Romain Sicard
Romain Sicard (born 1 January 1988) is a French former professional racing cyclist,[3] who rode professionally between 2009 and 2021 for the Orbea, Euskaltel–Euskadi and Total Direct Énergie teams.
Sicard in 2012 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Romain Sicard |
| Born | 1 January 1988 Bayonne, France |
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) |
| Weight | 64.5 kg (142 lb; 10 st 2 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Retired |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type |
|
| Amateur teams | |
| 2002–2004 | VC Tarnos |
| 2005–2006 | US Colomiers |
| 2007–2008 | GSC Blagnac |
| Professional teams | |
| 2009 | Orbea |
| 2010–2013 | Euskaltel–Euskadi |
| 2014–2021 | Team Europcar[1][2] |
Career edit
Born in Bayonne, Sicard won the Tour de l'Avenir and the under 23 World Road Race Championships in 2009, the only man to win both in the same season.[4] In 2010, he joined the Basque UCI ProTour team Euskaltel–Euskadi as the second ever French national after Thierry Elissalde.
Sicard joined Team Europcar for the 2014 season, after his previous team – Euskaltel–Euskadi[5] – folded at the end of the 2013 season.[6]
He announced his retirement in April 2021 due to the diagnosis of a cardiac anomaly.[3]
Major results edit
- 2008
- 9th Overall Ronde de l'Isard
- 2009
- 1st Road race, UCI Under-23 Road World UChampionships
- 1st Overall Tour de l'Avenir
- 1st Stage 8 (ITT)
- 1st Subida al Naranco
- 1st Stage 2 Ronde de l'Isard
- 3rd Overall Tour du Haut-Anjou
- 4th Overall Cinturó de l'Empordà
- 9th Overall Tour du Loir-et-Cher
- 10th Vuelta a La Rioja
- 2010
- 9th Vuelta a La Rioja
- 10th Overall Bayern–Rundfahrt
- 2014
- 7th Overall Tour de l'Ain
- 2015
- 5th Time trial, National Road Championships
- 6th Overall Vuelta a Castilla y León
- 2016
- 8th Overall Critérium International
- 2017
- 2nd Overall Tour du Gévaudan Languedoc-Roussillon
- 5th Tour du Doubs
- 7th Overall Tour du Limousin
- 8th Overall Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
- 2018
- 8th Tour du Gévaudan Occitanie
- 10th Classic de l'Ardèche
Grand Tour general classification results timeline edit
| Grand Tour | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Giro d'Italia | — | — | 51 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tour de France | — | 122 | — | 33 | 81 | 66 | 73 | 80 | 31 |
| Vuelta a España | 44 | — | 13 | 15 | 55 | — | — | — | 45 |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
References edit
- ^ . UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 12 January 2020. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
- ^ "Total Direct Energie". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 7 January 2021. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
- ^ a b Ostanek, Daniel (9 April 2021). "Romain Sicard retires due to a cardiac anomaly". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
- ^ Sicard wins world Under 23 road title 2009-09-26 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Urraburu, Benito (21 October 2012). "Euskaltel ya tiene completo su equipo para 2013 con diez nuevos fichajes" [Euskaltel team already full for 2013 with ten new signings]. El Diario Vasco (in Spanish). Grupo Vocento. Retrieved 5 January 2013.
- ^ "Sicard and Martinez join Team Europcar". Yahoo! Eurosport. TF1 Group. 21 October 2013. Retrieved 18 December 2013.
External links edit
Media related to Romain Sicard at Wikimedia Commons
- Romain Sicard at UCI
- Romain Sicard at ProCyclingStats