Florian Sénéchal (born 10 July 1993) is a French racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Arkéa–B&B Hotels.[4]
![]() Sénéchal in 2023 | |
Personal information | |
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Full name | Florian Sénéchal |
Born | Cambrai, France | 10 July 1993
Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) |
Weight | 76 kg (168 lb) |
Team information | |
Current team | Arkéa–B&B Hotels |
Discipline | Road |
Role | Rider |
Rider type | Classics specialist |
Amateur teams | |
2010–2011 | Wasquehal Junior |
2012 | EFC–Omega Pharma–Quick Step |
Professional teams | |
2012 | Omega Pharma–Quick-Step (stagiaire) |
2013 | Etixx–IHNed |
2014–2017 | Cofidis |
2018–2023 | Quick-Step Floors[1][2][3] |
2024– | Arkéa–B&B Hotels |
Major wins | |
Grand Tours
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Career
editHe rode at the 2013 UCI Road World Championships, and was named in the start list for the 2015 Tour de France[5] and the 2016 Vuelta a España.[6] In May 2018, he was named in the startlist for the 2018 Giro d'Italia.[7] Sénéchal won his first professional race at Le Samyn on 5 March 2019.
He was named in the startlist of the 2021 Vuelta a España,[8] primarily as a lead-out man for Fabio Jakobsen. On stage 13, after Jakobsen was dropped in the final kilometres, Sénéchal held off Matteo Trentin in the final sprint to win his first Grand Tour stage.[9][10]
Major results
edit- 2011
- 1st Paris–Roubaix Juniors
- 3rd Overall Trophée Centre Morbihan
- 4th Road race, UCI Junior Road World Championships
- 6th Overall Trofeo Karlsberg
- 2012
- 9th Paris–Roubaix Espoirs
- 10th Overall Tour de Bretagne
- 2013
- 1st Overall Okolo Jižních Čech
- 1st Memoriał Henryka Łasaka
- 2nd De Kustpijl
- 4th Paris–Tours Espoirs
- 6th Tour du Finistère
- 8th Overall Paris–Arras Tour
- 9th Overall Boucle de l'Artois
- 2014
- 6th Overall Four Days of Dunkirk
- 8th Overall La Tropicale Amissa Bongo
- 2015
- 3rd Tro Bro Leon
- 6th Boucles de l'Aulne
- 2016
- 3rd Dwars door het Hageland
- 3rd Le Samyn
- 5th Classic Loire Atlantique
- 5th Tour de l'Eurométropole
- 8th Overall Tour de Wallonie
- 1st Young rider classification
- 10th Overall Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen
- 2017
- 4th Le Samyn
- 5th Road race, National Road Championships
- 6th Dwars door het Hageland
- 7th Overall Four Days of Dunkirk
- 10th Dwars door Vlaanderen
- 2018
- 2nd Gran Piemonte
- 2nd Dwars door West–Vlaanderen
- 3rd Grand Prix d'Isbergues
- 4th Brussels Cycling Classic
- 5th Clásica de Almería
- 6th Münsterland Giro
- 2019
- 1st Le Samyn
- 2nd Tour de l'Eurométropole
- 6th Paris–Roubaix
- 6th Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne
- 7th Binche–Chimay–Binche
- 9th Bretagne Classic
- 2020
- 1st Druivenkoers Overijse
- 2nd Gent–Wevelgem
- 3rd Bretagne Classic
- 4th Overall Tour de Wallonie
- 4th Dwars door het Hageland
- 5th Le Samyn
- 7th Overall BinckBank Tour
- 7th Grote Prijs Jean-Pierre Monseré
- 10th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
- 2021
- 1st Primus Classic
- 1st Stage 13 Vuelta a España
- 2nd E3 Saxo Bank Classic
- 2nd Clásica de Almería
- 3rd Bredene Koksijde Classic
- 7th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
- 9th Road race, UCI Road World Championships
- 9th Tour of Flanders
- 9th Dwars door Vlaanderen
- 2022
- 1st Road race, National Road Championships
- 3rd Dwars door het Hageland
- 9th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
- 2023
- 3rd Famenne Ardenne Classic
- 5th Circuit Franco-Belge
- 7th Binche–Chimay–Binche
- 9th Super 8 Classic
- 10th Road race, UEC European Road Championships
- 2024
- 10th Antwerp Port Epic
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
editGrand Tour | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
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Giro d'Italia | — | — | — | 135 | DNF | — | — | — |
Tour de France | 135 | — | 161 | — | — | — | — | 107 |
Vuelta a España | — | DNF | — | — | — | — | 118 | — |
Classics results timeline
editMonument | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
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Milan–San Remo | — | 75 | — | 173 | — | — | — | — | 14 |
Tour of Flanders | DNF | 90 | — | 40 | 44 | — | 12 | 9 | 38 |
Paris–Roubaix | 49 | 17 | 26 | 12 | DNF | 6 | NH | 71 | 13 |
Liège–Bastogne–Liège | Has not contested during his career | ||||||||
Giro di Lombardia | — | — | — | — | DNF | — | — | — | |
Classic | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
Omloop Het Nieuwsblad | 19 | 24 | 17 | 36 | — | DNF | 10 | 7 | 9 |
Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne | 74 | DNF | 31 | DNF | — | 6 | — | — | 74 |
Dwars door Vlaanderen | 17 | DNF | 25 | 10 | — | 30 | NH | 9 | — |
E3 Harelbeke | 14 | — | — | — | 16 | 25 | 2 | 57 | |
Gent–Wevelgem | 142 | 19 | DNF | 100 | 47 | — | 2 | — | DNF |
Bretagne Classic | 49 | 43 | — | DNF | — | 9 | 3 | — |
— | Did not compete |
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DNF | Did not finish |
IP | In progress |
NH | Not held |
References
edit- ^ "Florian Sénéchal commits future to Quick-Step Floors". Quick-Step Floors. Decolef Lux. SARL. 9 August 2017. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
- ^ Ryan, Barry (31 December 2019). "2020 Team Preview: Deceuninck-QuickStep". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
- ^ "Deceuninck - Quick-Step". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- ^ "Arkéa–B&B Hotels". UCI. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
- ^ "2015 Tour de France start list". Velo News. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
- ^ "71st Vuelta a España". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
- ^ "2018: 101st Giro d'Italia: Start List". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
- ^ "76th Vuelta a España". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
- ^ Benson, Daniel (27 August 2021). "Vuelta a España: Florian Sénéchal wins stage 13". CyclingNews. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
- ^ Bonville-Ginn, Tim (27 August 2021). "Florian Sénéchal sprints to victory on stage 13 of Vuelta a España after Fabio Jakobsen failed to follow the wheels". CyclingWeekly. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
External links
editWikimedia Commons has media related to Florian Sénéchal.
- Florian Sénéchal at UCI
- Florian Sénéchal at Cycling Archives
- Florian Sénéchal at ProCyclingStats
- Florian Sénéchal at Cycling Quotient
- Florian Sénéchal at CycleBase