Nicolas Edet

Nicolas Edet (born 2 December 1987) is a French professional road cyclist, who last rode for UCI WorldTeam Arkéa–Samsic. He has entered the Tour de France on eight occasions and completed the race seven times. He won the mountains classification in the 2013 Vuelta a España,^[4] and wore the red jersey of overall race leader, for one day, during the 2019 Vuelta a España.^[5]

Nicolas Edet

Edet in 2020
Personal information
Full name	Nicolas Edet
Born	(1987-12-02) 2 December 1987 (age 36) La Ferté-Bernard, France
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Weight	60 kg (132 lb; 9 st 6 lb)
Team information
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	Climber
Amateur teams
2007	Centre
2008	Pays de la Loire
2008–2010	Team Agem 72
2010	Cofidis (stagiaire)
Professional teams
2011–2021	Cofidis[1][2][3]
2022–2023	Arkéa–Samsic
Major wins
Grand Tours Vuelta a España Mountains classification (2013)

Major results

2007

8th Overall Tour du Faso

1st Stage 4

2008

4th Paris–Tours Espoirs

2009

4th Overall Rhône-Alpes Isère Tour

10th Overall Giro della Valle d'Aosta

2010

1st Stage 5 Giro della Valle d'Aosta

3rd Overall Tour des Pays de Savoie

1st Stage 4

3rd Overall Tour Alsace

2011

1st Mountains classification, Tour of Austria

10th Overall Tour of Turkey

2012

9th Overall Tour du Gévaudan Languedoc-Roussillon

Combativity award Stage 1 Tour de France

2013

Vuelta a España

1st Mountains classification

Combativity award Stage 4

1st Mountains classification, Rhône-Alpes Isère Tour

4th Overall Tour of Turkey

8th Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia

9th Overall Tour of Austria

2014

5th Overall Rhône-Alpes Isère Tour

1st Stage 3

7th Grand Prix de la Ville de Lillers

2015

1st Mountains classification, Tour de Yorkshire

6th Overall Tour du Limousin

7th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía

7th Overall Critérium International

7th Cholet-Pays de Loire

2016

1st Sprints classification, Tour of the Basque Country

3rd Overall Route du Sud

4th Overall Tour du Limousin

5th Tour du Doubs

5th Grand Prix de Wallonie

10th Overall Tour de Luxembourg

2017

3rd Overall Tour du Gévaudan Languedoc-Roussillon

1st Mountains classification

4th Tour du Doubs

5th Overall Tour La Provence

9th Overall Tour de Luxembourg

2018

1st Overall Tour du Limousin

1st Stage 3

2nd Overall Tour de l'Ain

4th Tour du Finistère

2019

5th Overall Tour du Haut Var

10th Overall Tour de l'Ain

10th Classic Sud-Ardèche

Vuelta a España

Held after Stage 8

2020

1st Mountains classification, Paris–Nice

5th Overall Tour des Alpes-Maritimes et du Var

5th Faun-Ardèche Classic

2022

3rd Overall Vuelta a Asturias

4th Overall Tour of Turkey

9th Overall Route d'Occitanie

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Giro d'Italia	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	DNF	DNF
Tour de France	—	128	—	77	111	106	76	43	DNF	49	—
Vuelta a España	DNF	—	104	—	—	—	—	—	18	—	—

Legend

—	Did not compete
DNF	Did not finish

References

1. 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.
2. Bacon, Ellis (30 December 2019). "2020 Team Preview: Cofidis". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
3. "Cofidis". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
4. Puddicombe, Stephen (15 September 2013). "Chris Horner wins 2013 Vuelta a Espana". Cycling Weekly. TI Media. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
5. "Vuelta a Espana: Nikias Arndt wins wet stage eight as Nicolas Edet claims red jersey". BBC Sport. BBC. 31 August 2019. Retrieved 29 May 2021.

External links

• Nicolas Edet at UCI
• Nicolas Edet at ProCyclingStats
• Nicolas Edet at Cycling Archives (archived)
• Nicolas Edet profile at Cofidis