Romain Sicard (born 1 January 1988) is a French former professional racing cyclist,[3] who rode professionally between 2009 and 2021 for the Orbea, Euskaltel–Euskadi and Total Direct Énergie teams.
 Sicard in 2012 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Romain Sicard |
| Born | 1 January 1988 Bayonne, France |
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) |
| Weight | 64.5 kg (142 lb; 10 st 2 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Retired |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type |
|
| Amateur teams | |
| 2002–2004 | VC Tarnos |
| 2005–2006 | US Colomiers |
| 2007–2008 | GSC Blagnac |
| Professional teams | |
| 2009 | Orbea |
| 2010–2013 | Euskaltel–Euskadi |
| 2014–2021 | Team Europcar[1][2] |
Career
editBorn in Bayonne, Sicard won the Tour de l'Avenir and the under 23 World Road Race Championships in 2009, the only man to win both in the same season.[4] In 2010, he joined the Basque UCI ProTour team Euskaltel–Euskadi as the second ever French national after Thierry Elissalde.
Sicard joined Team Europcar for the 2014 season, after his previous team – Euskaltel–Euskadi[5] – folded at the end of the 2013 season.[6]
He announced his retirement in April 2021 due to the diagnosis of a cardiac anomaly.[3]
Major results
edit- 2008
- 9th Overall Ronde de l'Isard
- 2009
- 1st
Road race, UCI Under-23 Road World UChampionships - 1st
Overall Tour de l'Avenir
- 1st Stage 8 (ITT)
- 1st Subida al Naranco
- 1st Stage 2 Ronde de l'Isard
- 3rd Overall Tour du Haut-Anjou
- 4th Overall Cinturó de l'Empordà
- 9th Overall Tour du Loir-et-Cher
- 10th Vuelta a La Rioja
- 2010
- 9th Vuelta a La Rioja
- 10th Overall Bayern–Rundfahrt
- 2014
- 7th Overall Tour de l'Ain
- 2015
- 5th Time trial, National Road Championships
- 6th Overall Vuelta a Castilla y León
- 2016
- 8th Overall Critérium International
- 2017
- 2nd Overall Tour du Gévaudan Languedoc-Roussillon
- 5th Tour du Doubs
- 7th Overall Tour du Limousin
- 8th Overall Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
- 2018
- 8th Tour du Gévaudan Occitanie
- 10th Classic de l'Ardèche
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
edit| Grand Tour | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Giro d'Italia
|
— | — | 51 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tour de France
|
— | 122 | — | 33 | 81 | 66 | 73 | 80 | 31 |
 Vuelta a España
|
44 | — | 13 | 15 | 55 | — | — | — | 45 |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
References
edit- ^ "Total Direct Énergie". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 12 January 2020. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
- ^ "Total Direct Energie". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 7 January 2021. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
- ^ a b Ostanek, Daniel (9 April 2021). "Romain Sicard retires due to a cardiac anomaly". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
- ^ Sicard wins world Under 23 road title Archived 2009-09-26 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Urraburu, Benito (21 October 2012). "Euskaltel ya tiene completo su equipo para 2013 con diez nuevos fichajes" [Euskaltel team already full for 2013 with ten new signings]. El Diario Vasco (in Spanish). Grupo Vocento. Retrieved 5 January 2013.
- ^ "Sicard and Martinez join Team Europcar". Yahoo! Eurosport. TF1 Group. 21 October 2013. Retrieved 18 December 2013.
External links
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Media related to Romain Sicard at Wikimedia Commons
- Romain Sicard at UCI
- Romain Sicard at ProCyclingStats
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