Antoine Duchesne

Canadian cyclist (born 1991)

Antoine Duchesne

Duchesne at the 2014 Tour de Wallonie

Personal information
Full name| Antoine Duchesne
Nickname| Tony the Tiger[1]
Born|  (1991-09-12) September 12, 1991 (age 33)
Saguenay, Quebec, Canada
Height| 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight| 75 kg (165 lb)
Team information
Current team| Retired
Discipline| Road
Role| Rider
Rider type| Classics specialist[2]
Amateur team
2012| Team Québecor Garneau
Professional teams
2012| SpiderTech–C10 (stagiaire)
2013| Bontrager Cycling Team
2014–2017| Team Europcar
2018–2022| FDJ[3][4][5]
Major wins
One-day races and Classics

National Road Race Championships (2018)

Antoine Duchesne (born September 12, 1991) is a Canadian former cyclist, who competed as a professional from 2013 to 2022.

In May 2015, Duchesne helped his teammate Bryan Coquard to victory on the first stage of the Four Days of Dunkirk, especially in the finale where he took long pulls in the leading group, setting his teammate up for the win.[6] He was named in the start list for the 2015 Vuelta a España and the 2016 Tour de France.[7][8]

## Major results

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2009
1st  Road race, National Junior Road Championships
5th Overall Tour de l'Abitibi
2012
3rd Overall Tour de Québec

1st Stage 1

2013
1st  Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships
3rd Road race, National Road Championships
8th Overall Coupe des nations Ville Saguenay
2014
2nd Polynormande
2015
3rd Polynormande
10th Overall Four Days of Dunkirk
2016
1st  Mountains classification Paris–Nice
8th Overall Tour of Alberta
2018
1st  Road race, National Road Championships
2021
2nd Road race, National Road Championships

### Grand Tour general classification results timeline

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Grand Tour | 2015  | 2016  | 2017  | 2018  | 2019  | 2020  | 2021  | 2022

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Giro d'Italia | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | 115 | —
Tour de France | —  | 107 | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | 62
Vuelta a España | 138 | —  | —  | 127 | —  | —  | —  | —
Legend  —  | Did not compete

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DNF | Did not finish

## References

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1. ^ "Houle et Duchesne au Paris-Roubaix à RDS2" [Houle and Duchesne at Paris-Roubaix on RDS2]. Réseau des sports (in French). April 11, 2015. Retrieved March 12, 2016.
2. ^ McGrath, Andy (December 15, 2015). "Portrait: Antoine Duchesne". Rouleur. Archived from the original on March 13, 2016. Retrieved March 12, 2016.
3. ^ "Groupama-FDJ confirm 28 riders for 2019". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. November 15, 2018. Retrieved January 3, 2019.
4. ^ "Groupama - FDJ". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on January 2, 2020. Retrieved January 2, 2020.
5. ^ "Groupama - FDJ". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on January 1, 2021. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
6. ^ Emil Axelgaard (May 6, 2015). "In-form Coquard conquers the cobbles in Dunkerque opener". Cycling Quotes. CyclingQuotes.com 2013. Retrieved May 6, 2015.
7. ^ "Vuelta a España 2015". Cycling Fever. Retrieved August 21, 2015.
8. ^ "2016 > 103rd Tour de France > Startlist". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved June 30, 2016.

## External links

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* Media related to Antoine Duchesne at Wikimedia Commons
* Antoine Duchesne at UCI
* Antoine Duchesne at Cycling Archives
* Antoine Duchesne at ProCyclingStats
* Antoine Duchesne at Cycling Quotient
* Antoine Duchesne at CycleBase
* Antoine Duchesne at Olympedia

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