Geoffrey Soupe
Geoffrey Soupe (born 22 March 1988) is a French professional road bicycle racer, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam Total Direct Énergie.[4] Soupe was the 2010 under-23 French national champion for the road race,[5] and finished second to Great Britain's Alex Dowsett in the European under-23 time trial championship.[6]
![]() Soupe at the 2013 Four Days of Dunkirk | |
Personal information | |
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Full name | Geoffrey Soupe |
Born | Viriat, Ain, France | 22 March 1988
Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) |
Weight | 68 kg (150 lb; 10.7 st) |
Team information | |
Current team | Total Direct Énergie |
Discipline | Road |
Role | Rider |
Rider type | Rouleur |
Amateur teams | |
2004 | EC Bourg-en-Bresse (junior) |
2005–2006 | VC Bressan (junior) |
2007–2008 | VC Vaulx-en-Velin (junior) |
2009–2010 | C.C. Etupes Le Doubs |
Professional teams | |
2011–2014 | FDJ |
2015–2019 | Cofidis[1][2] |
2020– | Total Direct Énergie[3] |
Career
Born in Viriat, Ain, Soupe competed for the EC Bourg-en-Bresse, VC Bressan and VC Vaulx-en-Velin setups as a junior, and the C.C. Etupes Le Doubs squad as an amateur, before joining the FDJ professional team for the 2011 season as a neo-pro.[7] In his first race for the team, Soupe won the opening stage of La Tropicale Amissa Bongo in Gabon – beating Team Europcar's Anthony Charteau in a two-man sprint[8] – before finishing the race in eighth place overall.[9] Soupe later added a stage victory in the Tour Alsace,[10] before quitting the race the next day.[11]
Soupe made his Grand Tour début at the 2012 Giro d'Italia, taking a third-place finish during the race's first mass-start stage in Herning, Denmark; a result that Soupe stated that he was "sorry" for, after he was supposed to be leading out the team's main sprinter Arnaud Démare, until he was caught up in a final-corner crash.[12]
In August 2014 Cofidis announced that they had signed Soupe, alongside FDJ teammate Nacer Bouhanni, for 2015.[13] He was named in the start list for the 2015 Tour de France.[14]
Major results
- 2008
- 1st
Overall Tour du Béarn
- 2009
- National Under-23 Road Championships
- 2nd Road race
- 3rd Time trial
- 2nd Overall Boucles de la Marne
- 3rd Souvenir Michel Roques
- 5th Chrono des Herbiers
- 8th Time trial, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships
- 2010
- 1st
Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships
- 2nd
Time trial, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships
- 10th Time trial, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships
- 2011
- 1st Stage 1 Tour Alsace
- 5th Ronde Pévéloise
- 8th Overall La Tropicale Amissa Bongo
- 1st Stage 1
- 2012
- 5th Tour du Doubs
- 2013
- 10th Overall Four Days of Dunkirk
- 2017
- 6th La Roue Tourangelle
- 2019
- 8th Elfstedenronde
- 2020
- 9th Overall Saudi Tour
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
Grand Tour | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
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76 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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— | — | — | 123 | 142 | — | — | — | 123 |
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— | DNF | 94 | DNF | — | — | — | — | — |
— | Did not compete |
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DNF | Did not finish |
References
- Retsin, Frédéric (8 December 2017). "Les premières photos du stage de l'équipe Cofidis en Espagne" [The first photos of the Cofidis team in Spain]. La Voix du Nord (in French). Groupe Rossel. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
- Bonnefoy, François (29 November 2018). "Route - L'effectif de l'équipe Cofidis pour la saison 2019" [Road - The Cofidis squad for the 2019 season]. Cyclism'Actu (in French). Swar Agency. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
- "Total Direct Énergie". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 12 January 2020. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
- "Total Direct Energie". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 7 January 2021. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
- Gilson, Michael (22 August 2010). "France – Espoirs : Les réactions" [France – Prospects: The reactions]. Directvelo (in French). Association Le Peloton. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
- Richardson, Simon (16 July 2010). "Dowsett wins gold at U23 European championships". Cycling Weekly. IPC Media Limited. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
- Gilson, Michael (18 August 2010). "Geoffrey Soupe néo-pro à la FDJ" [Geoffrey Soupe neo-pro at FDJ]. Directvelo (in French). Association Le Peloton. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
- "Soupe claims opening stage". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 25 January 2011. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
- "Charteau wins overall in Gabon". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 30 January 2011. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
- Gachet, Nicolas (27 July 2011). "Tour Alsace – Et. 1 : Classements" [Tour Alsace – Stage 1: Rankings]. DirectVélo (in French). Association Le Peloton. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
- "Double success for Albert in Alsace". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 28 July 2011. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
- "Soupe "sorry" to have finished third in Giro d'Italia stage". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 7 May 2012. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
- Farrand, Stephen (1 August 2014). "Transfers: Cofidis confirms the arrival of Nacer Bouhanni". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 3 August 2014.
- "2015 Tour de France start list". Velo News. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
External links
Media related to Geoffrey Soupe at Wikimedia Commons
- Geoffrey Soupe at ProCyclingStats
- FDJ-BigMat profile
- Geoffrey Soupe at Cycling Archives
- Cycling Quotient profile