Pierre Rolland (cyclist)

Pierre Rolland ( born October 10, 1986 in Gien ) is a French cyclist.

• 2.1 Placements in the Grand Tours

Career

U23

Pierre Rolland was in 2006 place during his last season in the U23 age group, among others, in fourth overall in the stage race Ronde de l' Isard and win the French one-day races Prix d' Armorica. The road Cycling Championships in Salzburg he started then in the road race in the U23 and took there the 83rd rank at 35 seconds behind the winner Gerald Ciolek. He also drove at the end of the season at the French UCI ProTeam Crédit Agricole internships, where he took his leave for a professional contract for the following season.

First years as a professional

Pierre Rolland, who is regarded as one of the French cycling hopes for the future, in 2007 winning a stage of the Gabonese Tropicale Amissa Bongo Ondimba and finish the race in second in the overall standings; He also was second in the Tour du Doubs and won on a stage of the Tour du Limousin. In the 2008 season Rolland won the mountains classification of the Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré for themselves.

Bbox Bouygues Télécom

At the start of the 2009 season Rolland changed due to the dissolution of the team Crédit Agricole of the French ProTeam Bbox Bouygues Telecom and was also placed in January third in the overall standings at the Tropicale Amissa Bongo Ondimba.

Tour de France 2011

During the 2011 Tour de France Rolland was serving as a member of Team Europcar and precious helpers great work in defense of the yellow jersey of Thomas Voeckler. He himself decided the prestigious 19th stage from Modane to L' Alpe d' Huez as a second Frenchman, 25 years after Bernard Hinault for themselves. So now he shares with Joop Zoetemelk (1979 ) the dedication in turn 16 Moreover Rolland won the white jersey of best young rider the first Frenchman Benoît Salmon since 1999.

Achievements

• Prix ​​d' Armorica ( U23 )

• A stage La Tropicale Amissa Bongo Ondimba
• A stage of the Tour du Limousin

• Mountain stage Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré

• A stage of the Circuit de Lorraine

• A stage and young Classification Tour de France

• A stage Étoile de Bessèges
• A stage of the Tour de France

• Circuit Cycliste Sarthe and a stage

Rankings in the Grand Tours

Legend:

• DNF: did not finish, a stage driver has not ended

Team

• 2006 Crédit Agricole ( stagiaire )
• 2007 Crédit Agricole
• 2008 Crédit Agricole
• 2009 Bbox Bouygues Telecom
• 2010 Bbox Bouygues Telecom
• 2011 Europcar
• 2012 Europcar
• 2013 Europcar