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Personal information | |
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Full name | Geoffrey Soupe |
Born | Viriat, Ain, France | 22 March 1988
Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) |
Weight | 68 kg (150 lb; 10.7 st) |
Team information | |
Current team | Team TotalEnergies |
Discipline | Road |
Role | Rider |
Rider type | |
Amateur teams | |
2004 | EC Bourg-en-Bresse (junior) |
2005–2006 | VC Bressan (junior) |
2007–2008 | VC Vaulx-en-Velin (junior) |
2009–2010 | CC Étupes le Doubs |
Professional teams | |
2011–2014 | FDJ |
2015–2019 | Cofidis[1][2] |
2020– | Total Direct Énergie[3] |
Major wins | |
Grand Tours
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Geoffrey Soupe (born 22 March 1988) is a French professional road bicycle racer, who rides for UCI ProTeam Team TotalEnergies.[4] Primarily a lead out man and baroudeur, Soupe has taken four victories during his professional career, including a stage win at the 2023 Vuelta a España with his remaining wins coming at La Tropicale Amissa Bongo – stage victories in 2011 and 2023, along with the general classification in 2023.
Career
[edit]Born in Viriat, Ain, Soupe competed for the EC Bourg-en-Bresse, VC Bressan and VC Vaulx-en-Velin setups as a junior, and the CC Étupes le Doubs squad as an amateur; in 2010, Soupe won the under-23 French National Road Race Championships,[5] and finished second to Great Britain's Alex Dowsett in the under-23 time trial at the European Road Championships.[6]
FDJ (2011–2014)
[edit]Soupe then joined the FDJ professional team for the 2011 season as a neo-pro.[7] In his first race for the team, Soupe won the opening stage of La Tropicale Amissa Bongo in Gabon – beating Team Europcar's Anthony Charteau in a two-man sprint[8] – before finishing the race in eighth place overall.[9] Soupe later added a stage victory in the Tour Alsace,[10] before quitting the race the next day.[11]
Soupe made his Grand Tour début at the 2012 Giro d'Italia, taking a third-place finish during the race's first mass-start stage in Herning, Denmark; a result that Soupe stated that he was "sorry" for, after he was supposed to be leading out the team's main sprinter Arnaud Démare, until he was caught up in a final-corner crash.[12]
Cofidis (2015–2019)
[edit]In August 2014 Cofidis announced that they had signed Soupe, alongside FDJ teammate Nacer Bouhanni, for 2015.[13] He made his first start at the Tour de France in the 2015 edition,[14] sharing sprint duties with Christophe Laporte, following Bouhanni's withdrawal in the opening week.[15] Over his five years with the team, Soupe recorded two top-ten individual finishes – sixth at the 2017 La Roue Tourangelle,[16] and eighth at the 2019 Elfstedenronde.
Total Direct Énergie (2020–present)
[edit]Soupe joined Total Direct Énergie for the 2020 season,[17] and finished ninth overall in his first race with the team at the Saudi Tour.[18] He took his first victory since 2011 at the 2023 La Tropicale Amissa Bongo, when he won the opening stage of the race in Gabon.[19] Having lost the overall lead to teammate Jason Tesson,[20] Soupe regained the lead when Tesson lost time on the penultimate day,[21] and Soupe ultimately won by approximately half a minute from his next closest challenger.[22] Later in the 2023 season, Soupe secured his first Grand Tour stage victory at the Vuelta a España, where he won the seventh stage in a bunch sprint.[23][24]
Major results
[edit]Source: [25]
- 2008
- 1st
Overall Tour du Béarn
- 2009
- National Under-23 Road Championships
- 2nd Road race
- 3rd Time trial
- 2nd Overall Boucles de la Marne
- 3rd Souvenir Michel Roques
- 5th Chrono des Herbiers
- 8th Time trial, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships
- 2010
- 1st
Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships
- 2nd
Time trial, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships
- 10th Time trial, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships
- 2011
- 1st Stage 1 Tour Alsace
- 5th Ronde Pévéloise
- 8th Overall La Tropicale Amissa Bongo
- 1st Stage 1
- 2012
- 5th Tour du Doubs
- 2013
- 10th Overall Four Days of Dunkirk
- 2017
- 6th La Roue Tourangelle
- 2019
- 8th Elfstedenronde
- 2020
- 9th Overall Saudi Tour
- 2023
- 1st
Overall La Tropicale Amissa Bongo
- 1st
Points classification
- 1st Stage 1
- 1st
- 1st Stage 7 Vuelta a España
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
[edit]Grand Tour | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
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76 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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— | — | — | 123 | 142 | — | — | — | 123 | — | — | — |
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— | DNF | 94 | DNF | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 101 |
— | Did not compete |
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DNF | Did not finish |
References
[edit]- ^ Retsin, Frédéric (8 December 2017). "Les premières photos du stage de l'équipe Cofidis en Espagne" [The first photos of the Cofidis team in Spain]. La Voix du Nord (in French). Groupe Rossel. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
- ^ Bonnefoy, François (29 November 2018). "Route - L'effectif de l'équipe Cofidis pour la saison 2019" [Road - The Cofidis squad for the 2019 season]. Cyclism'Actu (in French). Swar Agency. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
- ^ "Total Direct Énergie". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 12 January 2020. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
- ^ "Total Direct Energie". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 7 January 2021. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
- ^ Gilson, Michael (22 August 2010). "France – Espoirs : Les réactions" [France – Prospects: The reactions]. Directvelo (in French). Association Le Peloton. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
- ^ Richardson, Simon (16 July 2010). "Dowsett wins gold at U23 European championships". Cycling Weekly. IPC Media Limited. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
- ^ Gilson, Michael (18 August 2010). "Geoffrey Soupe néo-pro à la FDJ" [Geoffrey Soupe neo-pro at FDJ]. Directvelo (in French). Association Le Peloton. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
- ^ "Soupe claims opening stage". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 25 January 2011. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
- ^ "Charteau wins overall in Gabon". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 30 January 2011. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
- ^ Gachet, Nicolas (27 July 2011). "Tour Alsace – Et. 1 : Classements" [Tour Alsace – Stage 1: Rankings]. DirectVélo (in French). Association Le Peloton. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
- ^ "Double success for Albert in Alsace". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 28 July 2011. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
- ^ "Soupe "sorry" to have finished third in Giro d'Italia stage". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 7 May 2012. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
- ^ Farrand, Stephen (1 August 2014). "Transfers: Cofidis confirms the arrival of Nacer Bouhanni". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 3 August 2014.
- ^ "2015 Tour de France start list". Velo News. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
- ^ "Cofidis and Europcar: 2015 Report Cards". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 15 November 2015. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
A bandaged Bouhanni was able to take to the start of the Tour, only to crash out on stage 5 [...]
- ^ "Flavien Dassonville wins 2017 La Roue Tourangelle". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 2 April 2017. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
- ^ "Total Direct Energie re-sign Niccolò Bonifazio, add Geoffrey Soupe and Leonardo Bonifazio for 2020". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 19 November 2019. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
- ^ Long, Jonny (8 February 2020). "Phil Bauhaus claims Bahrain-McLaren's first overall victory at Saudi Tour". Cycling Weekly. TI Media. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
- ^ "Geoffrey Soupe Wins Stage One of the Tropicale!". Team TotalEnergies. SA Vendée Cyclisme. 24 January 2023. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
- ^ "Tesson Shines Again and Takes the Yellow Jersey". Team TotalEnergies. SA Vendée Cyclisme. 26 January 2023. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
- ^ "Geoffrey Soupe reprend les commandes à la Tropicale Amissa Bongo" [Geoffrey Soupe takes over at Tropicale Amissa Bongo]. L'Équipe (in French). Éditions Philippe Amaury. 28 January 2023. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
- ^ Kamasa, Peter (29 January 2023). "Soupe clinches La Tropicale Amissa Bongo 2023". The New Times. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
- ^ Tyson, Jackie (1 September 2023). "Vuelta a España: Geoffrey Soupe breaks Groves' sprint streak on stage 7". Cyclingnews. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
- ^ "'He's found his calling' - Dan Lloyd celebrates Geoff Soupe's shock Vuelta a Espana Stage 7 victory". Eurosport. Warner Bros. Discovery. 1 September 2023. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
- ^ "Geoffrey Soupe". FirstCycling.com. FirstCycling AS. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
External links
[edit] Media related to Geoffrey Soupe at Wikimedia Commons
- Geoffrey Soupe at UCI
- Geoffrey Soupe at Cycling Archives
- Geoffrey Soupe at ProCyclingStats
- Geoffrey Soupe at Cycling Quotient
- FDJ-BigMat profile Archived 2014-12-24 at the Wayback Machine