Blel Kadri

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Blel Kadri
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Kadri at the 2011 Critérium du Dauphiné
Personal information
Full nameBlel Kadri
Born (1986-09-03) 3 September 1986 (age 38)
Bordeaux, Aquitaine, France
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Weight90 kg (200 lb)
Team information
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeAll-rounder
Amateur teams
2000–2004Villeneuve CC
2005–2006GSC Blagnac
2007–2008Albi VS
2008 Ag2r–La Mondiale (stagiaire)
Professional team
2009–2016 Ag2r–La Mondiale
Major wins
Grand Tours
Tour de France
1 individual stage (2014)

One-day races and Classics

Giro del Lazio/Roma Maxima (2013)

Blel Kadri (born 3 September 1986) is a former French professional road racing cyclist, who most recently rode for UCI ProTeam AG2R La Mondiale. He is of Algerian descent. [1]

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Career

2013

In March 2013, Kadri won the Roma Maxima, a newly revived race formerly known as the Giro del Lazio. He was part of the early breakaway which formed after the first hour of racing, and shook off his fellow escapees until he was alone with 40 km (24.9 mi) to go. He managed to resist to the peloton's onslaught and triumphed in Rome. [2]

2014

On 12 July 2014, he achieved his biggest success, winning his first stage victory in the Tour de France. Also, on this stage, he won the Most Combative Rider award for the second time during the Tour de France and held the King of the Mountains jersey. [3]

Post-cycling

After retiring from professional racing, he was working in the cycling aisle of a department store in Toulouse. [4]

Career achievements

Major results

2007
7th Overall Giro delle Regioni [5]
2008
2nd Overall Ronde de l'Isard
1st Stage 2
7th Overall Tour du Haut-Anjou
2009
3rd Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan
7th Trophée des Grimpeurs
2010
7th Overall Route du Sud
1st Stage 2
9th Overall Étoile de Bessèges
2011
2nd Overall Circuit de la Sarthe
4th Overall Bayern–Rundfahrt
8th Overall Tour Down Under
10th Overall Volta a Catalunya
2012
1st Jersey polkadot.svg Mountains classification, Route du Sud
10th Les Boucles du Sud Ardèche
2013
1st Roma Maxima
Jersey red number.svg Combativity award Stage 2 Tour de France
2014
Tour de France
1st Stage 8
Held Jersey polkadot.svg after Stage 8
Jersey red number.svg Combativity award Stages 2 & 8

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour 2010201120122013201420152016
Jersey pink.svg Giro d'Italia —————— 147
Jersey yellow.svg Tour de France — 116 89 125 84 ——
Jersey red.svg Vuelta a España 82 — 169 —— 150 —
Legend
—Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

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References

  1. ↑ Stéphane Colineau (22 July 2012). "L'échappé Blel". Le Journal du Dimanche (in French). Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
  2. ↑ Pastonesi, Marco (3 March 2013). "Roma Maxima goes to the Frenchman Kadri who managed to join the winning breakaway". La Gazzetta dello Sport. RCS MediaGroup. Retrieved 13 April 2013.
  3. ↑ "Tour de France 2014 Stage 8 Results". 12 July 2014. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
  4. ↑ "Toulouse. Ancien maillot à pois, Blel Kadri est devenu vendeur chez décathlon".
  5. ↑ "Swift wins Giro delle Regioni final stage". Cycling Weekly . 1 May 2007. Retrieved 29 January 2017.


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