Alexis Vuillermoz

Alexis Vuillermoz (born 1 June 1988) is a French former road bicycle racer, who competed as a professional from 2013 to 2024.

Career Mountain biking (2006–2012) He was originally a mountain bike racer before switching to road cycling, winning the French national under-23 mountain bike title twice and riding as part of the French national team that took the team relay title at the 2008 Mountain Bike World Championships. finishing the race 46th overall.

Ag2r–La Mondiale (2014–2020) Vuillermoz joined for the 2014 season, after his previous team – – folded at the end of the 2013 season. "After winning I thought about my dad who died three years ago. He was the one who got me interested in the Tour de France, he used to take my cousins and I to the side of the road to watch the Tour go past," said Vuillermoz. "I hope today he's proud of me."

Total Direct Énergie (2021–present) In October 2020, Vuillermoz signed an initial two-year contract with the team, from the 2021 season. In his first season with the team, he finished fourth at the Tour du Finistère, and seventh overall at the Tour du Rwanda. During the Tour de Suisse, Vuillermoz crashed during the seventh stage individual time trial, fracturing his pelvis and doctors advised him not to race again.

At the start of the 2022 season, Vuillermoz recorded top-ten finishes in four of his first five race starts, with a best finish of fourth place at the GP Miguel Induráin. Later in the month, he finished third at the Classic Grand Besançon Doubs, and recorded a tenth-place finish in La Flèche Wallonne. That June, Vuillermoz won a stage from the breakaway at the Critérium du Dauphiné, Having extended his contract by a further two years in August, Vuillermoz did not return to the podium until October's Gran Piemonte, where he finished in third place.

Major results Mountain bike

2005

3rd Cross-country, National Junior Championships 2006 1st Cross-country, National Junior Championships

2008 1st Team relay, UCI World Championships 1st Team relay, UEC European Championships 2009 1st Cross-country, National Under-23 Championships

2010 1st Cross-country, National Under-23 Championships

Road Source:

2012 5th Overall Tour des Pays de Savoie 2013 5th Overall Rhône-Alpes Isère Tour 2014 (1 pro win) 1st Mountains classification, Route du Sud 3rd Overall Tour du Gévaudan Languedoc-Roussillon 1st Stage 2 5th Tour du Doubs 8th Overall Critérium International 2015 (3) 1st Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan 1st International Road Cycling Challenge 1st Stage 8 Tour de France 6th Overall Tour du Gévaudan Languedoc-Roussillon 1st Stage 2 6th La Flèche Wallonne 9th Overall Tour du Haut Var 9th Overall Critérium International 2016 2nd Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan 3rd Road race, National Road Championships 5th Overall Critérium International 2017 (3) 1st Overall Tour du Limousin 1st Stage 2 1st Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan 4th Giro di Lombardia 4th Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec 6th Giro dell'Emilia 2018 2nd Overall Tour du Haut Var 4th Classic de l'Ardèche 5th Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan 5th Coppa Sabatini 8th Overall Paris–Nice 2019 (1) 1st La Drôme Classic 4th Overall Tour du Haut Var 7th Classic de l'Ardèche 2021 4th Tour du Finistère 7th Overall Tour du Rwanda 2022 (1) 1st Stage 2 Critérium du Dauphiné 3rd Gran Piemonte 3rd Classic Grand Besançon Doubs 4th GP Miguel Induráin 6th La Drôme Classic 7th Overall Tour des Alpes-Maritimes et du Var 10th Overall Vuelta a Asturias 10th La Flèche Wallonne 10th Ardèche Classic

Grand Tour general classification results timeline Grand Tour 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 Giro d'Italia — 11 — — — — 29 — — — Tour de France 46 — 26 20 13 DNF 41 35 — DNF Vuelta a EspañaHas not contested during his career

+ Legend — Did not compete DNF Did not finish