Antoine Duchesne

Antoine Duchesne (born September 12, 1991) is a Canadian former cyclist, who competed as a professional from 2013 to 2022.

Antoine Duchesne

Duchesne at the 2014 Tour de Wallonie
Personal information
Full name	Antoine Duchesne
Nickname	Tony the Tiger[1]
Born	(1991-09-12) September 12, 1991 (age 33) Saguenay, Quebec, Canada
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight	75 kg (165 lb)
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	Classics specialist[2]
Amateur team
2012	Team Québecor Garneau
Professional teams
2012	SpiderTech–C10 (stagiaire)
2013	Bontrager Cycling Team
2014–2017	Team Europcar
2018–2022	FDJ[3][4][5]
Major wins
One-day races and Classics National Road Race Championships (2018)

In May 2015, Duchesne helped his teammate Bryan Coquard to victory on the first stage of the Four Days of Dunkirk, especially in the finale where he took long pulls in the leading group, setting his teammate up for the win.^[6] He was named in the start list for the 2015 Vuelta a España and the 2016 Tour de France.^[7][8]

Major results

2009

1st Road race, National Junior Road Championships

5th Overall Tour de l'Abitibi

2012

3rd Overall Tour de Québec

1st Stage 1

2013

1st Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships

3rd Road race, National Road Championships

8th Overall Coupe des nations Ville Saguenay

2014

2nd Polynormande

2015

3rd Polynormande

10th Overall Four Days of Dunkirk

2016

1st Mountains classification Paris–Nice

8th Overall Tour of Alberta

2018

1st Road race, National Road Championships

2021

2nd Road race, National Road Championships

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Giro d'Italia	—	—	—	—	—	—	115	—
Tour de France	—	107	—	—	—	—	—	62
Vuelta a España	138	—	—	127	—	—	—	—

Legend

—	Did not compete
DNF	Did not finish