Sébastien Joly

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Sébastien Joly
Personal information
Full nameSébastien Joly
Born (1979-06-25) 25 June 1979 (age 44)
Tournon, France
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight74 kg (163 lb)
Team information
Current teamGroupama–FDJ
DisciplineRoad
Directeur sportif
RoleRider
Amateur team
1999Vendee U Pays-de-la-Loire
Professional teams
2000–2002Bonjour
2003Jean Delatour
2004–2005Crédit Agricole
2006–2009Française des Jeux
2010–2011Saur–Sojasun
Managerial teams
2013Team Europcar
2015–FDJ

Sébastien Joly (born 25 June 1979 in Tournon-sur-Rhône) is a French former professional road racing cyclist, who competed as a professional between 2000 and 2011.[1] In 2006, he joined the Française des Jeux on the UCI ProTour. He was diagnosed with testicular cancer on 25 June 2007, his 28th birthday. He underwent an operation and then completed radiotherapy treatment on 11 September.[2] Joly joined former team FDJ as a coach for the 2015 season.[3]

Major results[edit]

1999
1st Paris–Roubaix Espoirs
8th Overall Le Triptyque des Monts et Châteaux
2000
1st Stage 5 Circuit des Mines
2001
6th Tro-Bro Léon
2003
1st Route Adélie de Vitré
Tour du Limousin
1st Points classification
1st Young rider classification
2005
1st Overall Tour du Limousin
1st Stage 1
4th Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise
5th Road race, National Road Championships
10th Brabantse Pijl
2007
1st Paris–Camembert
2009
6th Overall Circuit de Lorraine
1st Stage 5
9th Tour du Finistère
2011
6th Overall Route du Sud
6th Paris–Camembert

Grand Tour general classification results timeline[edit]

Grand Tour 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
A pink jersey Giro d'Italia
A yellow jersey Tour de France 146 106 DNF DNF
A red jersey Vuelta a España DNF 68 DNF
Legend
Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Joly retiring after 12 years in pro peloton". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 8 December 2011. Retrieved 12 January 2012.
  2. ^ "Joly is back on his bike". cyclingnews.com. 31 December 2007. Retrieved 2007-12-31.
  3. ^ Farrand, Stephen. "FDJ aiming to win the Tour de France in the next five years". Retrieved 30 January 2015.

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