Mickaël Delage
 Delage at the 2011 Four Days of Dunkirk | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Mickaël Delage |
| Born |
6 August 1985 Libourne, France |
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) |
| Weight | 70 kg (150 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | FDJ |
| Discipline | Road and track |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Rouleur |
| Professional team(s) | |
| 2005–2008 | Française des Jeux |
| 2009–2010 | Silence–Lotto |
| 2011– | FDJ |
|
Infobox last updated on 5 May 2014 | |
Mickaël Delage (born 6 August 1985) is a French professional racing cyclist, currently riding for FDJ.[1] He is also active as a track cyclist.
Born in Libourne, Delage participated at the World Track Championships in Moscow in 2003 as a junior, where he won the silver medal at the points race, after Australian Miles Olman. In that same year he would become national junior champion of France at the team pursuit (alongside Jonathan Mouchel, Yannick Marie and Mickaël Mallie) and the madison (together with Mouchel). In 2004 he would win the national title in the points race at the under-23 level.
At the road he made his Giro d'Italia debut in 2006 and finished in 129th position and he won the 1st stage of the Tour de l'Avenir. Later that year he would again become French national champion when he won the team pursuit together with Mathieu Ladagnous, Jonathan Mouchel, Sylvain Blanquefort and Mickaël Preau. In 2007 he made his Tour de France debut.
Career achievements
Major results
- 2003
- National Junior Track Championships
- 1st Team pursuit
- 1st Madison
- 2nd, World track championships, points race (juniors)
- 2004
- 1st, Points race, National Under-23 Track Championships
- 2006
- 1st, Team pursuit, National Track Championships
- 1st, Stage 1, Tour de l'Avenir
- 2009
- 3rd, Clásica de San Sebastián
- 2011
- 9th Overall, Four Days of Dunkirk
- 7th Overall, Tour de Picardie
- 5th Overall, Tour de Luxembourg
- Tour de France
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Combativity award, Stages 3 and 11
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- 6th Overall, Paris–Tours
- 2012
- 3rd Grand Prix de la Somme
- 2013
- 1st La Roue Tourangelle
- 7th Paris–Bourges
- 2014
- 10th Grand Prix de la Somme
- 2016
- 1st Stage 1 (TTT) La Méditerranéenne
- 4th La Roue Tourangelle
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
| Grand Tour | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Giro |
129 | — | — | — | — | — | 144 | — | — | — | 148 |
 Tour |
— | 117 | — | 101 | WD | 132 | — | — | 143 | — | — |
 Vuelta |
— | WD | 103 | 73 | WD | — | — | — | — | 109 | — |
WD = Withdrew; In Progress = IP
References
- ↑ "FDJ.fr (FDJ) — FRA". UCI World Tour. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
External links
Media related to Mickaël Delage at Wikimedia Commons
- Mickaël Delage profile at Cycling Archives