Romain Grégoire
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| Born | 21 January 2003 Besançon, France | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 64 kg (141 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current team | Groupama–FDJ | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Rider type | Puncheur | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2020–2021 | AC Bisontine | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2022 | Groupama–FDJ Continental Team[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023– | Groupama–FDJ | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Romain Grégoire (born 21 January 2003) is a French road cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Groupama–FDJ.[2]
Career
[edit]Grégoire had a successful junior career, being crowned both the national and European junior road race champion. He also won the silver medal in the road race at the 2021 UCI World Junior Championships. He also competed in cyclo-cross until 2022, winning the 2022 national under-23 championships.
In 2022, Grégoire joined UCI Continental team Groupama–FDJ Continental Team for his first year in the under-23 category. He took six UCI victories that season, including the Liège–Bastogne–Liège Espoirs, the G.P. Palio del Recioto, the Flèche Ardennaise and a stage of the Tour de l'Avenir.[3]
The following season, he was promoted to the World Tour squad, taking five professional wins, including the overall wins of the Four Days of Dunkirk and the Tour du Limousin.[4] he also finished eighth in his first UCI WorldTour event: Strade Bianche.[5] In August, he entered his first Grand Tour: the Vuelta a España, where he finished second on stage 11 from the breakaway.[6]
In April 2024, he won the fifth stage of the Tour of the Basque Country.[7]
Major results
[edit]Road
[edit]- 2020
- 1st
Road race, National Junior Championships - 2nd Overall La Philippe Gilbert Juniors
- 2021
- 1st
Road race, UEC European Junior Championships - National Junior Championships
- 1st Road race
- 1st Time trial
- 1st
- 1st Overall Ain Bugey Valromey Tour
- 1st Stage 5
- 1st Trofeo Guido Dorigo
- 1st Gran Premio Eccellenze Valli del Soligo
- 2nd
Road race, UCI World Junior Championships - 4th Overall Driedaagse van Axel
- 1st Stage 3
- 4th Overall Course de la Paix Juniors
- 5th Overall Aubel–Thimister–Stavelot
- 1st Stage 3
- 5th Paris–Roubaix Juniors
- 2022
- 1st Liège–Bastogne–Liège Espoirs
- 1st G.P. Palio del Recioto
- 1st Giro del Belvedere
- 1st Flèche Ardennaise
- Giro Ciclistico d'Italia
- 1st
Points classification - 1st Stage 7
- 1st
- 1st Stage 6 Tour de l'Avenir
- 2nd Overall Alpes Isère Tour
- 1st
Young rider classification
- 1st
- National Under-23 Championships
- 2nd Time trial
- 3rd Road race
- 2023 (5 pro wins)
- 1st
Overall Four Days of Dunkirk
- 1st Young rider classification
- 1st Stage 2
- 1st
- 1st
Overall Tour du Limousin
- 1st Young rider classification
- 1st Stages 1 & 3
- 1st
- 2nd Grand Prix du Morbihan
- 5th Faun-Ardèche Classic
- 6th Trofeo Laigueglia
- 8th Strade Bianche
- 9th Boucles de l'Aulne
- 10th Tour du Finistère
- 2024 (1)
- 1st Stage 5 Tour of the Basque Country
- 2nd Faun-Ardèche Classic
- 2nd Veneto Classic
- 2nd Coppa Agostoni
- 3rd Giro del Veneto
- 4th Overall Tour de Pologne
- 7th Overall Tour des Alpes-Maritimes
- 7th La Flèche Wallonne
- 10th Classic Var
Combativity award Stage 17 Tour de France
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
[edit]| Grand Tour | 2023 | 2024 |
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| Giro d'Italia
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— | — |
| Tour de France
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— | 41 |
| Vuelta a España
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42 |
| — | Did not compete |
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| DNF | Did not finish |
Cyclo-cross
[edit]- 2019–2020
- Junior EKZ CrossTour
- 1st Hittnau
- 3rd Meilen
- 3rd Junior Madiswil
- 2020–2021
- 2nd Junior Steinmaur
- 2021–2022
- 1st National Under-23 Championships
References
[edit]- ^ "Groupama - FDJ". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 24 February 2022.
- ^ "Groupama - FDJ". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
- ^ "Victoire de Romain Grégoire sur la 6e étape du Tour de l'Avenir". L'Équipe. 24 August 2022.
- ^ Lamoureux, Lyne (21 May 2023). "Merlier takes final stage as Grégoire wins 4 Jours de Dunkerque". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
- ^ "Tom Pidcock wins Strade Bianche 2023". CyclingNews. Future plc. 4 March 2023. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
- ^ Farrand, Stephen (6 September 2023). "Vuelta a España: Jesus Herrada wins stage 11 at La Laguna Negra". CyclingNews. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
- ^ Moultrie, James (5 April 2024). "Itzulia Basque Country: Romain Gregoire wins stage 5". CyclingNews. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
External links
[edit]- Romain Grégoire at UCI
- Romain Grégoire at Cycling Archives
- Romain Grégoire at ProCyclingStats
- Romain Grégoire at Cycling Quotient
