Geoffrey Soupe
 Soupe at the 2011 Tour de l'Ain | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Geoffrey Soupe |
| Born |
22 March 1988 Viriat, Ain, France |
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) |
| Weight | 68 kg (150 lb; 10.7 st) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | FDJ.fr |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Sprinter |
| Amateur team(s) | |
| 2005–2006 2007–2008 2009–2010 |
VC Bressan (junior) VC Vaulx-en-Velin (junior) C.C. Etupes Le Doubs |
| Professional team(s) | |
| 2011– | FDJ |
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Infobox last updated on 2 January 2014 | |
Geoffrey Soupe (born 22 March 1988) is a French professional road bicycle racer who rides for UCI ProTeam FDJ.fr.[1] Soupe was also the 2010 under-23 French national champion for the road race,[2] and finished second to Great Britain's Alex Dowsett in the European under-23 time trial championship.[3]
Born in Viriat, Ain, Soupe competed for the 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.[4] 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[5] – before finishing the race in eighth place overall.[6] Soupe later added a stage victory in the Tour Alsace,[7] before quitting the race the next day.[8]
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.[9]
Palmarès
- 2008
- 1st Overall, Tour du Béarn
- 2009
- 2nd, National Under-23 Road Race Championships
- 2nd Overall, Boucles de la Marne
- 3rd, National Under-23 Time Trial Championships
- 3rd, Souvenir Michel Roques
- 5th, Chrono des Herbiers
- 2010
- 1st
National Under-23 Road Race Championships - 2nd, European Under-23 Time Trial Championships
- 2011
- 1st, Stage 1, Tour Alsace
- 5th, GP de Pont á Marcq
- 8th Overall, La Tropicale Amissa Bongo
- 1st, Stage 1
- 2013
- 10th Overall, Four Days of Dunkirk
References
- ↑ "FDJ.fr (FDJ) — FRA". UCI World Tour. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
- ↑ 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.
External links
Media related to Geoffrey Soupe at Wikimedia Commons
- FDJ-BigMat profile
- Geoffrey Soupe profile at Cycling Archives
- Cycling Quotient profile
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