Damien Monier

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Damien Monier
TdB 2015 - Damien Monier.jpg
Monier in April 2015
Personal information
Full nameDamien Monier
Born (1982-08-27) August 27, 1982 (age 40)
Clermont-Ferrand, France
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight71 kg (157 lb)
Team information
Current teamRetired
DisciplineRoad
RoleStaff
Amateur team
2003 Cofidis (stagiaire)
Professional teams
2004–2012 Cofidis
2013–2017 Bridgestone–Anchor
2018–2022 Aisan Racing Team [1] [2]
Major wins
Grand Tours
Giro d'Italia
1 individual stage (2010)

Damien Monier (born 27 August 1982) is a French former professional road bicycle racer, who competed as a professional from 2004 to 2022.

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Career

Monier was born in Clermont-Ferrand, and became a professional rider in 2004. After seven years with the Cofidis team, he won his first race, the 17th stage of the 2010 Giro d'Italia from Bruneck to Peio. [3] In January 2012, he was hit by a car while training in France, knocking him unconscious and fracturing his skull. [4] In November 2012, he signed to ride the 2013 season with the Japanese team Bridgestone–Anchor. [5] He moved to Aisan Racing Team for the 2018 season. [6]

After retiring as a professional cyclist, he is working as a staff of Aisan Racing. [7]

Major results

2002
1st MaillotFra.PNG Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships
2003
1st MaillotFra.PNG Individual pursuit, National Under-23 Track Championships
3rd Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships
2004
3rd Individual pursuit, National Track Championships
2005
1st MaillotFra.PNG Individual pursuit, National Track Championships
2007
8th Tour de Vendée
2008
1st MaillotFra.PNG Individual pursuit, National Track Championships
7th Overall Volta ao Distrito de Santarém
2009
4th Overall Tour Méditerranéen
4th Overall Tour de l'Ain
8th Overall Étoile de Bessèges
9th Overall Circuit de la Sarthe
2010
1st Stage 17 Giro d'Italia
8th Overall Route du Sud
9th Classic Loire Atlantique
2013
1st JBCF Tsugaike Kogen Hillclimb
2nd Overall Tour de Hokkaido
3rd Overall Tour of Japan
4th Overall Tour of Azerbaijan (Iran)
6th Overall Tour de Guadeloupe
9th Overall Tour de Kumano
2014
2nd Overall Tour de Guadeloupe
4th Critérium International de Sétif
5th Overall Tour International de Sétif
7th Overall Tour de Constantine
1st Stage 3
2015
1st Taiwan KOM Challenge [8]
3rd Overall Tour de Filipinas
3rd Overall Tour de Kumano
4th Tour de Okinawa
8th Overall Tour of Japan
10th Overall Tour de Korea [9]
2016
1st Overall Tour de Guadeloupe
1st Stage 8b (ITT)
2017
Tour de Kumano
1st Points classification
1st Stage 3
5th Overall Tour de Korea
2018
3rd Taiwan KOM Challenge
2019
9th Overall Tour de Ijen

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour 2007200820092010
Jersey pink.svg Giro d'Italia 111 89
Jersey yellow.svg Tour de France 71
Jersey red.svg Vuelta a España 129 65

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References

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  2. "1/1 愛三工業レーシングチーム2021年チーム体制発表" [1/1 Aisan Racing Team 2021 Team Structure Announcement]. Aisan Racing Team (in Japanese). Aisan. 1 January 2021. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
  3. Kogoy, Peter (27 May 2010). "Frenchman Damien Monier claims first stage win in Giro d'Italia". The Australian . News Limited . Retrieved 21 January 2012.
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