Simon Carr (cyclist)

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Simon Carr
Personal information
Full nameSimon Francis Carr
Born (1998-08-29) 29 August 1998 (age 26)
Hereford, England, UK
Height1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Weight63 kg (139 lb; 9 st 13 lb)
Team information
Current team Cofidis
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeClimber
Amateur teams
2013–2016AJCHVA–Limoux Junior [1]
2017–2018Occitane Cyclisme Formation [1]
2019–2020AVC Aix-en-Provence [2]
2019 Delko–Marseille Provence (stagiaire)
Professional teams
2020 Nippo–Delko–One Provence [3]
2021–2024 EF Education–Nippo [4]
2025– Cofidis
Major wins
Stage races
Tour de Langkawi (2023)

Simon Francis Carr (born 29 August 1998) is a British professional road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Cofidis. [5] Although born in Hereford, England, to Welsh parents, he was brought up in the foothills of the Pyrenees and is bilingual in English and French. He currently races under the British flag with a French licence, [6] but has declared himself as Welsh in a bid to compete in the 2022 Commonwealth Games. [7] In August 2024, Carr announced he would join the French cycling team Cofidis beginning the following season on a three-year contract. [8]

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Major results

2017
Tour de Martinique
1st Stages 3, 7 & 10
2018
3rd Overall Tour du Piémont Pyrénéen
1st Jersey white.svg Young rider classification
2019
1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Volta a Valencia
1st Jersey white.svg Young rider classification
1st Grand Prix de Biran
1st Stage 1 Tour du Beaujolais
1st Stage 4 Vuelta a Navarra
1st Stage 2 (TTT) Tour du Piémont Pyrénéen
2nd Overall Vuelta al Bidasoa
1st Stage 4
10th Overall Tour de Savoie Mont Blanc
2020 (1 pro win)
1st Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia
1st Jersey white.svg Young rider classification, Volta a Portugal
2021
8th Mont Ventoux Dénivelé Challenge
9th Overall Route d'Occitanie
1st Jersey white.svg Young rider classification
2022
4th Overall Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
2023 (4)
1st Jersey teal Cape Epic.svg Overall Tour de Langkawi
1st Stage 5
1st Stage 5 Tour of the Alps
1st Stage 4 Route d'Occitanie
3rd Mont Ventoux Dénivelé Challenge
2024 (2)
1st Trofeo Calvià
Tour of the Alps
1st MaillotCyan.PNG Mountains classification
1st Stage 4

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour 2021202220232024
Jersey pink.svg Giro d'Italia 66 DNF — DNF
Jersey yellow.svg Tour de France ————
Jersey red.svg Vuelta a España DNF ———
Legend
—Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

References

  1. 1 2 Ruscitto, Jean-Michel (20 January 2017). "Un Britannique à l'Occitane CF" [A Briton at Occitane CF]. Directvelo (in French). Association Le Peloton. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  2. ↑ Gachet, Nicolas (12 November 2018). "AVC Aix-en-Provence : L'effectif 2019" [AVC Aix-en-Provence: The 2019 roster]. Directvelo (in French). Association Le Peloton. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  3. ↑ "Simon Carr rejoindra le Team en août 2020 !" [Simon Carr will join the Team in August 2020!]. Nippo–Delko–One Provence (in French). Vélo-Club La Pomme Marseille. 18 December 2019. Archived from the original on 19 September 2020. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  4. ↑ "Simon Carr joins the team". EF Pro Cycling . Slipstream Sports. 23 December 2020. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
  5. ↑ "Cofidis". UCI . Retrieved 8 January 2025.
  6. ↑ "Le Grimpeur de Hereford: Simon Carr interview". thebritishcontinental.co.uk. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  7. ↑ Gareth Rhys Owen (13 August 2021). "Simon Carr: English-born, French-raised cyclist ties Welsh colours to mast for Vuelta a Espana". BBC Wales Sport.
  8. ↑ "Simon Carr set to join Cofidis in 2025 for 3 seasons". ProCyclingUK. 6 August 2024.
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