Kenny Elissonde

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Kenny Elissonde
Kenny Elissonde Tour de la Vallee d'Aoste 2011.jpg
Elissonde at the 2011 Giro della Valle d'Aosta
Personal information
Full nameKenny Elissonde
NicknameKing Kenny [1]
Born (1991-07-22) 22 July 1991 (age 32)
Longjumeau, France
Height1.69 m (5 ft 6+1⁄2 in)
Weight52 kg (115 lb)
Team information
Current team Cofidis
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeClimber
Amateur teams
2010–2011CC Etupes
2011 FDJ (stagiaire)
Professional teams
2012–2016 FDJ–BigMat
2017–2019 Team Sky [2]
2020–2023 Trek–Segafredo [3] [4]
2024– Cofidis
Major wins
Grand Tours
Vuelta a España
1 individual stage (2013)

Kenny Elissonde (born 22 July 1991) is a French professional road cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Cofidis. [5]

Contents

Career

Elissonde is a climbing specialist, having won the prestigious stage up the Alto de l'Angliru at the 2013 Vuelta a España. [6]

In September 2016, it was announced that Elissonde would join Team Sky, from FDJ, for the 2017 season on an initial 2-year deal. [7] He was the first French rider to be a member of the team since Nicolas Portal was part of the inaugural squad back in 2010. In August 2020, he was named in the startlist for the Tour de France. [8]

In 2021, he earned the combativity award for his efforts on stage eleven of the Tour de France. [1] During the Vuelta a España he was involved in a successful breakaway on stage three, [9] where he finished third; two days later, he moved into the overall race lead for a day. [10]

Major results

2008
1st MaillotFra.PNG Road race, National Junior Road Championships
2009
8th Overall Tour du Valromey
1st Jersey polkadot.svg Mountains classification
1st Stages 1 & 3
2010
7th Overall Giro della Valle d'Aosta Mont Blanc
2011
1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Ronde de l'Isard
1st Stage 2
7th Liège–Bastogne–Liège Espoirs
2012
Paris–Corrèze
1st Jersey green.svg Points classification
1st Stage 2
4th Overall Route du Sud
2013
1st Stage 20 Vuelta a España
7th Overall Tour de l'Ain
1st Jersey white.svg Young rider classification
7th Boucles de l'Aulne
8th Overall Tour of Oman
1st Jersey white.svg Young rider classification
2014
7th Overall Route du Sud
2015
7th Tre Valli Varesine
2016
Vuelta a España
Held Jersey blue dotted.png after Stages 14–19
2017
3rd Overall Herald Sun Tour
3rd Overall Route du Sud
2018
3rd Overall Route d'Occitanie
10th Overall Vuelta a Burgos
2019
7th Overall Herald Sun Tour
2020
7th Mont Ventoux Dénivelé Challenge
2021
6th Mont Ventoux Dénivelé Challenge
Vuelta a España
Held Jersey red.svg after Stage 5
Jersey red number.svg Combativity award Stage 11 Tour de France
2022
5th Overall Giro di Sicilia
10th Overall Vuelta a Burgos
2023
2nd Overall Tour de l'Ain

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour 20132014201520162017201820192020202120222023
Jersey pink.svg Giro d'Italia —— 46 — DNF 51 —————
Jersey yellow.svg Tour de France ——————— 25 36 ——
Jersey red.svg Vuelta a España 33 DNF 16 20 ——— DNF DNF 64 50
Legend
—Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

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References

  1. 1 2 "A storybook performance on a mythical climb". Trek–Segafredo . Trek Bicycle Corporation. 7 July 2021. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
  2. ↑ "Team Sky". Cyclingnews.com . Immediate Media Company. Archived from the original on 5 January 2019. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  3. ↑ "Trek-Segafredo announce complete 2020 men's roster". Cyclingnews.com . Future plc. 9 November 2019. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
  4. ↑ "Trek - Segafredo". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 2 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  5. ↑ "Cofidis". UCI . Retrieved 9 January 2024.
  6. ↑ Fotheringham, Alasdair (14 September 2013). "Elissonde scores win of a lifetime with Vuelta stage at age 22". Cyclingnews.com . Immediate Media Company . Retrieved 6 November 2016.
  7. ↑ Vinnell, Paul (27 October 2016). "Team Sky sign Diego Rosa and Kenny Elissonde for 2017". Sky Sports . Sky UK . Retrieved 6 November 2016.
  8. ↑ "107th Tour de France: Startlist". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
  9. ↑ Farrand, Stephen (16 August 2021). "Vuelta a España: Rein Taaramäe wins summit finish on stage 3". Cyclingnews.com . Future plc . Retrieved 23 December 2021.
  10. ↑ Ostanek, Daniel (18 August 2021). "Vuelta a España: Jasper Philipsen wins crash-marred stage 5". Cyclingnews.com . Future plc . Retrieved 23 December 2021.


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