Christophe Riblon
{{Short description|French cyclist (born 1981)}}
{{use dmy dates|date=June 2022}}
{{Infobox cyclist
| name = Christophe Riblon
| image = Christophe Riblon, Mendrisio 2009 - Men Elite (cropped).jpg
| caption = Riblon at the 2009 UCI Road World Championships
| fullname = Christophe Riblon
| nickname =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1981|1|17}}
| birth_place = Tremblay-en-France, France
| weight = {{convert|65|kg|lb st|abbr=on}}
| currentteam = Retired
| discipline = Road and track
| role = Rider
| ridertype = Puncheur (road)
Endurance (track)
| proyears1 = 2005–2017
| proteam1 = {{UCI team code|ALM|2005}}
| majorwins = Grand Tours
::2 individual stages (2010, 2013)
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport|Men's track cycling}}
{{MedalCountry| {{FRA}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}
{{MedalSilver|2008 Manchester|Points race}}
{{MedalSilver|2010 Ballerup|Madison}}
}}
Christophe Riblon (born 17 January 1981) is a French former road and track racing cyclist who competed as a professional for the {{UCI team code|ALM|2017}} team for 13 seasons{{cite news|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/riblon-retires-after-failing-to-find-new-contract-for-2018/|title=Riblon retires after failing to find new contract for 2018|work=Cyclingnews.com|publisher=Immediate Media Company|date=25 October 2017|access-date=1 January 2018}} between 2005 and 2017. He also competed for France at the 2008 Summer Olympics.{{cite Sports-Reference}}
Career
Born in Tremblay-en-France, Seine-Saint-Denis, Riblon won two mountain-top finishes of the Tour de France, including stage 14 of the 2010 Tour de France at the ski resort of Ax-3 Domaines in the Pyrenees, and stage 18 of the 2013 Tour de France at Alpe d'Huez.
During his 2010 victory, he was part of the early breakaway that went free {{convert|30|km}} into the race, and he crested the penultimate climb of the day alone, the Port de Pailheres. He had a two-minute lead at the foot of the last climb, and held on to win solo as the general classification contenders were battling it out behind him.{{cite news|url=https://www.espn.com/olympics/tdf2010/news/story?id=5390203|title=Riblon conquers climbs to win Stage 14|work=ESPN.com|publisher=ESPN|agency=Associated Press|date=18 July 2010|access-date=28 November 2012}}
He won his 2013 stage following a long breakaway, chasing down Tejay van Garderen over the second ascent of Alpe d'Huez and holding on to win by a minute, despite crashing into a ditch on the descent of the Col de Sarenne. In doing so he became the race's first (and only) French winner of a stage that year.
Major results
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;2001
: 8th Grand Prix de la ville de Pérenchies
;2004
: 1st 20px Road race, National Amateur Road Championships
;2005
: 2nd Overall Tour de l'Avenir
: 8th Tartu GP
: 10th Overall Tour du Poitou-Charentes
;2006
: 5th GP Plumelec-Morbihan
: 7th Overall Circuit de Lorraine
::1st Stage 4
;2007
: 1st Tour de la Somme
: 2nd Duo Normand (with Émilien-Benoît Bergès)
;2008
: 2nd 15px Points race, UCI Track World Championships
;2009
: 1st Stage 3 Route du Sud
: 6th Clásica de San Sebastián
;2010
: 1st Stage 14 Tour de France
: 1st Les Boucles du Sud Ardèche
: 2nd 15px Madison (with Morgan Kneisky), UCI Track World Championships
: 5th Overall Circuit de la Sarthe
: 5th Overall Bayern-Rundfahrt
: 7th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné
;2011
: 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
: 7th Tour du Doubs
: 8th Overall Tour de Pologne
: 10th Overall Tour du Poitou-Charentes
;2012
: 9th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
: 9th Les Boucles du Sud Ardèche
: 10th Overall Critérium International
;2013
::1st Stage 18
::20px Combativity award Stage 18 & Overall
: 3rd Overall Tour de Pologne
::1st Stage 2
;2014
: 4th Overall Tour de Pologne
;2015
: 7th Overall Tour de Pologne
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=Grand Tour general classification results timeline=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |
| scope="col" | Grand Tour
! scope="col" | 2007 ! scope="col" | 2008 ! scope="col" | 2009 ! scope="col" | 2010 ! scope="col" | 2011 ! scope="col" | 2012 ! scope="col" | 2013 ! scope="col" | 2014 ! scope="col" | 2015 ! scope="col" | 2016 |
|---|
| style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | File:Jersey pink.svg Giro d'Italia | style="text-align:center;"|82 |— |— |— |— |— |— |— |— |— |
| style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | File:Jersey yellow.svg Tour de France |— | style="text-align:center;"|137 | style="text-align:center;"|82 | style="text-align:center;"|28 | style="text-align:center;"|51 | style="text-align:center;"|73 | style="text-align:center;"|37 | style="text-align:center;"|120 | style="text-align:center;"|68 |— |
| style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | File:Jersey red.svg Vuelta a España |— |— | style="text-align:center;"|46 | style="text-align:center;"|130 |— | style="text-align:center;"|162 |— |— |— | style="text-align:center;"|153 |
| class="wikitable"
|+ Legend |
| scope="row" | —
| Did not compete |
|---|
| scope="row" | DNF
| Did not finish |
=Other major stage races=
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| Race
! scope="col" | 2006 ! scope="col" | 2007 ! scope="col" | 2008 ! scope="col" | 2009 ! scope="col" | 2010 ! scope="col" | 2011 ! scope="col" | 2012 ! scope="col" | 2013 ! scope="col" | 2014 ! scope="col" | 2015 ! scope="col" | 2016 ! scope="col" | 2017 |
|---|
| align="center"
| style="text-align:center;"| Paris–Nice |— |— |— | style="text-align:center;" |DNF | style="text-align:center;" |20 | style="text-align:center;" |85 |— |— |— |— |— |— |
| align="center"
| style="text-align:center;"| Tirreno–Adriatico |— |— |— |— |— |— | style="background:#ddf;" |9 |— |— | style="text-align:center;" |DNF | 98 |— |
| align="center"
| style="text-align:center;"| Volta a Catalunya |— |— | style="text-align:center;" |80 |— | style="text-align:center;" | - | style="text-align:center;" |148 |— |— |— |— |— |— |
| align="center"
| style="text-align:center;"| Tour of the Basque Country |— |— |— | style="text-align:center;" |DNF |— |— | style="text-align:center;" |18 | style="text-align:center;" |68 | style="text-align:center;" |113 |— | OTL |— |
| align="center"
| style="text-align:center;"| Tour de Romandie |— |— |— |— | style="text-align:center;" |32 |— |— |— |— |— | 91 | 119 |
| align="center"
| style="text-align:center;"| Critérium du Dauphiné |— |— | style="text-align:center;" |91 |— | style="background:#ddf;" |7 | style="text-align:center;" |51 | style="text-align:center;" |86 |— |— | style="text-align:center;" |DNF |— |— |
| align="center"
| style="text-align:center;"| Tour de Suisse | style="text-align:center;" |DNF | style="text-align:center;" |43 |— |— |— |— |— | style="text-align:center;" |49 | style="text-align:center;" |DNF |— | 76 |— |
References
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External links
{{Commons category|Christophe Riblon}}
- [http://www.ag2r-cyclisme.com/fiche-christophe-riblon.asp Profile at AG2R Prévoyance official website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080915083728/http://www.ag2r-cyclisme.com/fiche-christophe-riblon.asp |date=15 September 2008 }}
- {{UCI}}
- {{Cycling Archives}}
- {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140605054822/http://www.cyclingbase.com/palcoureurs.php?id=4596&idtitle=1 |date=dmy |title=Christophe Riblon at Cycling Base}}
- {{Olympedia}}
- {{Olympics.com profile|org_archive=20210303092750}}
- {{CNOSF|4/riblon-28554|archive=20221005224840}}
{{Prix de combativité}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Riblon, Christophe}}
Category:People from Tremblay-en-France
Category:Cyclists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic cyclists for France
Category:French Tour de France stage winners
Category:2013 Tour de France stage winners
Category:2010 Tour de France stage winners
Category:French track cyclists