Christophe Riblon
Christophe Riblon (born 17 January 1981) is a French former road and track racing cyclist who competed as a professional for the AG2R La Mondiale team for 13 seasons[2] between 2005 and 2017. He also competed for France at the 2008 Summer Olympics.[3]
.jpg.webp) Riblon at the 2009 UCI Road World Championships | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Christophe Riblon | ||||||||||||||||
| Born | 17 January 1981 Tremblay-en-France, France | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 65 kg (143 lb; 10.2 st)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
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| Current team | Retired | ||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Road and track | ||||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||||
| Rider type | Puncheur (road) Endurance (track) | ||||||||||||||||
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| 2005–2017 | AG2R Prévoyance | ||||||||||||||||
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Grand Tours
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Medal record
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Career
Born in Tremblay-en-France, Seine-Saint-Denis, Riblon won two mountain-top finishes of the Tour de France, including stage 14 of the 2010 Tour de France at the ski resort of Ax-3 Domaines in the Pyrenees, and stage 18 of the 2013 Tour de France at Alpe d'Huez.
During his 2010 victory, he was part of the early breakaway that went free 30 kilometres (19 mi) into the race, and he crested the penultimate climb of the day alone, the Port de Pailheres. He had a two-minute lead at the foot of the last climb, and held on to win solo as the general classification contenders were battling it out behind him.[4]
He won his 2013 stage following a long breakaway, chasing down Tejay van Garderen over the second ascent of Alpe d'Huez and holding on to win by a minute, despite crashing into a ditch on the descent of the Col de Sarenne. In doing so he became the race's first (and only) French winner of a stage that year.
Major results
- 2001
- 8th Grand Prix de la ville de Pérenchies
- 2004
- 1st
Road race, National Amateur Road Championships - 2005
- 2nd Overall Tour de l'Avenir
- 8th Tartu GP
- 10th Overall Tour du Poitou-Charentes
- 2006
- 5th GP Plumelec-Morbihan
- 7th Overall Circuit de Lorraine
- 1st Stage 4
- 2007
- 1st Tour de la Somme
- 2nd Duo Normand (with Émilien-Benoît Bergès)
- 2008
- 2nd
Points race, UCI Track World Championships - 2009
- 1st Stage 3 Route du Sud
- 6th Clásica de San Sebastián
- 2010
- 1st Stage 14 Tour de France
- 1st Les Boucles du Sud Ardèche
- 2nd Madison (with Morgan Kneisky), UCI Track World Championships
- 5th Overall Circuit de la Sarthe
- 5th Overall Bayern-Rundfahrt
- 7th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné
- 2011
- 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
- 7th Tour du Doubs
- 8th Overall Tour de Pologne
- 10th Overall Tour du Poitou-Charentes
- 2012
- 9th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
- 9th Les Boucles du Sud Ardèche
- 10th Overall Critérium International
- 2013
- Tour de France
- 1st Stage 18
Combativity award Stage 18 & Overall
- 3rd Overall Tour de Pologne
- 1st Stage 2
- 2014
- 4th Overall Tour de Pologne
- 2015
- 7th Overall Tour de Pologne
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
| Grand Tour | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 |
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 Giro d'Italia |
82 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 Tour de France |
— | 137 | 82 | 28 | 51 | 73 | 37 | 120 | 68 | — |
 Vuelta a España |
— | — | 46 | 130 | — | 162 | — | — | — | 153 |
| — | Did not compete |
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| DNF | Did not finish |
Other major stage races
| Race | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
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| Paris–Nice | — | — | — | DNF | 20 | 85 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tirreno–Adriatico | — | — | — | — | — | — | 9 | — | — | DNF | 98 | — |
| Volta a Catalunya | — | — | 80 | — | - | 148 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tour of the Basque Country | — | — | — | DNF | — | — | 18 | 68 | 113 | — | OTL | — |
| Tour de Romandie | — | — | — | — | 32 | — | — | — | — | — | 91 | 119 |
| Critérium du Dauphiné | — | — | 91 | — | 7 | 51 | 86 | — | — | DNF | — | — |
| Tour de Suisse | DNF | 43 | — | — | — | — | — | 49 | DNF | — | 76 | — |
References
- "Christophe Riblon profile". Archived from the original on 2013-12-27. Retrieved 2013-12-27.
- "Riblon retires after failing to find new contract for 2018". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 25 October 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Christophe Riblon". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2016-12-04.
- "Riblon conquers climbs to win Stage 14". ESPN.com. ESPN. Associated Press. 18 July 2010. Retrieved 28 November 2012.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Christophe Riblon. |
- Profile at AG2R Prévoyance official website
- Christophe Riblon at Cycling Archives
- Christophe Riblon at Cycling Base at the Wayback Machine (archived 2014-06-05)
- Christophe Riblon at the International Olympic Committee
- Christophe Riblon at the Comité National Olympique et Sportif Français (in French)
- Christophe Riblon at Olympedia