Victor Lafay (born 17 January 1996) is a French cyclist who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Decathlon–AG2R La Mondiale.[3]
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| Full name | Victor Lafay | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 17 January 1996 Lyon, France | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 65 kg (143 lb) | ||||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||||
| Current team | Decathlon–AG2R La Mondiale | ||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Road | ||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||
| Rider type | Puncheur | ||||||||||||||
| Amateur teams | |||||||||||||||
| 2015–2016 | Chambéry CF | ||||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | Bourg-en-Bresse Ain | ||||||||||||||
| Professional teams | |||||||||||||||
| 2017 | Cofidis (stagiaire) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018–2023 | Cofidis[1][2] | ||||||||||||||
| 2024– | Decathlon–AG2R La Mondiale | ||||||||||||||
| Major wins | |||||||||||||||
Grand Tours
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Medal record
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Career
editIn October 2020, he was named in the startlist for the 2020 Vuelta a España.[4]
He won stage 8 of the 2021 Giro d'Italia, from Foggia to Guardia Sanframondi on May 15, 2021, from a breakaway of nine riders.[5]
On 2 July 2023, Lafay won from an elite bunch on stage 2 of the 2023 Tour de France in San Sebastian, attacking in the final kilometre and holding off Wout Van Aert, Tadej Pogacar and Tom Pidcock.[6]
Major results
edit- 2014
- 1st
Overall Tour du Valromey
- 1st Stages 2 & 3
- 2017
- 1st
Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships - 7th Overall Grand Prix Priessnitz spa
- 9th Overall Rhône-Alpes Isère Tour
- 9th Overall Tour de Savoie Mont Blanc
- 2018
- 1st Stage 2 Tour de Savoie Mont Blanc
- 2nd
Road race, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships - 2021 (1 pro win)
- 1st Stage 8 Giro d'Italia
- 3rd Overall Arctic Race of Norway
- 1st
Young rider classification
- 1st
- 4th Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
- 1st Young rider classification
- 1st
- 2022 (1)
- 2nd Classic Grand Besançon Doubs
- 5th Overall Arctic Race of Norway
- 1st Stage 3
- 6th Trofeo Laigueglia
- 2023 (2)
- 1st Classic Grand Besançon Doubs
- Tour de France
- 1st Stage 2
- Held
after Stages 2–3
- 3rd Coppa Agostoni
- 4th Faun-Ardèche Classic
- 6th La Flèche Wallonne
- 7th Overall Route d'Occitanie
- 7th Tour du Jura
- 2024
- 4th Overall Tour of Guangxi
- 7th Overall Tour de l'Ain
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
edit| Grand Tour | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
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 Giro d'Italia
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— | DNF | — | — |
 Tour de France
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— | — | DNF | DNF |
 Vuelta a España
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81 | — | — |
| — | Did not compete |
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| DNF | Did not finish |
References
edit- ^ Bacon, Ellis (30 December 2019). "2020 Team Preview: Cofidis". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
- ^ "Cofidis". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- ^ "Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team". UCI. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
- ^ "75th La Vuelta ciclista a España: Startlist". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
- ^ "Lafay wins stage eight of Giro d'Italia as Ewan abandons race". Reuters. May 15, 2021. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
- ^ "Frenchman Victor Lafay wins Tour de France second stage". France24. 2 July 2023. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Victor Lafay.
- Victor Lafay at UCI
- Victor Lafay at Cycling Archives
- Victor Lafay at ProCyclingStats
- Victor Lafay at Cycling Quotient
- Victor Lafay at CycleBase
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