Nacer Bouhanni

Nacer Bouhanni

Bouhanni at the 2015 Grand Prix de Fourmies
Personal information
Full name	Nacer Bouhanni
Born	(1990-07-25) 25 July 1990 Épinal, France
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	66 kg (146 lb)
Team information
Current team	Cofidis
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	Sprinter
Professional team(s)
2010–2014	Française des Jeux
2015–	Cofidis
Major wins
Grand Tours Giro d'Italia Points classification (2014) 3 individual stages (2014) Vuelta a España 2 individual stages (2014) Single-day races and Classics National Road Race Championships (2012) Grand Prix de Fourmies (2013) Tour de Vendée (2013, 2016) Other UCI Europe Tour (2015)
Infobox last updated on 02 October 2016

Nacer Bouhanni (born 25 July 1990) is a French professional racing cyclist, who rides for UCI ProTeam Cofidis.^[1] A sprinter, he was the winner of the 2012 French National Road Race Championships.^[2] Although his first Grand Tour was in 2012, his real breakthrough was in 2014 when he won three stages and the points classification in the Giro d'Italia. In August 2014 it was announced that Bouhanni would leave FDJ and join Cofidis on a two-year deal from 2015.^[3]

Career

2011

After a good amateur career, which saw him winning the national cycling military championships, he signed a contact with FDJ. In January he got his first professional stage win in La Tropicale Amissa Bongo.

2012

Bouhanni won his first stage of the season by winning stage 1 of Étoile de Bessèges. Later that season he got his breakthrough win by winning the National Road Race Championships ahead of his teammate Arnaud Demare. He also rode his first Grand Tour at Vuelta a Espana, where his best finish was second on stage 10.

2013

2013 season started well with a stage win in Tour of Oman. Afterwards he rode Paris-Nice, where he got a stage win and the leader jersey, however he crashed out of the race the very next day. He rode Giro d'Italia, where he finished second to Mark Cavendish on the first stage. He retired on stage 13. He also rode his first Tour, however he got sick and retired after a crash on stage 5.

2014

The 2014 season was very successful for Bouhanni, with numerous wins including three victories in the Giro d'Italia as well as earning the points jersey in that race.^[4] In the 2014 Vuelta a España, Bouhanni won two mass sprint, Stage 2 and Stage 8. The latter saw a battle occur in the crosswinds and Bouhanni managed to stay with the first group on the road to win the controversial sprint ahead of Michael Matthews and Peter Sagan.^[5] After withdrawing from the Vuelta, Bouhanni gave an interview where he was critical of the FDJ management. As a response, Marc Madiot sidelined him for the remainder of the season, at the end of which Bouhanni left the team for Cofidis.^[6]

2015

He had to wait until April to get his first victory for his new team on the opening stage of the Circuit de la Sarthe in a bunch kick as the breakaway was caught inside the final kilometer.^[7] He also won the last stage of the event.^[8] A little later on that month, he won the Grand Prix de Denain for the second year in a row.^[9] He won his team's first UCI World Tour race of the season on stage 2 of the Critérium du Dauphiné in a bunch kick.^[10] He repeated his winning ways on Stage 4 after a hectic finale which saw a flurry of attacks.^[11] Bouhanni was forced to withdraw from the 2015 Tour de France after a crash at the 12 km mark of Stage 5.^[12]

2016

Bouhanni won stage 1 of the Volta a Catalunya and took the leader's jersey.

Bouhanni had to withdraw from the French national championships due to a hand injury sustained in an altercation with fellow guests at a hotel the night before the race.^[13] The injury also caused him to withdraw from the 2016 Tour de France.^[14]

On 21 August 2016 Bouhanni won the EuroEyes Cyclassics in the sprint but he was later disqualified in favor of Caleb Ewan.

Career achievements

Major results

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016
Giro	—	WD	140	—	—
Tour	—	WD	—	WD	—
Vuelta	WD	—	WD	WD	—

WD = Withdrew; In Progress = IP

References

External links

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• Nacer Bouhanni profile at Cycling Archives
• Nacer Bouhanni profile at Cycling Quotient
• Nacer Bouhanni profile at ProCyclingStats