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Geoffrey Soupe
French road racing cyclist From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Geoffrey Soupe (born 22 March 1988) is a French professional road bicycle racer, who rides for UCI ProTeam Team TotalEnergies.[4] Primarily a lead out man and baroudeur, Soupe has taken four victories during his professional career, including a stage win at the 2023 Vuelta a España with his remaining wins coming at La Tropicale Amissa Bongo – stage victories in 2011 and 2023, along with the general classification in 2023.
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Born in Viriat, Ain, Soupe competed for the EC Bourg-en-Bresse, VC Bressan and VC Vaulx-en-Velin setups as a junior, and the CC Étupes le Doubs squad as an amateur; in 2010, Soupe won the under-23 French National Road Race Championships,[5] and finished second to Great Britain's Alex Dowsett in the under-23 time trial at the European Road Championships.[6]
FDJ (2011–2014)
Soupe then joined the FDJ professional team for the 2011 season as a neo-pro.[7] In his first race for the team, Soupe won the opening stage of La Tropicale Amissa Bongo in Gabon – beating Team Europcar's Anthony Charteau in a two-man sprint[8] – before finishing the race in eighth place overall.[9] Soupe later added a stage victory in the Tour Alsace,[10] before quitting the race the next day.[11]
Soupe made his Grand Tour début at the 2012 Giro d'Italia, taking a third-place finish during the race's first mass-start stage in Herning, Denmark; a result that Soupe stated that he was "sorry" for, after he was supposed to be leading out the team's main sprinter Arnaud Démare, until he was caught up in a final-corner crash.[12]
Cofidis (2015–2019)
In August 2014 Cofidis announced that they had signed Soupe, alongside FDJ teammate Nacer Bouhanni, for 2015.[13] He made his first start at the Tour de France in the 2015 edition,[14] sharing sprint duties with Christophe Laporte, following Bouhanni's withdrawal in the opening week.[15] Over his five years with the team, Soupe recorded two top-ten individual finishes – sixth at the 2017 La Roue Tourangelle,[16] and eighth at the 2019 Elfstedenronde.
Total Direct Énergie (2020–present)
Soupe joined Total Direct Énergie for the 2020 season,[17] and finished ninth overall in his first race with the team at the Saudi Tour.[18] He took his first victory since 2011 at the 2023 La Tropicale Amissa Bongo, when he won the opening stage of the race in Gabon.[19] Having lost the overall lead to teammate Jason Tesson,[20] Soupe regained the lead when Tesson lost time on the penultimate day,[21] and Soupe ultimately won by approximately half a minute from his next closest challenger.[22] Later in the 2023 season, Soupe secured his first Grand Tour stage victory at the Vuelta a España, where he won the seventh stage in a bunch sprint.[23][24]
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Major results
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- 2008
- 1st
Overall Tour du Béarn - 2009
- National Under-23 Road Championships
- 2nd Road race
- 3rd Time trial
- 2nd Overall Boucles de la Marne
- 3rd Souvenir Michel Roques
- 5th Chrono des Herbiers
- 8th Time trial, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships
- 2010
- 1st
Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships - 2nd
Time trial, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships - 10th Time trial, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships
- 2011
- 1st Stage 1 Tour Alsace
- 5th Ronde Pévéloise
- 8th Overall La Tropicale Amissa Bongo
- 1st Stage 1
- 2012
- 5th Tour du Doubs
- 2013
- 10th Overall Four Days of Dunkirk
- 2017
- 6th La Roue Tourangelle
- 2019
- 8th Elfstedenronde
- 2020
- 9th Overall Saudi Tour
- 2023
- 1st Overall La Tropicale Amissa Bongo
- 1st
Points classification - 1st Stage 1
- 1st
- 1st Stage 7 Vuelta a España
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
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