Anthony Charteau
Charteau at the 2012 Critérium du Dauphiné | |
Personal information | |
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Full name | Anthony Charteau |
Born |
Nantes, France | 4 June 1979
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) |
Weight | 67 kg (148 lb) |
Team information | |
Current team | Retired |
Discipline | Road |
Role | Rider |
Rider type | Break away specialists/Climber |
Professional team(s) | |
2001–2005 | Bonjour |
2006–2007 | Crédit Agricole |
2008–2009 | Caisse d'Epargne |
2010–2013 | Bbox Bouygues Telecom |
Major wins | |
Tour de Langkawi (2007) King of the Mountains, Tour de France[1] |
Anthony Charteau (born 4 June 1979 in Nantes) is a French former professional road bicycle racer, who competed as a professional between 2001 and 2013.[2] His biggest career victory was winning the Mountains classification in the Tour de France in the 2010 edition, which was his major breakthrough. He also won the Tropicale Amissa Bongo stage race in Gabon for three years in a row from 2010 to 2012.[3]
Charteau retired at the end of the 2013 season, after thirteen seasons as a professional.[2]
Major results
- 2005
- 1st, Stage 6, Volta a Catalunya
- 2006
- 1st, Polynormande
- 2007
- 1st Overall, Tour de Langkawi
- 1st, Stage 3
- 2nd, Paris–Camembert
- 3rd, Tour du Limousin
- 2010
- 1st Overall, La Tropicale Amissa Bongo
- 1st, Stage 4
- 1st King of the Mountains, Tour de France[1]
- 2011
- 1st Overall, La Tropicale Amissa Bongo
- 1st, Stage 2, Route du Sud
- 3rd, Boucles de l'Aulne
- 2012
- 1st Overall, La Tropicale Amissa Bongo
- 2013
- 1st Stage 4, Tour de Normandie
- 9th Overall, Rhône-Alpes Isère Tour
Notes
- 1 2 "Charteau seals Tour mountains title". colnago.cyclingnews.com. Future Publishing Limited. July 23, 2010.
- 1 2 "Anthony Charteau to retire three years after winning Tour de France polka dot jersey". Sky Sports. BSkyB. 6 August 2013. Retrieved August 10, 2013.
- ↑ Kevin Sanchez (April 30, 2012). "Cycling / Tropicale Amissa Bongo : Two Africans on the final podium". Retrieved May 8, 2012.
External links
- Anthony Charteau at Trap-Friis.dk. Archive copy at the Wayback Machine (archived 24 May 2011)
- Europcar Profile
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