James Fouché

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James Fouché
2019 ToB stage 1 194 James Fouche in Glasgow.JPG
Fouché at the 2019 Tour of Britain
Personal information
Born (1998-03-28) 28 March 1998 (age 26)
Christchurch, New Zealand
Height184 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight69 kg (152 lb)
Team information
Current team Euskaltel–Euskadi
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Amateur team
2013–2016SBS Ricoh NZ
Professional teams
2018–2019 WIGGINS
2019 Mitchelton–Scott (stagiaire) [1]
2020 Hagens Berman Axeon [2]
2021–2023 Black Spoke Pro Cycling [3] [4]
2024– Euskaltel–Euskadi
Major wins
One-day races and Classics
National Road Race Championships (2019, 2022)

James Fouché (born 28 March 1998) is a New Zealand professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam Euskaltel–Euskadi. [5] In 2019 Fouche won the combined under-23 and elite New Zealand National Road Race Championships.

Contents

Career

Amateur years

Fouché starting road cycling in his youth. He won the Under 19 New Zealand national time trial championships in 2016 [6] after coming second in 2015. [7]

Wiggins 2018 to 2019

At the New Zealand National Road Race Championships in 2019, Fouché attacked with 40 km to go. The bunch behind could not work well together so his lead grew. He managed to hold them off to win the combined Under-23 and Elite titles. [8] [9] Fouché crashed out of the winning move in the Ronde van Vlaanderen U23. [8]

From August 2019 he rode as a Stagaire for Mitchelton–Scott, experiencing racing at a higher level. [10]

Black Spoke 2021 to 2023

2022 for Fouché started with the New Zealand national road championships. He didn't place in the Criterium but came fourth in the time trial. In the Road race Fouché attacked on the second lap going clear from the peloton, due to Cyclone Dovi the race length was shortened and the peloton was unable to catch Fouché resukling in him taking his second National Road race victory. [11] In April he rode the Oceania Cycling Championships where he won the road race in the final sprint. [12]

His Bolton Equities Black Spoke became a UCI ProTeam for the 2023 season allowing access to more races. [13]

At the UCI ProSeries race the Tour of Britain Fouché was in the breakaway for four of the seven stages. In the process of doing so he gained the most points in the King of the Mountains classification to win the Black jersey overall. [14] [15]

Euskaltel–Euskadi 2024 to present

Fouché was the final rider added to Euskaltel–Euskadi's roster for the 2024 season after signing a one-year contract. [16] [17]

Major results

Sources: [18] [19]

2016
Oceania Junior Road Championships
1st OceaniaChampionJersey.png Road race
2nd Silver medal blank.svg Time trial
2017
National Under-23 Road Championships
2nd Road race
2nd Time trial
2018
National Under-23 Road Championships
1st Jersey of New Zealand.svg Road race
3rd Time trial
2nd Clássica da Arrábida
7th Overall Le Triptyque des Monts et Chateaux
1st Jersey polkadot.svg Mountains classification
2019
1st Jersey of New Zealand.svg Road race, National Road Championships [20]
National Under-23 Road Championships
1st Jersey of New Zealand.svg Road race
1st Jersey of New Zealand.svg Time trial
1st Jersey polkadot.svg Mountains classification, Tour of Antalya
1st Jersey polkadot.svg Mountains classification, Le Triptyque des Monts et Chateaux
1st Jersey polkadot.svg Mountains classification, Volta ao Alentejo
5th Overall Paris–Arras Tour
5th Clássica da Arrábida
6th Kattekoers
2021
1st Jersey polkadot.svg Mountains classification, Tour d'Eure-et-Loir
1st Jersey orange.svg Mountains classification, Tour de la Mirabelle
1st Jersey polkadot.svg Mountains classification, Kreiz Breizh Elites
8th Overall Course Cycliste de Solidarnosc et des Champions Olympiques
9th Overall Oberösterreich Rundfahrt
2022
1st OceaniaChampionJersey.png Road race, Oceania Road Championships
National Road Championships
1st Jersey of New Zealand.svg Road race
4th Time trial
1st Jersey white.svg Overall Ronde de l'Oise
1st Stage 1
2023
1st Grand Prix Cerami
1st Jersey black.svg Mountains classification, Tour of Britain
1st Jersey polkadot.svg Mountains classification, Tour Poitou-Charentes en Nouvelle-Aquitaine
2nd Gravel and Tar Classic
2024
9th Grand Prix Criquielion

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