Alexandre Geniez

Alexandre Geniez (born 16 April 1988) is a French former professional cyclist, who competed as a professional from 2010 to 2022.

Alexandre Geniez

Geniez at the 2016 Grand Prix de Denain
Personal information
Full name	Alexandre Geniez
Born	(1988-04-16) 16 April 1988 (age 37) Rodez, France
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	68 kg (150 lb; 10.7 st)
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	Climber
Amateur teams
2008	GSC Blagnac
2009	Vélo-Club La Pomme Marseille
Professional teams
2010–2012	Skil–Shimano
2013–2016	FDJ[1]
2017–2020	AG2R La Mondiale[2]
2021–2022	Total Direct Énergie[3]
Major wins
Grand Tours Vuelta a España 3 individual stages (2013, 2016, 2018) One-day races and Classics Tre Valli Varesine (2017)

In March 2022 Geniez was convicted of domestic violence charges and given a four month suspended prison sentence.^[4][5] On 31 May 2022 Team TotalEnergies terminated his contract effective immediately.^[6]

Career

One of his prestigious feats was winning the white jersey awarded to the best young rider in the 2011 Tour de Luxembourg.

Geniez left Argos–Shimano at the end of the 2012 season, and joined FDJ for the 2013 season.^[1]

In April 2015, Geniez won the Tro Bro Leon, a race cycled on asphalt and sandy roads, outsprinting four breakaway companions to accomplish the feat.^[7]

In August 2020, Geniez signed a two-year contract with the Total Direct Énergie team, from the 2021 season.^[8]

Major results

2009

1st Overall Ronde de l'Isard

2nd Overall Tour de Gironde

7th Overall Giro della Valle d'Aosta

1st Stage 4

2010

2nd Overall Route du Sud

6th Les Boucles du Sud-Ardèche

7th Overall Tour de Luxembourg

2011

1st Stage 4 Tour of Austria

2nd Overall Tour de Luxembourg

1st Young rider classification

4th Overall Critérium International

5th Overall Circuit de la Sarthe

5th Overall Vuelta a Murcia

2012

8th Overall Circuit de la Sarthe

9th Overall Tour de Pologne

2013

1st Stage 15 Vuelta a España

9th Overall Tour Méditerranéen

2014

4th Overall Volta ao Algarve

2015

1st Overall Tour de l'Ain

1st Stage 3

1st Tro-Bro Léon

4th Tour du Finistère

9th Overall Giro d'Italia

9th Tour du Doubs

Combativity award Stage 20 Tour de France

2016

Vuelta a España

1st Stage 3

Held after Stages 3–4

Held after Stages 3–7

3rd Tour du Finistère

6th Overall Tour de l'Ain

1st Stage 4

7th Overall La Méditerranéenne

1st Stage 1 (TTT)

9th Overall Critérium International

2017

1st Tre Valli Varesine

3rd Overall Tour de l'Ain

1st Points classification

1st Stage 4

3rd Overall Tour La Provence

1st Stage 2

Combativity award Stage 3 Vuelta a España

2018

1st Overall Tour La Provence

1st Prologue

1st Grand Prix La Marseillaise

1st Stage 12 Vuelta a España

2019

1st Stage 2 Tour de l'Ain

8th Classic Loire Atlantique

2022

Tour du Rwanda

1st Prologue & Stage 5

8th Overall Saudi Tour

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Giro d'Italia	—	—	—	13	9	DNF	DNF	11	—	—
Tour de France	—	—	44	—	112	—	—	—	—	—
Vuelta a España	158	90	47	—	—	108	DNF	90	—	DNF

Legend

—	Did not compete
DNF	Did not finish