Kenny Elissonde (born 22 July 1991) is a French former professional road cyclist, who competed as a professional from 2012 to 2024.
Career Elissonde is a climbing specialist, having won the prestigious stage up the Alto de l'Angliru at the 2013 Vuelta a España.
In September 2016, it was announced that Elissonde would join , from , for the 2017 season on an initial 2-year deal. He was the first French rider to be a member of the team since Nicolas Portal was part of the inaugural squad back in 2010. In August 2020, he was named in the startlist for the Tour de France.
In 2021, he earned the combativity award for his efforts on stage eleven of the Tour de France. During the Vuelta a España he was involved in a successful breakaway on stage three, where he finished third; two days later, he moved into the overall race lead for a day.
Major results
2008 1st Road race, National Junior Road Championships 2009 8th Overall Tour du Valromey 1st Mountains classification 1st Stages 1 & 3 2010 7th Overall Giro della Valle d'Aosta Mont Blanc 2011 1st Overall Ronde de l'Isard 1st Stage 2 7th Liège–Bastogne–Liège Espoirs 2012 Paris–Corrèze 1st Points classification 1st Stage 2 4th Overall Route du Sud 2013 1st Stage 20 Vuelta a España 7th Overall Tour de l'Ain 1st Young rider classification 7th Boucles de l'Aulne 8th Overall Tour of Oman 1st Young rider classification 2014 7th Overall Route du Sud 2015 7th Tre Valli Varesine 2016 Vuelta a España Held after Stages 14–19 2017 3rd Overall Herald Sun Tour 3rd Overall Route du Sud 2018 3rd Overall Route d'Occitanie 10th Overall Vuelta a Burgos 2019 7th Overall Herald Sun Tour 2020 7th Mont Ventoux Dénivelé Challenge 2021 6th Mont Ventoux Dénivelé Challenge Vuelta a España Held after Stage 5 Combativity award Stage 11 Tour de France 2022 5th Overall Giro di Sicilia 10th Overall Vuelta a Burgos 2023 2nd Overall Tour de l'Ain Combativity award Overall
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
Grand Tour 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 Giro d'Italia — — 46 — DNF 51 — — — — — — Tour de France — — — — — — — 25 36 — — — Vuelta a España 33 DNF 16 20 — — — DNF DNF 64 50 DNF
+ Legend — Did not compete DNF Did not finish
References
External links
Kenny Elissonde profile at FDJ-BigMat