.JPG) Vichot at the 2015Grand Prix d'Isbergues | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Arthur Vichot |
| Born | (1988-11-26)26 November 1988 (age 37) Colombier-Fontaine, France |
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft1⁄2 in) |
| Weight | 70 kg (154 lb; 11 st 0 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Retired |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Amateur team | |
| 2008–2009 | CR4C Roanne |
| Professional teams | |
| 2010–2018 | Française des Jeux |
| 2019–2020 | Vital Concept–B&B Hotels[1][2] |
| Major wins | |
Single-day races and Classics
| |
Arthur Vichot (born 26 November 1988) is a French former professional cyclist, who rode professionally between 2010 and 2020, for theGroupama–FDJ andB&B Hotels–Vital Concept teams.[3] He is the nephew ofFrédéric Vichot, who won stages in the Tour de France in 1984 and 1985.
One tradition of theTour Down Under is that the fans choose an unknown rider and treat him the way they would a star, by mobbing him at hotels and painting his name on the road. The rider must be a non-English speakingdomestique who most likely will not get a start at a major race and will simply act as a bottle carrier. For2010, in his first professional race, Arthur Vichot was chosen.
He started the 2011 season by taking fifth position at theGrand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise. The next month, he went on to win theBoucles du Sud Ardèche, and he was selected to ride inParis–Nice.[4] Bad luck struck in the race as he crashed hard and cracked his clavicle, preventing him from racing theArdennes classics. He was selected to race theTour de France.[5] He finished the event in 104th position after playing a role ofdomestique. In September, he achieved a solo victory near his home in theTour du Doubs.[6] He also cracked the top ten in theGrand Prix Cycliste de Montréal, finishing eighth.[7]
In 2012, Vichot conquered the biggest victory of his career up to that point in the fifth stage of theCritérium du Dauphiné, a mountainous affair that led the riders across the Col de la Colombière. He was part of the breakaway that formed at the beginning of the race and resisted to the bunch. With 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) to go, Vichot distanced the remnants of the leading group, earning a solo victory.[8]
In 2013 and 2016, Vichot won theFrench National Road Race Championships and the right to wear the coveted tricolor jersey in the Tour de France.
Road race, National Road Championships
OverallTour du Haut Var
Points classification
Young rider classificationRoad race, National Road Championships OverallTour du Haut Var Points classification
Combativity award Stage 11Tour de France OverallTour du Haut Var Points classification OverallTour de l'Ain| Grand Tour | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Giro d'Italia | Did not contest during his career | ||||||||
 Tour de France | — | 103 | 94 | 66 | DNF | — | 78 | DNF | 41 |
 Vuelta a España | DNF | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
France's Arthur Vichot won Friday's 186.5km stage in a time of four hours 42 minutes 17 seconds.
