Yohann Gène
French bicycle racer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Yohann Gène (born 25 June 1981 in Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe) is a French former professional road bicycle racer, who competed professionally between 2005 and 2019, entirely for Bouygues Télécom and its later iterations.[3] He was the first black cyclist, as well as the first cyclist of Afro-Caribbean and Sub-Saharan African descent, to ever compete in the Tour de France.[4]
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Full name | Yohann Gène |
Born | (1981-06-25) 25 June 1981 (age 42) Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe |
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) |
Weight | 67 kg (148 lb) |
Team information | |
Current team | Retired |
Discipline | Road |
Role | Rider |
Rider type | Sprinter |
Amateur teams | |
2000–2004 | Vendée U–Pays de la Loire |
2003 | Brioches La Boulangère (stagiaire) |
2004 | Brioches La Boulangère (stagiaire) |
Professional team | |
2005–2019 | Bouygues Télécom[1][2] |
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