Benoît Cosnefroy
Benoît Cosnefroy (French pronunciation: [bənwa kɔsnəfʁwa];[3] born 17 October 1995 in Cherbourg) is a French cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam AG2R Citroën Team.[4] In July 2019, he was named in the startlist for the 2019 Tour de France.[5] In the 2020 Tour de France, he led the mountains classification and wore the polka dot jersey for 15 consecutive stages; he ultimately finished sixth in the final classification standings.
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| Full name | Benoît Cosnefroy | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Cherbourg Cheetah | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 17 October 1995 Cherbourg, France | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 64 kg (141 lb; 10 st 1 lb)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current team | AG2R Citroën Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Road | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rider type | Puncheur | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Amateur teams | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014 | Bricquebec Cotentin | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2017 | Chambéry CF | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Professional team | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017– | AG2R La Mondiale[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| One-day races and Classics | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Major results
- 2016
- 4th Road race, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships
- 5th Tour de Berne
- 6th Overall Rhône-Alpes Isère Tour
- 2017
- 1st
Road race, UCI Road World Under-23 Championships - 1st Grand Prix d'Isbergues
- 1st Stage 2 Rhône-Alpes Isère Tour
- 2nd
Road race, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships - 6th Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan
- 6th Tour de Berne
- 2018
- 3rd Paris–Tours
- 9th Bretagne Classic
- 9th Coppa Sabatini
- 9th La Roue Tourangelle
- 10th Cholet-Pays de Loire
- 2019
- 1st
Overall Tour du Limousin
- 1st
Young rider classification - 1st Stage 3
- 1st
- 1st Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan
- 1st Paris–Camembert
- 1st Polynormande
- 4th Tour de Vendée
- 7th Bretagne Classic
- 10th Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec
- 2020
- 1st
Overall Étoile de Bessèges - 1st Grand Prix La Marseillaise
- 1st Stage 4 Route d'Occitanie
- 2nd La Flèche Wallonne
- 2nd Paris–Tours
- 3rd Brabantse Pijl
- 5th La Drôme Classic
- 10th Road race, UEC European Road Championships
- Tour de France
- Held
after Stages 2–16 
Combativity award Stage 2
- Held
- 2021
- 1st Bretagne Classic
- 1st Tour du Finistère
- 1st Tour du Jura
- 2nd Polynormande
- 3rd
Road race, UEC European Road Championships - 4th Tre Valli Varesine
- 8th Brabantse Pijl
- 2022
- 1st Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec
- 2nd Overall Circuit de la Sarthe
- 2nd Overall Boucles de la Mayenne
- 2nd Amstel Gold Race
- 2nd Brabantse Pijl
- 3rd La Drôme Classic
- 5th Grand Prix La Marseillaise
- 5th Tre Valli Varesine
- 6th Overall Tour du Limousin
- 2023
- 3rd Brabantse Pijl
- 8th Trofeo Laigueglia
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
| Grand Tour | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Giro d'Italia |
— | — | — | — | |
| Tour de France |
113 | 116 | 107 | 91 | |
 Vuelta a España |
— | — | — | — |
Classics results timeline
| Monument | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milan–San Remo | — | — | — | — | — | — | 15 | 22 |
| Tour of Flanders | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 16 |
| Paris–Roubaix | Has not contested during his career | |||||||
| Liège–Bastogne–Liège | — | — | DNF | 45 | 18 | 48 | 24 | |
| Giro di Lombardia | — | — | — | — | — | DNF | — | |
| Classic | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
| Brabantse Pijl | — | — | — | — | 3 | 8 | 2 | 3 |
| Amstel Gold Race | — | — | 48 | 44 | NH | — | 2 | |
| La Flèche Wallonne | — | — | DNF | 12 | 2 | 18 | 13 | |
| Bretagne Classic | — | — | 9 | 7 | — | 1 | 20 | |
| Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec | — | — | 25 | 10 | NH | NH | 1 | |
| Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal | — | — | 24 | 17 | 20 | |||
| Tre Valli Varesine | — | — | — | — | 4 | 5 | ||
| Paris–Tours | 96 | 155 | 3 | — | 2 | — | 83 | |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
| NH | Not held |
References
- "Benoît Cosnefroy - Equipe cycliste AG2R La Mondiale". Retrieved 10 July 2019.
- "Official presentation of the AG2R LA MONDIALE professional cycling team 2020". AG2R La Mondiale. Groupe AG2R La Mondiale. 10 December 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
- "Team Talks: Benoit Cosnefroy – AG2R CITROËN TEAM". YouTube. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
- "AG2R Citroën Team". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- "2019: 106th Tour de France: Start List". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
External links
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- Benoît Cosnefroy at ProCyclingStats
- Benoît Cosnefroy at Cycling Quotient
- Benoît Cosnefroy at CycleBase
- Benoît Cosnefroy at Olympedia
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