Antoine Duchesne

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Antoine Duchesne
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Duchesne at the 2014 Tour de Wallonie
Personal information
Full nameAntoine Duchesne
NicknameTony the Tiger [1]
Born (1991-09-12) September 12, 1991 (age 32)
Saguenay, Quebec, Canada
Height1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight75 kg (165 lb)
Team information
Current teamRetired
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider type Classics specialist [2]
Amateur team
2012 Team Québecor Garneau
Professional teams
2012 SpiderTech–C10 (stagiaire)
2013 Bontrager Cycling Team
2014–2017 Team Europcar
2018–2022 FDJ [3] [4] [5]
Major wins
One-day races and Classics
National Road Race Championships (2018)

Antoine Duchesne (born September 12, 1991) is a Canadian former cyclist, who competed as a professional from 2013 to 2022.

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In May 2015, Duchesne helped his teammate Bryan Coquard to victory on the first stage of the Four Days of Dunkirk, especially in the finale where he took long pulls in the leading group, setting his teammate up for the win. [6] He was named in the start list for the 2015 Vuelta a España and the 2016 Tour de France. [7] [8]

Major results

2009
1st MaillotCan.PNG Road race, National Junior Road Championships
5th Overall Tour de l'Abitibi
2012
3rd Overall Tour de Québec
1st Stage 1
2013
1st MaillotCan.PNG Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships
3rd Road race, National Road Championships
8th Overall Coupe des nations Ville Saguenay
2014
2nd Polynormande
2015
3rd Polynormande
10th Overall Four Days of Dunkirk
2016
1st Jersey polkadot.svg Mountains classification Paris–Nice
8th Overall Tour of Alberta
2018
1st MaillotCan.PNG Road race, National Road Championships
2021
2nd Road race, National Road Championships

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour 20152016201720182019202020212022
Jersey pink.svg Giro d'Italia 115
Jersey yellow.svg Tour de France 107 62
Jersey red.svg Vuelta a España 138 127
Legend
Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

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References

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