Geoffrey Bouchard

Geoffrey Bouchard
Bouchard at the 2021 Giro d'Italia
Personal information
Born (1992-04-01) 1 April 1992 (age 32)
Dijon, France
Height1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight64 kg (141 lb)
Team information
Current teamDecathlon–AG2R La Mondiale
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeClimber
Amateur teams
2009–2010UC Voiron
2011–2014Vulco-VC Vaulx-en-Velin
2015–2018CR4C Roanne
2018AG2R La Mondiale (stagiaire)
Professional team
2019–AG2R La Mondiale[1]
Major wins
Grand Tours
Giro d'Italia
Mountains classification (2021)
Vuelta a España
Mountains classification (2019)

Geoffrey Bouchard (born 1 April 1992) is a French cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Decathlon–AG2R La Mondiale.[2]

In August 2019, he was named in the startlist for the 2019 Vuelta a España.[3] He took over the lead in the King of the Mountains competition following stage 16 and would hold this lead for the remainder of the race. In October 2020, he was named in the startlist for the 2020 Giro d'Italia.[4] He would also start the Giro the following year, and in May 2021 he became the first French rider to win the mountains classification in the Giro since Laurent Fignon in 1984.

  1. ^ "Official presentation of the AG2R LA MONDIALE professional cycling team 2020". AG2R La Mondiale. Groupe AG2R La Mondiale. 10 December 2019. Archived from the original on 10 December 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
  2. ^ "AG2R Citroën Team". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  3. ^ "2019: 74th La Vuelta ciclista a España". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
  4. ^ "103rd Giro d'Italia: Startlist". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 2 October 2020.