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Anthony Turgis

Anthony Turgis
Anthony Turgis, 2022 Paris–Roubaix.
Personal information
Full nameAnthony Turgis
Born (1994-05-16) 16 May 1994 (age 30)
Bourg-la-Reine, France
Height1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in)
Weight69 kg (152 lb; 10 st 12 lb)
Team information
Current teamTeam TotalEnergies
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeClassics specialist
Amateur teams
2011–2012US Metro Transports Junior
2013–2014C.C. Nogent-sur-Oise[1]
2014Cofidis (stagiaire)[1]
Professional teams
2015–2018Cofidis[1][2]
2019–Direct Énergie[3][4]
Major wins
Grand Tours
Tour de France
1 individual stage (2024)
Medal record
Representing  France
Men's road bicycle racing
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 2012 Goes Junior road race
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Nyon Under-23 road race

Anthony Turgis (born 16 May 1994) is a French professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam Team TotalEnergies.[5] Professional since 2015, he won the ninth stage of the 2024 Tour de France from a small bunch sprint.[6] Other professional wins of his include the 2019 Grand Prix La Marseillaise, the 2015 Boucles de la Mayenne, the 2016 Classic Loire Atlantique and the 2019 Paris–Chauny.[7] He also finished second in the 2019 Dwars door Vlaanderen and 2022 Milan–San Remo and has competed in eight Grand Tours.[8]

Personal life

His brothers Jimmy and Tanguy also competed professionally in cycling. Both had to retire due to heart conditions.[9][10]

Major results

Road

2012
1st Stage 2a (TTT) Liège–La Gleize
UEC European Junior Championships
2nd Road race
10th Time trial
2nd Paris–Roubaix Juniors
7th Bernaudeau Junior
2014
1st Liège–Bastogne–Liège Espoirs
3rd Road race, UEC European Under-23 Championships
3rd Road race, National Amateur Championships
2015 (2 pro wins)
1st Overall Boucles de la Mayenne
1st Young rider classification
1st Stage 2
3rd Road race, UCI World Under-23 Championships
8th Overall Arctic Race of Norway
9th Road race, European Games
2016 (2)
1st Classic Loire Atlantique
3rd Overall Tour de Yorkshire
4th Overall Tour de Luxembourg
1st Stage 3
5th Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan
2017
3rd Paris–Chauny
3rd Tour de l'Eurométropole
2018
2nd Road race, National Championships
5th Dwars door West–Vlaanderen
5th Paris–Chauny
2019 (2)
1st Grand Prix La Marseillaise
1st Paris–Chauny
2nd Dwars door Vlaanderen
4th Overall Four Days of Dunkirk
1st Young rider classification
4th Overall Tour de Luxembourg
1st Young rider classification
4th Duo Normand (with Niki Terpstra)
4th Famenne Ardenne Classic
5th Circuit de Wallonie
6th Paris–Bourges
2020
4th Tour of Flanders
5th Road race, National Championships
8th Grand Prix La Marseillaise
8th Brabantse Pijl
2021
2nd Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne
5th Overall Tour Poitou-Charentes en Nouvelle-Aquitaine
8th Dwars door Vlaanderen
8th Tour of Flanders
9th Gent–Wevelgem
10th Milan–San Remo
2022
2nd Road race, National Championships
2nd Milan–San Remo
3rd Polynormande
6th Primus Classic
8th Grand Prix of Aargau Canton
10th Overall Boucles de la Mayenne
2023
2nd Super 8 Classic
9th Milan–San Remo
10th Circuit Franco-Belge
Combativity award Stage 8 Tour de France
2024 (1)
1st Stage 9 Tour de France
4th Road race, National Championships
10th Paris–Tours

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
A pink jersey Giro d'Italia Has not contested during his career
A yellow jersey Tour de France — 116 131 108 73 128 94 106
A red jersey Vuelta a España 117 — — — — — — —

Classics results timeline

Monument 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Milan–San Remo — — — DNF 41 29 10 2 9 —
Tour of Flanders — — — — 97 4 8 DNF 17 —
Paris–Roubaix — — — — 18 NH 13 DNF 74 54
Liège–Bastogne–Liège DNF 127 — — — — — — — —
Giro di Lombardia — DNF — — — — — — — —
Classic 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Omloop Het Nieuwsblad DNF — DNF 34 65 25 15 DNF 96 —
Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne — — — DNF DNF 13 2 32 95 32
E3 Saxo Bank Classic[a] — — — — DNF NH 12 13 DNF —
Gent–Wevelgem — — — — 14 29 9 26 32 37
Dwars door Vlaanderen — — — — 2 NH 8 72 138 DNF
Brabantse Pijl — — — — — 8 DNF — — 16
Paris–Tours DNF 156 120 74 29 — 16 DNF 13 10
Legend
— Did not compete
DNF Did not finish
NH Not held

Cyclo-cross

2011–2012
UCI Junior World Cup
2nd Hoogerheide
Junior Coupe de France
2nd Lignières-en-Berry
2nd Besançon
3rd Rodez
2013–2014
Under-23 Coupe de France
2nd Flamanville
3rd Quelneuc

Notes

  1. ^ Race known as the E3 BinckBank Classic in 2019.

References

  1. ^ a b c Anthony Turgis at Cycling Archives (archived)
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "Direct Énergie". Directvelo (in French). Association Le Peloton. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
  4. ^ "Total Direct Énergie". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 12 January 2020. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
  5. ^ "Total Direct Energie". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 7 January 2021. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  6. ^ Fratttini, Kirsten (7 July 2024). "Tour de France: Anthony Turgis wins choatic and captivating stage 9". Cycling News. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
  7. ^ "Turgis wins Grand Prix Cycliste la Marseillaise". Cycling News. 3 February 2019. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
  8. ^ Ostanek, Daniel (19 March 2022). "Matej Mohoric wins in late attack at Milan-San Remo". CyclingNews. Future plc. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
  9. ^ "Heart problems force neo-pro Tanguy Turgis into early retirement". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 7 October 2018. Retrieved 21 May 2022.
  10. ^ "Jimmy Turgis forced to retire due to heart problem". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 10 February 2020. Retrieved 21 May 2022.
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