Guillaume Boivin

Guillaume Boivin (born 25 May 1989) is a Canadian professional road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam Israel Premier Tech Academy.^[6]

Guillaume Boivin

Boivin in 2011
Personal information
Full name	Guillaume Boivin
Born	(1989-05-25) 25 May 1989 (age 35) Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Weight	78 kg (172 lb; 12.3 st)[1]
Team information
Current team	Israel–Premier Tech
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	Classics specialist Sprinter
Amateur teams
2004–2006	Vélo Club Longueuil
2006	André Cycle IDCAD
2007–2008	EVA Devinci
2007–2009	Predictor–Lotto–VC Ardennes
2009	Volkswagen–Specialized
2009	Planet Energy (stagiaire)
Professional teams
2010–2012	SpiderTech–Planet Energy
2013–2014	Cannondale[2]
2015	Optum–Kelly Benefit Strategies
2016–	Cycling Academy[3][4][5]
Major wins
One-Day Races and Classics National Road Race Championships (2015, 2021)
Medal record Representing  Canada Men's road bicycle racing World Championships 2010 Melbourne/Geelong Under-23 road race

Career

Boivin's greatest cycling accomplishment was finishing in a dead heat for the bronze at the World Under-23 Road Race Championships in 2010.^[7] He finished 3rd in the 2012 Tro Bro Leon, getting on the podium with his teammate Ryan Roth, who won the race.^[8] In October 2014, it was announced that Boivin would leave Cannondale and ride with Optum–Kelly Benefit Strategies in 2015.^[9] On 29 April 2015, on the first stage of the Tour of the Gila, Boivin was the last man remaining of a breakaway that was caught by eventual solo winner, Rafael Montiel. Boivin took the second place of the mountaintop finish.^[10]

In May 2018, he was named in the startlist for the Giro d'Italia.^[11]

2020 Olympics

In July 2021, Boivin was named to Canada's 2020 Olympic team.^[12][13][14]

Major results

Source:^[15]

2006

3rd Overall Tour de l'Abitibi

2007

4th Overall Tour de l'Abitibi

1st Points classification

1st Stages 2 & 7

2008

1st Overall Tour de Québec

1st Stage 3

2009 (1 pro win)

1st Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships

2nd Time trial, Canada Summer Games

2010

1st Overall Tour de Québec

1st Stage 3

1st Stage 13 Vuelta a Cuba

2nd Sparkassen Giro Bochum

3rd Road race, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships

6th Philadelphia International Championship

7th Overall Mi-Août en Bretagne

1st Stages 1 & 3

2012

2nd Ronde van Drenthe

3rd Tro-Bro Léon

4th Handzame Classic

4th Grand Prix Pino Cerami

5th Grand Prix de Denain

7th Overall World Ports Classic

10th Scheldeprijs

2013

1st Stage 2 Tour de Beauce

2015 (1)

1st Road race, National Road Championships

1st Stage 3b Tour de Beauce

3rd Road race, Pan American Games

3rd Overall Grand Prix Cycliste de Saguenay

1st Points classification

5th Overall GP Internacional do Guadiana

5th Clássica Loulé

2016

1st Stage 1 Tour of Rwanda

7th Trofej Umag

7th Circuito del Porto

2017 (1)

2nd Overall Tour of Taihu Lake

1st Prologue

2nd Overall Grand Prix Cycliste de Saguenay

2nd Coppa Bernocchi

4th Road race, National Road Championships

8th Memorial Marco Pantani

2018 (1)

1st Famenne Ardenne Classic

4th Gooikse Pijl

7th Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne

2019

2nd Overall Vuelta a Castilla y León

8th Druivenkoers Overijse

2021 (1)

1st Road race, National Road Championships

9th Paris–Roubaix

2022

2nd Road race, National Road Championships

5th Primus Classic

8th Heistse Pijl

9th Famenne Ardenne Classic

2023

9th Dwars door Vlaanderen

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
Giro d'Italia	—	—	—	—	—	117	125	—	—	—	—
Tour de France	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	105	DNF	126
Vuelta a España	DNF	149	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Legend

—	Did not compete
DNF	Did not finish

References

1. "Team SpiderTech Biography – Guillaume Boivin". Team SpiderTech official website. Archived from the original on 2011-07-17.
2. Atkins, Ben (3 December 2012). "Lucas Sebastian Haedo to Cannondale Pro Cycling in 2013". VeloNation. VeloNation LLC. Retrieved 4 January 2013. Haedo will join Sagan, Guillaume Boivin – who joins from Spidertech p/b C10 – and Elia Viviani as one of the team's sprint specialists.
3. "Israel Cycling Academy finalises 2019 roster, adds Sorensen as DS". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 4 December 2018. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
4. Ostanek, Daniel (11 December 2019). "Israel Cycling Academy become Israel Start-Up Nation as WorldTour beckons". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
5. "Israel Start-Up Nation". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
6. "Israel–Premier Tech". UCI. Retrieved 15 January 2024.
7. "Phinney, Boivin tie makes U23 Worlds history". October 2010.
8. Quénet, Jean-François (15 April 2012). "Roth wins Tro-Bro Leon". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. Retrieved 16 April 2012.
9. Maxwell Nagel (2 October 2014). "Optum signs three Canadian riders for 2015". VeloNews. Competitor Group, Inc. Retrieved 3 October 2014.
10. "Montiel, Abbott strike first at Tour of the Gila". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 29 April 2015. Retrieved 29 April 2015.
11. "2018: 101st Giro d'Italia: Start List". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
12. "Team Canada Heads to Tokyo 2020 With Largest Cycling Team in Canadian Olympic History". Cycling Canada. 6 July 2021. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
13. Awad, Brandi (6 July 2021). "Team Canada's Tokyo 2020 cycling squad completed with mountain bike and BMX athletes". Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
14. "Woods, four-time Olympian Pendrel headline Canada's cycling team for Tokyo Olympics". Canadian Press. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 6 July 2021. Archived from the original on 9 July 2021. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
15. "Guillaume Boivin". FirstCycling.com. FirstCycling AS. Retrieved 31 December 2022.

External links

Media related to Guillaume Boivin at Wikimedia Commons

• Guillaume Boivin at UCI
• Guillaume Boivin at Cycling Archives (archived)
• Guillaume Boivin at ProCyclingStats
• Guillaume Boivin at Cycling Quotient
• Guillaume Boivin at CycleBase
• Guillaume Boivin at UCI
• Spidertech Team Bio