ↑ "Official presentation of the AG2R LA MONDIALE professional cycling team 2020". AG2R La Mondiale . Groupe AG2R La Mondiale. 10 December 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
  3. ↑ "Total Direct Energie". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 7 January 2021. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  4. ↑ "TotalEnergies responds after Alexandre Geniez's conviction of domestic abuse". VeloNews.com. 4 March 2022. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
  5. ↑ "Alexandre Geniez gets four-month suspended prison sentence for domestic violence". VeloNews.com. 2 March 2022. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
  6. ↑ "Team TotalEnergies terminate contract with Alexandre Geniez". CyclingTips. 3 June 2022. Retrieved 3 June 2022.
  7. ↑ Jeff Quénet (19 April 2015). "Geniez wins Tro Bro Leon at first attempt". Cyclingnews.com . Future plc . Retrieved 19 April 2015.
  8. ↑ "Alexandre Geniez s'engage avec le Team" [Alexandre Geniez commits to the Team]. Total Direct Énergie (in French). SA Vendée Cyclisme. 6 August 2020. Retrieved 12 August 2020.

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