Kenny Elissonde
 Elissonde at the 2011 Giro della Valle d'Aosta | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Kenny Elissonde |
| Nickname | King Kenny[1] |
| Born | 22 July 1991 Longjumeau, France |
| Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 6+1⁄2 in) |
| Weight | 52 kg (115 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Retired |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Climber |
| Amateur teams | |
| 2010–2011 | CC Etupes |
| 2011 | FDJ (stagiaire) |
| Professional teams | |
| 2012–2016 | FDJ–BigMat |
| 2017–2019 | Team Sky[2] |
| 2020–2023 | Trek–Segafredo[3][4] |
| 2024 | Cofidis[5] |
| Major wins | |
Grand Tours
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Kenny Elissonde (born 22 July 1991) is a French former professional road cyclist, who competed as a professional from 2012 to 2024.
Career
Elissonde is a climbing specialist, having won the prestigious stage up the Alto de l'Angliru at the 2013 Vuelta a España.[6]
In September 2016, it was announced that Elissonde would join Team Sky, from FDJ, for the 2017 season on an initial 2-year deal.[7] He was the first French rider to be a member of the team since Nicolas Portal was part of the inaugural squad back in 2010. In August 2020, he was named in the startlist for the Tour de France.[8]
In 2021, he earned the combativity award for his efforts on stage eleven of the Tour de France.[1] During the Vuelta a España he was involved in a successful breakaway on stage three,[9] where he finished third; two days later, he moved into the overall race lead for a day.[10]
Major results
- 2008
- 1st
Road race, National Junior Road Championships - 2009
- 8th Overall Tour du Valromey
- 1st
Mountains classification - 1st Stages 1 & 3
- 1st
- 2010
- 7th Overall Giro della Valle d'Aosta Mont Blanc
- 2011
- 1st
Overall Ronde de l'Isard - 1st Stage 2
- 7th Liège–Bastogne–Liège Espoirs
- 2012
- Paris–Corrèze
- 1st
Points classification - 1st Stage 2
- 1st
- 4th Overall Route du Sud
- 2013
- 1st Stage 20 Vuelta a España
- 7th Overall Tour de l'Ain
- 1st
Young rider classification
- 1st
- 7th Boucles de l'Aulne
- 8th Overall Tour of Oman
- 1st Young rider classification
- 1st
- 2014
- 7th Overall Route du Sud
- 2015
- 7th Tre Valli Varesine
- 2016
- Vuelta a España
- Held
after Stages 14–19
- Held
- 2017
- 3rd Overall Herald Sun Tour
- 3rd Overall Route du Sud
- 2018
- 3rd Overall Route d'Occitanie
- 10th Overall Vuelta a Burgos
- 2019
- 7th Overall Herald Sun Tour
- 2020
- 7th Mont Ventoux Dénivelé Challenge
- 2021
- 6th Mont Ventoux Dénivelé Challenge
- Vuelta a España
- Held
after Stage 5
- Held
Combativity award Stage 11 Tour de France- 2022
- 5th Overall Giro di Sicilia
- 10th Overall Vuelta a Burgos
- 2023
- 2nd Overall Tour de l'Ain
- Combativity award Overall
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
| Grand Tour | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Giro d'Italia | — | — | 46 | — | DNF | 51 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tour de France | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 25 | 36 | — | — | — |
| Vuelta a España | 33 | DNF | 16 | 20 | — | — | — | DNF | DNF | 64 | 50 | DNF |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
References
- ^ a b "A storybook performance on a mythical climb". Trek–Segafredo. Trek Bicycle Corporation. 7 July 2021. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
- ^ "Team Sky". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. Archived from the original on 5 January 2019. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
- ^ "Trek-Segafredo announce complete 2020 men's roster". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 9 November 2019. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
- ^ "Trek - Segafredo". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 2 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
- ^ "Cofidis". UCI. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
- ^ Fotheringham, Alasdair (14 September 2013). "Elissonde scores win of a lifetime with Vuelta stage at age 22". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
- ^ Vinnell, Paul (27 October 2016). "Team Sky sign Diego Rosa and Kenny Elissonde for 2017". Sky Sports. Sky UK. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
- ^ "107th Tour de France: Startlist". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
- ^ Farrand, Stephen (16 August 2021). "Vuelta a España: Rein Taaramäe wins summit finish on stage 3". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
- ^ Ostanek, Daniel (18 August 2021). "Vuelta a España: Jasper Philipsen wins crash-marred stage 5". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kenny Elissonde.
- Kenny Elissonde profile Archived 2014-12-24 at the Wayback Machine at FDJ-BigMat
- Kenny Elissonde at UCI
- Kenny Elissonde at Cycling Archives
- Kenny Elissonde at ProCyclingStats
- Kenny Elissonde at Cycling Quotient
- Kenny Elissonde at CycleBase
- Kenny Elissonde at Olympedia