Dominique Rollin

Dominique Rollin (born 29 October 1982) is a Canadian former professional cyclist.[1]

Dominique Rollin

Rollin at the 2011 Four Days of Dunkirk
Personal information
Full name	Dominique Rollin
Born	(1982-10-29) 29 October 1982 Boucherville, Quebec
Height	188 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	82 kg (181 lb)
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	Sprinter
Amateur teams
2004	USSA Pavilly Barentin
2005	Equipe du Quebec
2005	Gypco Télé-Annonces
2006	Vélo-Club de Roubaix Lille Métropole
Professional teams
2001–2002	Sympatico – Jet Fuel Coffee
2007	Kodakgallery.com – Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.
2008	Toyota–United
2009–2010	Cervélo TestTeam
2011–2013	FDJ
2015	Cofidis
Major wins
Tour of California, 1 Stage Rochester Omnium National Road Race Championships (2006)

Born in Boucherville, Quebec, Rollin began his professional career in 2001 with the team Sympatico High Speed-Jet Fuel Coffee and again the following year, 2002 with Sympatico Edition Haute Vitese. He then spent three years in France racing as an elite amateur under director-sportif Guy Gallopin for the Roubaix team. After having issues with the way he was treated during Roubaix's transition to a professional team,[2] he returned to North America to ride for the Kodakgallery.com - Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. team.

For 2008 Rollin joined the Toyota-United team, with whom he won the Rochester Omnium and the fourth stage of the Tour of California. He won the stage with a nearly seven-hour breakaway in a driving rainstorm, just holding off his fellow breakaway companions after attacking near the finish.[3] Thanks to that performance, he grabbed the lead in the sprints classification and would defend the jersey successfully for the remainder of the race.[4]

In 2009 he got his chance to join a major European professional team in the Swiss-based, Canadian-sponsored Cervélo TestTeam, with his best result of the year coming at the Scheldeprijs semi-classic where he reached the podium with a third place. In October 2010, he signed for two years with the ProTour team FDJ.

He was disqualified from the 2012 Giro d'Italia on the 20th stage for holding on to cars while he was unable to keep the pace.[5]

Rollin initially retired from racing at the end of 2013 after being unable to secure a contract for the 2014 season. However, in August 2014 Cofidis announced that they had signed Rollin alongside his former FDJ teammates Nacer Bouhanni and Geoffrey Soupe for 2015.[6]