Arnaud Démare

Arnaud Démare

Démare at the 2015 Tour de France
Personal information
Full name Arnaud Démare
Born (1991-08-26) 26 August 1991
Beauvais, France
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 76 kg (168 lb; 12.0 st)
Team information
Current team FDJ
Discipline Road
Rider type Sprinter
Amateur team(s)
2008–2009 Team Wasquehal
2010–2011 CC Nogent-sur-Oise
2011 FDJ (stagiaire)
Professional team(s)
2012– FDJ–BigMat
Major wins

Stage races

Four Days of Dunkirk (2013, 2014)
Tour de Picardie (2014)

Single-day races and Classics

National Road Race Championship (2014)
Milan–San Remo (2016)
Vattenfall Cyclassics (2012)
London-Surrey Classic (2013)
Infobox last updated on
18 May 2014

Arnaud Démare (born 26 August 1991) is a professional road racing cyclist who currently rides for UCI ProTeam FDJ.[1] In 2011 he won the UCI Road World Championships under 23 race[2] and in 2016 won Milan–San Remo.

Career

2012 season

In August 2012, Demare won the first World Tour race of his career by prevailing in the Vattenfall Cyclassics, ahead of local favorite Andre Greipel and Giacomo Nizzolo.[3] Démare clearly dominated the mass sprint contested in scorching heat at the end of the 245.6 km (152.6 mi) race.[4]

2013 season

In 2013, Démare won 3 stages in a row at the Four Days of Dunkirk and the general classification.[5] On the third stage, his team-mate and lead-out rider Geoffrey Soupe produced a final power surge to launch Démare, and the duo finished one-two in the mass sprint, with Ramon Sinkeldam of Argos–Shimano taking third place.[6]

2014 season

Démare won the Four Days of Dunkirk stage race for the second year in succession, winning two stages during the event. He also won the points and young rider classifications.[7] He also put in some strong performances in the cobbled classics, finishing second in Gent–Wevelgem and twelfth in Paris–Roubaix.[8]

2015 season

Démare struggled for form for much of the 2015 season, only scoring one top ten finish in the spring classics with a tenth place in Omloop Het Nieuwsblad. He did however manage to score two stage wins in the Tour of Belgium.[8]

2016 season

In January 2016 Démare announced his race plans for the first half of the new season, starting his campaign on home soil at the Étoile de Bessèges and Tour Méditerranéen, followed by competing in the cobbled classics of Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne, Milan–San Remo, Gent–Wevelgem, Tour of Flanders and Paris–Roubaix, along with the stage races Paris–Nice and the Three Days of De Panne.[8] He also announced that he would skip the Tour de France and focus on the Giro d'Italia instead.[9] He enjoyed success at the Tour Méditerranéen, where his FDJ squad won the race's opening team time trial and he won the following stage.[10] Démare went on win the first full stage of Paris–Nice[11] and then took the biggest win of his career at Milan–San Remo. His victory was questioned by rival riders Matteo Tossato and Eros Capecchi, who alleged that Démare had been assisted by a tow from a team car on the climb up the Cipressa after he crashed with 30 km to go. However, in the absence of any photographic or video evidence, race officials decided not to take any action.[12]

Career achievements

Major results

2009
2nd Paris–Roubaix Espoirs
2nd Bernaudeau Junior
3rd Overall Tour d'Istrie
1st Stage 3
3rd UEC European Junior Time Trial Championships
6th Overall GP Général Patton
9th Overall Tour De Lorraine Juniors
2010
1st Grand Prix de la ville de Pérenchies
1st Stage 4 Coupe des nations Ville Saguenay
5th UCI World Under-23 Road Race Championships
8th La Côte Picarde
9th Paris–Tours Espoirs
10th ZLM Tour
10th Grand Prix de la Ville de Lillers
2011
1st UCI World Under-23 Road Race Championships
Coupe des nations Ville Saguenay
1st Stages 1 & 4
1st La Côte Picarde
1st Ronde Pévéloise
1st Stage 3 Tour Alsace
4th Paris–Roubaix Espoirs
4th ZLM Tour
8th National Time Trial Championships
2012
1st Vattenfall Cyclassics
1st Le Samyn
1st Cholet-Pays de Loire
1st Stage 6 Tour of Qatar
1st Stage 2 Route du Sud
2nd Halle–Ingooigem
2nd National Road Race Championships
4th Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne
4th Tro-Bro Léon
4th GP de Denain Porte du Hainaut
9th Overall Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen
1st Points classification
1st Stage 2
2013
1st Overall Four Days of Dunkirk
1st Points classification
1st Young rider classification
1st Stages 1, 2 & 3
1st Grand Prix de Denain
1st RideLondon-Surrey Classic
1st Grand Prix d'Isbergues
1st Stage 4 Tour de Suisse
1st Stage 2 Eneco Tour
1st Grote Prijs Beeckman-De Caluwé
2nd Paris–Bourges
3rd Paris–Tours
9th Overall Tour de l'Eurometropole
9th Omloop van het Houtland
10th Vattenfall Cyclassics
2014
1st National Road Race Championships
1st Overall Four Days of Dunkirk
1st Points classification
1st Young rider classification
1st Stages 1 & 2
1st Overall Tour de l'Eurometropole
1st Points classification
1st Young rider classification
1st Stages 1, 2 & 4
1st Overall Tour de Picardie
1st Points classification
1st Stages 2 & 3
1st Stage 6 Tour of Qatar
1st Halle–Ingooigem
1st Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen
1st Grand Prix d'Isbergues
2nd Gent–Wevelgem
3rd Brussels Cycling Classic
10th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
2015
Tour of Belgium
1st Stages 2 & 3
4th Paris–Bourges
4th Tour de Vendée
6th Vattenfall Cyclassics
10th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
2016
La Méditerranéenne
1st Stages 1 (TTT) & 2
1st Milan–San Remo
1st Binche–Chimay–Binche
1st Stage 1 Paris–Nice
1st Stage 5 Route du Sud
2nd Paris–Tours
2nd Brussels Cycling Classic
5th Gent–Wevelgem
6th Grand Prix de Fourmies

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Pink jersey Giro WD WD
Yellow jersey Tour 159 138
red jersey Vuelta

WD = Withdrew; In Progress = IP

References

  1. "FDJ.fr (FDJ) — FRA". UCI World Tour. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
  2. Arnaud Demare Wins U23 World Road Race Archived September 25, 2011, at the Wayback Machine.
  3. Susan Westemeyer (19 August 2012). "Demare wins Vattenfalls Cyclassics". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. Retrieved 20 August 2012.
  4. "Greipel to miss World Championships in Limburg". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 20 August 2012. Retrieved 20 August 2012.
  5. "Kreder wins fourth stage in Dunkerque". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 4 May 2013. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
  6. "Four Days of Demare in Liévin". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 3 May 2013. Retrieved 3 May 2013.
  7. Axelgaard, Emil (11 May 2014). "Engoulvent and Demare share the spoils in Dunkirk". CyclingQuotes. JJnet.dk A/S. Retrieved 11 May 2014.
  8. 1 2 3 "Demare details 2016 race programme - News Shorts". cyclingnews.com. 13 January 2016. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
  9. Cossins, Peter (18 January 2016). "Demare opts for Giro d'Italia instead of Tour de France". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
  10. "Demare wins stage 2 at La Méditerranéenne". cyclingnews.com. 12 February 2016. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
  11. "Paris-Nice: Team Sky's Ben Swift pipped by Arnaud Demare". bbc.co.uk. 7 March 2016. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
  12. "Demare hits back at Milan-San Remo tow allegations". cyclingnews.com. 20 March 2016. Retrieved 28 March 2016.

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