Arnaud Gérard

Arnaud Gérard
Gérard at the 2008 Four Days of Dunkirk.
Personal information
Full nameArnaud Gérard
Born (1984-10-06) 6 October 1984 (age 40)
Dinan, Côtes-d'Armor, France
Height1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight68 kg (150 lb)
Team information
Current teamArkéa–B&B Hotels
DisciplineRoad
Role
Rider typeDomestique
Amateur teams
2003–2004Cotes d'Armor
2003FDJeux.com (stagiaire)
2004FDJeux.com (stagiaire)
Professional teams
2005–2012Française des Jeux
2013–2018Bretagne–Séché Environnement[1]
Managerial team
2019–Arkéa–Samsic (directeur sportif)

Arnaud Gérard (born 6 October 1984) is a French former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2005 and 2018 for the FDJ–BigMat and Fortuneo–Samsic teams. The cousin of former professional cyclist Cédric Hervé, Gérard won the junior road race at the 2002 UCI Road World Championships,[2] but competed largely as a domestique as a professional – taking two victories, at the 2008 Polynormande one-day race and a stage of the 2015 Tour du Poitou-Charentes.[3][4]

Following his retirement from racing, Gérard now works as a directeur sportif for the Arkéa–B&B Hotels team.[5]

Major results

Source: [6]

2002
1st Road race, UCI Junior Road World Championships
1st Road race, National Junior Road Championships
2003
1st Stage 1 Bidasoa Itzulia
2004
3rd La Roue Tourangelle
2006
9th Polynormande
2007
8th Overall Paris–Corrèze
9th Grand Prix de la Somme
10th GP Ouest-France
2008
1st Polynormande
6th GP Ouest-France
10th Omloop Het Volk
Combativity award Stage 12 Tour de France
2009
5th Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan
2010
6th Overall Étoile de Bessèges
2011
3rd Polynormande
6th GP Ouest-France
10th Paris–Tours
2012
8th Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan
2013
4th Overall Tour du Poitou-Charentes
7th Route Adélie de Vitré
8th Overall Tour du Limousin
2014
2nd Duo Normand (with Anthony Delaplace)
4th Overall Boucles de la Mayenne
6th Overall Circuit de la Sarthe
7th Classic Loire Atlantique
8th Overall Tour du Poitou-Charentes
10th Coppa Bernocchi
2015
1st Stage 1 Tour du Poitou-Charentes
10th Classic Sud-Ardèche
2016
8th Duo Normand (with Anthony Delaplace)
2017
2nd Overall Ronde de l'Oise

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
A pink jersey Giro d'Italia 143 124 — — — — — — — —
A yellow jersey Tour de France — — 129 — — — — — 132 133
A gold jersey Vuelta a España — — — 105 — — — — — —

References

  1. ^ "Bretagne-Séché Environnement (BSE) – FRA". UCI Continental Circuits. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 3 February 2014. Retrieved 5 January 2013.
  2. ^ Henry, Chris (12 October 2002). "Vive la France: Arnaud Gerard wins as crashes mark race". Cyclingnews.com. Knapp Communications. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
  3. ^ "Cyclisme - Le Français Arnaud Gerard remporte la Poly Normande" [Cycling - Frenchman Arnaud Gerard wins the Poly Normande]. RTBF (in French). Belga. 3 August 2008. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
  4. ^ Quénet, Jean-François (25 August 2015). "Tour Poitou-Charentes stage 1: Arnaud Gérard soloes to victory". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
  5. ^ "Retiring Gerard becomes DS at Fortuneo-Samsic". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 13 November 2018. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
  6. ^ "Arnaud Gérard". FirstCycling.com. FirstCycling AS. Retrieved 9 November 2024.