Antoine Duchesne
Personal information | |
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Full name | Antoine Duchesne |
Nickname | Tony the Tiger |
Born | Saguenay, Quebec, Canada | September 12, 1991
Team information | |
Current team | Groupama–FDJ |
Discipline | Road |
Role | Rider |
Rider type | Classics specialist |
Amateur team | |
2012 | Team Québecor Garneau |
Professional teams | |
2012 | SpiderTech–C10 (stagiaire) |
2013 | Bontrager Cycling Team |
2014–2017 | Team Europcar |
2018– | FDJ |
Major wins | |
One-day races and Classics |
Antoine Duchesne (born September 12, 1991) is a Canadian cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Groupama–FDJ.
In May 2015, Duchesne helped his teammate Bryan Coquard to victory on the first stage of the Four Days of Dunkirk, especially in the finale where he took long pulls in the leading group, setting his teammate up for the win. He was named in the start list for the 2015 Vuelta a España and the 2016 Tour de France.
Major results
- 2009
- 1st Road race, National Junior Road Championships
- 5th Overall Tour de l'Abitibi
- 2012
- 3rd Overall Tour de Québec
- 1st Stage 1
- 2013
- 1st Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships
- 3rd Road race, National Road Championships
- 8th Overall Coupe des nations Ville Saguenay
- 2014
- 2nd Polynormande
- 2015
- 3rd Polynormande
- 10th Overall Four Days of Dunkirk
- 2016
- 1st Mountains classification Paris–Nice
- 8th Overall Tour of Alberta
- 2018
- 1st Road race, National Road Championships
- 2021
- 2nd Road race, National Road Championships
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
Grand Tour | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
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Giro d'Italia | — | — | — | — | — | — | 115 |
Tour de France | — | 107 | — | — | — | — | — |
Vuelta a España | 138 | — | — | 127 | — | — | — |
— | Did not compete |
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DNF | Did not finish |