Guillaume Boivin

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Guillaume Boivin
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Boivin in 2011
Personal information
Full nameGuillaume Boivin
Born (1989-05-25) 25 May 1989 (age 35)
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) [1]
Weight78 kg (172 lb; 12.3 st) [1]
Team information
Current team Israel–Premier Tech
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider type
  • Classics specialist
  • Sprinter
Amateur teams
2004–2006Vélo Club Longueuil
2006André Cycle IDCAD
2007–2008EVA Devinci
2007–2009Predictor–Lotto–VC Ardennes
2009Volkswagen–Specialized
2009 Planet Energy (stagiaire)
Professional teams
2010–2012 SpiderTech–Planet Energy
2013–2014 Cannondale [2]
2015 Optum–Kelly Benefit Strategies
2016– Cycling Academy [3] [4] [5]
Major wins
One-Day Races and Classics
National Road Race Championships (2015, 2021)
Medal record
Representing Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Men's road bicycle racing
World Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2010 Melbourne/Geelong Under-23 road race

Guillaume Boivin (born 25 May 1989) is a Canadian professional road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam Israel Premier Tech Academy. [6]

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Career

Boivin's greatest cycling accomplishment was finishing in a dead heat for the bronze at the World Under-23 Road Race Championships in 2010. [7] He finished 3rd in the 2012 Tro Bro Leon, getting on the podium with his teammate Ryan Roth, who won the race. [8] In October 2014, it was announced that Boivin would leave Cannondale and ride with Optum–Kelly Benefit Strategies in 2015. [9] On 29 April 2015, on the first stage of the Tour of the Gila, Boivin was the last man remaining of a breakaway that was caught by eventual solo winner, Rafael Montiel. Boivin took the second place of the mountaintop finish. [10]

In May 2018, he was named in the startlist for the Giro d'Italia. [11]

2020 Olympics

In July 2021, Boivin was named to Canada's 2020 Olympic team. [12] [13] [14]

Major results

Source: [15]

2006
3rd Overall Tour de l'Abitibi
2007
4th Overall Tour de l'Abitibi
1st Points classification
1st Stages 2 & 7
2008
1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Tour de Québec
1st Stage 3
2009 (1 pro win)
1st MaillotCan.PNG Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships
2nd Silver medal blank.svg Time trial, Canada Summer Games
2010
1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Tour de Québec
1st Stage 3
1st Stage 13 Vuelta a Cuba
2nd Sparkassen Giro Bochum
3rd Bronze medal uci.svg Road race, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships
6th Philadelphia International Championship
7th Overall Mi-Août en Bretagne
1st Stages 1 & 3
2012
2nd Ronde van Drenthe
3rd Tro-Bro Léon
4th Handzame Classic
4th Grand Prix Pino Cerami
5th Grand Prix de Denain
7th Overall World Ports Classic
10th Scheldeprijs
2013
1st Stage 2 Tour de Beauce
2015 (1)
1st MaillotCan.PNG Road race, National Road Championships
1st Stage 3b Tour de Beauce
3rd Bronze medal america.svg Road race, Pan American Games
3rd Overall Grand Prix Cycliste de Saguenay
1st Jersey green.svg Points classification
5th Overall GP Internacional do Guadiana
5th Clássica Loulé
2016
1st Stage 1 Tour of Rwanda
7th Trofej Umag
7th Circuito del Porto
2017 (1)
2nd Overall Tour of Taihu Lake
1st Prologue
2nd Overall Grand Prix Cycliste de Saguenay
2nd Coppa Bernocchi
4th Road race, National Road Championships
8th Memorial Marco Pantani
2018 (1)
1st Famenne Ardenne Classic
4th Gooikse Pijl
7th Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne
2019
2nd Overall Vuelta a Castilla y León
8th Druivenkoers Overijse
2021 (1)
1st MaillotCan.PNG Road race, National Road Championships
9th Paris–Roubaix
2022
2nd Road race, National Road Championships
5th Primus Classic
8th Heistse Pijl
9th Famenne Ardenne Classic
2023
9th Dwars door Vlaanderen

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour 20132014201520162017201820192020202120222023
Jersey pink.svg Giro d'Italia ————— 117 125 ————
Jersey yellow.svg Tour de France ———————— 105 DNF 126
Jersey red.svg Vuelta a España DNF 149 ————————
Legend
—Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

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References

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  2. ↑ Atkins, Ben (3 December 2012). "Lucas Sebastian Haedo to Cannondale Pro Cycling in 2013". VeloNation. VeloNation LLC. Retrieved 4 January 2013. Haedo will join Sagan, Guillaume Boivin – who joins from Spidertech p/b C10 – and Elia Viviani as one of the team's sprint specialists.
  3. ↑ "Israel Cycling Academy finalises 2019 roster, adds Sorensen as DS". Cyclingnews.com . Immediate Media Company. 4 December 2018. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
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