Antoine Duchesne

Antoine Duchesne

Duchesne at the 2014 Tour de Wallonie
Personal information
Nickname Tony the Tiger[1]
Born (1991-09-12) September 12, 1991
Saguenay, Quebec
Team information
Current team Direct Énergie
Discipline Road
Role Rider
Rider type Classics specialist[2]
Amateur team(s)
2012 Garneau-Quebecor-Norton Rose
Professional team(s)
2012 SpiderTech-C10 (stagiaire)
2013 Bissell Development Team
2014– Team Europcar
Infobox last updated on
18 May 2014

Antoine Duchesne (born September 12, 1991 in Saguenay, Quebec) is a Canadian cyclist riding for Direct Énergie.[3] In May 2015, Duchesne helped his teammate Bryan Coquard to victory on the first stage of the Four Days of Dunkirk, especially in the finale where he took long pulls in the leading group, setting his teammate up for the win.[4] He was named in the start list for the 2015 Vuelta a España and the 2016 Tour de France.[5][6]

Career achievements

Major results

2009
1st National Junior Road Race Championships
2012
3rd Overall Tour de Québec
1st Stage 1
2013
1st National Under-23 Road Race Championships
3rd National Road Race Championships
2014
2nd Polynormande
2015
3rd Polynormande
10th Overall Four Days of Dunkirk
2016
1st Mountains classification Paris–Nice
8th Overall Tour of Alberta

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour 2015 2016
Pink jersey Giro
Yellow jersey Tour 107
red jersey Vuelta 138

WD = Withdrew; In Progress = IP

External links

References

  1. "Houle et Duchesne au Paris-Roubaix à RDS2" [Houle and Duchesne at Paris-Roubaix on RDS2]. Réseau des sports (in French). 11 April 2015. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
  2. McGrath, Andy (15 December 2015). "Portrait: Antoine Duchesne". Rouleur (magazine). Retrieved 12 March 2016.
  3. "Antoine Duchesne". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 18 May 2014.
  4. Emil Axelgaard (6 May 2015). "In-form Coquard conquers the cobbles in Dunkerque opener". Cycling Quotes. CyclingQuotes.com 2013. Retrieved 6 May 2015.
  5. "Vuelta a España 2015". Cycling Fever. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
  6. "2016 > 103rd Tour de France > Startlist". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
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