Christophe Le Mével

Christophe Le Mével (born 11 September 1980 in Lannion) is a French former road racing cyclist, who competed professionally between 2002 and 2014 for the Crédit Agricole, Française des Jeux, Garmin–Sharp and Cofidis teams.

Christophe Le Mével
Le Mével at the 2012 Japan Cup
Personal information
Full nameChristophe Le Mével
Born (1980-09-11) 11 September 1980
Lannion, France
Height1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight61 kg (134 lb; 9.6 st)
Team information
Current teamRetired
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeAll-rounder
Amateur teams
2000Jean Floc'h
2001Crédit Agricole Espoirs
Professional teams
2002–2008Crédit Agricole
2009–2010Française des Jeux
2011–2012Garmin–Cervélo[1]
2013–2014Cofidis[2]
Major wins
Giro d'Italia, 1 stage

Le Mével left Garmin–Sharp at the end of the 2012 season, and joined Cofidis on a two-year contract from the 2013 season onwards.[2] He retired in November 2014.[3]

Major results

2001
1st Overall Ronde de l'Isard
8th Paris–Bourges
10th Gran Premio della Liberazione
2003
1st Mountains classification Tour de l'Avenir
2004
3rd Overall Tour de l'Avenir
9th Classic Loire Atlantique
10th Polynormande
2005
1st Stage 16 Giro d'Italia
2nd Overall Paris–Corrèze
2009
9th Overall Tour du Haut Var
9th Overall Tour de France
10th Overall 2009 Paris–Nice
10th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
2010
1st Overall Tour du Haut Var
1st Stage 2
2nd Road race, National Road Championships
2011
7th Giro di Toscana
8th GP Miguel Induráin
9th La Flèche Wallonne
2012
4th Clásica de San Sebastián
7th Overall Tour du Haut Var
8th Japan Cup
2013
8th Tour du Finistère
2014
6th Grand Prix de la Ville de Lillers

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
A pink jersey Giro d'Italia 26 15
A yellow jersey Tour de France 76 DNF 40 9 42 DNF
A red jersey Vuelta a España 66 14 40 31 22
Legend
Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

References

  1. "Le Mével lands Garmin-Transitions place". 14 July 2010.
  2. "Le Mével signs for Cofidis". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 18 August 2012. Retrieved 20 August 2012.
  3. "Le Mevel announces retirement". 11 November 2014.


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