Maxime Monfort
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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Maxime Monfort |
| Born |
14 January 1983 Bastogne, Belgium |
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) |
| Weight | 66 kg (146 lb; 10.4 st) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Lotto–Soudal |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | All-rounder |
| Professional team(s) | |
| 2004–2005 | Landbouwkrediet–Colnago |
| 2006–2008 | Cofidis |
| 2009–2010 | Team Columbia–High Road |
| 2011–2013 | Leopard Trek |
| 2014– | Lotto–Belisol |
| Major wins | |
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Maxime Monfort (born 14 January 1983 in Bastogne, Belgium) is a professional road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTour team Lotto–Soudal.[1] Previously riding for UCI ProTour teams Leopard Trek (and succeeding iterations RadioShack–Nissan[2] and RadioShack–Leopard; 2011–2013), Team Columbia–High Road (2009–2010), Cofidis (2006–2008), and Landbouwkrediet–Colnago (2004–2005), Monfort has won a verity of races including the Tour of Luxembourg in 2004, the Bayern-Rundfahrt in 2010, and the Belgian National Time Trial Championships in 2009. Monfort has also had top grand tour finishes including a 6th-place finish in the 2011 Vuelta a España, and a 16th-place finish in the 2012 Tour de France. He finished 14th in the 2013 Tour de France, marking his highest finish in the Tour.
Monfort left RadioShack–Leopard at the end of the 2013 season and joined Lotto–Belisol for the 2014 season.[1]
Career achievements
Major results
- 2004
- 1st
Overall Tour de Luxembourg
- 1st
Young rider classification - 1st Stage 3
- 1st
- 1st Young rider classification Ronde van Nederland
- 2005
- 1st Young rider classification Étoile de Bessèges
- 2007
- 7th Overall Deutschland Tour
- 2008
- 4th Overall Critérium International
- 5th Overall Vuelta al País Vasco
- 9th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
- 2009
- 1st
Time trial, National Road Championships - 4th Overall Critérium International
- 5th Overall Eneco Tour
- 10th Overall Tour de Suisse
- 2010
- 1st Overall Bayern-Rundfahrt
- 1st Stage 4 (ITT)
- 5th Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal
- 8th Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec
- 2011
- 4th Overall Tour de Luxembourg
- 6th Overall Vuelta a España
- 1st Prologue (TTT)
- 7th Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli
- 10th Overall Paris–Nice
- 10th Overall Tour de Suisse
- 2012
- 6th Overall Critérium International
- 7th Overall Paris–Nice
- 8th Overall Tour de Luxembourg
- 9th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía
- 2013
- 4th Overall Tour Méditerranéen
- 10th Overall Eneco Tour
- 2015
- 8th Overall Étoile de Bessèges
- 2016
- 8th Overall Étoile de Bessèges
- 9th Overall Tour de l'Ain
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
| Grand Tour | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Giro d'Italia |
33 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 14 | 11 | 15 | 13 |
| Tour de France |
— | — | 23 | 28 | 55 | 28 | 16 | 14 | — | — | — | — |
 Vuelta a España |
— | 11 | — | — | — | 6 | 16 | — | 16 | 27 | 16 | — |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
; IN = In progress; DSQ = Disqualified
References
- 1 2 "Monfort joins Lotto Belisol from RadioShack". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 5 September 2013. Retrieved 8 September 2013.
- ↑ "RadioShack-Nissan-Trek announces lineup for 2012". VeloNews. Competitor Group, Inc. 5 December 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Maxime Monfort. |
- Official website
- Maxime Monfort at Cycling Archives
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