Jérôme Coppel (born 6 August 1986) is a French former road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2008 and 2016 for the , , and teams.
Career Born in Annemasse, Haute-Savoie, Coppel and compatriot Romain Sicard were the focus of a four-page spread in the sports magazine L'Équipe, with the headline Bientôt un crack français ? ("Soon a French champ?"). His presence helped gain its invitation to the 2011 Tour de France, where he finished 14th in the general classification and third in the young rider classification.
Coppel left at the end of the 2012 season, and joined for the 2013 season. In December 2014 he was announced as part of the squad for the team for 2015.
Coppel retired after the 2016 Tour de l'Ain.
Major results Source:
2004 1st Time trial, National Junior Road Championships 10th Time trial, UCI Junior Road World Championships 2005 2nd Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships 2006 1st Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships 1st Stage 3 Tour des Pays de Savoie 2nd Time trial, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships 3rd Time trial, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships 4th Overall Tour de Berlin 2007 National Under-23 Road Championships 1st Time trial 1st Road race 1st Overall Circuit des Ardennes 1st Young rider classification 3rd Time trial, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships 3rd Overall Grand Prix Guillaume Tell 5th Time trial, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships 5th Time trial, National Road Championships 7th Overall Thüringen Rundfahrt der U23 2008 4th Overall Tour de l'Avenir 6th Overall Tour de l'Ain 8th Tour du Finistère 2009 1st Route Adélie 4th Overall La Tropicale Amissa Bongo 5th Time trial, National Road Championships 6th Overall Critérium International 2010 1st Overall Tour du Gévaudan Languedoc-Roussillon 1st Stage 2 1st Overall Rhône-Alpes Isère Tour 1st Stage 1 1st Tour du Doubs 3rd Gran Premio de Llodio 4th Vuelta a La Rioja 5th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné 6th Overall Tour de l'Ain 6th Tour du Finistère 7th Giro dell'Emilia 9th Overall Paris–Nice 9th Les Boucles du Sud-Ardèche 10th Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli 2011 1st Overall Vuelta a Murcia 1st Stage 3 (ITT) 1st Young rider classification Critérium du Dauphiné 4th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía 5th Overall Vuelta a Castilla y León 5th Overall Étoile de Bessèges 9th Overall Tour du Poitou-Charentes 2012 1st Overall Étoile de Bessèges 1st Stage 5b (ITT) 1st Tour du Doubs 2nd Overall Bayern–Rundfahrt 3rd Overall Vuelta a Andalucía 5th Overall Tour de l'Ain 9th Overall Tour of Britain 2013 4th Time trial, National Road Championships 2014 2nd Overall Étoile de Bessèges 5th Time trial, National Road Championships 6th Overall Tour of Austria Combativity award Stage 20 Vuelta a España 2015 1st Time trial, National Road Championships 3rd Time trial, UCI Road World Championships 2016 1st Overall Étoile de Bessèges 1st Stage 5 (ITT) 2nd Overall Circuit de la Sarthe 4th Time trial, National Road Championships 8th Classic Sud-Ardèche
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
Grand Tour 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 Giro d'Italiacolspan=8 Tour de France DNF— 14 21 63— DNF 75 Vuelta a España———— 40 31 DNF—
+ Legend — Did not compete DNF Did not finish
References
External links
Palmarès on cyclingbase.com