Élie Gesbert

Élie Gesbert (born 1 July 1995) is a French racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Arkéa–B&B Hotels.^[4] Gesbert competed in the Tour de France in 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2021.^[5]

Élie Gesbert

Personal information
Born	(1995-07-01) 1 July 1995 (age 29) Saint-Brieuc, France
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)[1]
Weight	63 kg (139 lb; 9 st 13 lb)[1]
Team information
Current team	Arkéa–B&B Hotels
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Amateur teams
2014–2015	Pays de Dinan
2016	Vélo Club de Loudéac
Professional teams
2015	FDJ (stagiaire)
2016–	Fortuneo–Vital Concept[2][3]

Career

Fortuneo–Vital Concept (2016–present)

Born in Saint-Brieuc, Gesbert rode the Tour de France for the first time in 2017, and started as the first rider in the opening stage individual time trial. He took his first professional win at the Tour du Limousin, as he won stage 1, where he also finished 2nd overall.

Gesbert rode his first Monument classic in 2018, at Liège–Bastogne–Liège, and finished 91st. He also participated in the Tour de France during which he was the victim of a punch from fellow competitor Gianni Moscon, which Moscon was later disqualified from the race for.^[6]

Major results

2013

1st Road race, National Junior Road Championships

4th Overall Trophée Centre Morbihan

2015

1st Stage 6 Tour de l'Avenir

2nd Kreiz Breizh Elites

2016

1st Stage 3 Ronde de l'Isard

2017

2nd Overall Tour du Limousin

1st Young rider classification

1st Stage 1

4th Overall Tour de Bretagne

1st Stage 6

6th Overall Tour du Gévaudan Languedoc-Roussillon

Combativity award Stage 10 Tour de France

2019

4th Overall Tour de l'Ain

5th Overall Tour of Oman

1st Young rider classification

5th Mont Ventoux Dénivelé Challenge

6th Tour du Doubs

9th Overall Tour du Limousin

9th Paris–Camembert

Combativity award Stage 14 Tour de France

2021

5th Overall Volta ao Algarve

1st Stage 5

5th Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana

5th GP Miguel Induráin

6th Overall Route d'Occitanie

2022

4th Overall Tour of Oman

5th Classic Grand Besançon Doubs

6th Tour du Jura

7th Trofeo Pollença - Port d'Andratx

9th Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia

2023

7th Overall Tour de l'Ain

7th Overall Tour du Limousin

7th Paris–Camembert

8th GP Miguel Induráin

10th Classic Grand Besançon Doubs

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2023
Giro d'Italia	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Tour de France	85	86	78	—	61	—	—	—
Vuelta a España	—	—	—	—	—	42	72	DNF

Legend

—	Did not compete
DNF	Did not finish

References

1. "ELIE GESBERT - Arkea-Samsic". Retrieved 5 July 2019.
2. "Arkéa-Samsic". Directvelo (in French). Association Le Peloton. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
3. "Franck Bonnamour et Romain Le Roux avec Arkéa-Samsic en 2020" [Franck Bonnamour and Romain Le Roux with Arkéa-Samsic in 2020]. Arkéa–Samsic (in French). Pro Cycling Breizh. 14 October 2019. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
4. "Team Arkea - Samsic". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 7 January 2021. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
5. "2017: 104th Tour de France: Start List". Pro Cycling Stats. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
6. "Moscon knows he let the team down with Tour de France disqualification, says Brailsford". 22 July 2018.

External links

• Élie Gesbert at ProCyclingStats