Benoît Poilvet

Benoît Poilvet (born 27 August 1976 in Saint-Brieuc) is a French professional road bicycle racer. He rode for UCI ProTeam Crédit Agricole between 2000 and 2007. For the 2008 season he joined the continental team Bretagne Armor Lux, with whom when the team was an amateur team he had raced. In May 2008, Poilvet took his first professional race victory with stage 5 of the Tour de Bretagne Cycliste.[1] Poilvet also took the leader's jersey which he would keep to win the race.[2]

Benoît Poilvet
Personal information
Full nameBenoît Poilvet
Born (1976-08-27) 27 August 1976
Saint-Brieuc, France
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight71 kg (157 lb)
Team information
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Professional teams
2000–2007Crédit Agricole
2008Bretagne Armor Lux
Major wins
Tour de Bretagne Cycliste

Major results

References

  1. "Poilvet finally becomes a winner". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2008-05-02.
  2. "Wilmann's attack pays off". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2008-05-02.


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