Jérôme Cousin

Jérôme Cousin
	Cousin in 2015.
Personal information
Full name	Jérôme Cousin
Born	5 June 1989 (age 32); Saint-Sébastien-sur-Loire,; Pays de la Loire, France
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	74 kg (163 lb; 11 st 9 lb)
Team information
Current team	Team TotalEnergies
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	All-rounder
Amateur teams
2007	UC Nantes Atlantique junior
2008–2010	Vendée U
2009	Bbox Bouygues Telecom (stagiaire)
2010	Bbox Bouygues Telecom (stagiaire)
Professional teams
2011–2015	Team Europcar
2016–2017	Cofidis
2018–	Direct Énergie

Jérôme Cousin (born 5 June 1989) is a French professional road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam Team TotalEnergies.^[3]

In October 2015 Cofidis announced that Cousin would join them from 2016 on a two-year contract,^[4] after six years with Team Europcar and its previous iterations. He returned to the team in 2018, now known as Direct Énergie, upon the expiration of his contract.^[5]

Major results[]

2006

5th Chrono des Nations Juniors

2008

3rd Overall Tour du Haut-Anjou

9th Chrono des Nations Espoirs

2010

8th Overall Ronde de l'Isard

1st Stage 1

10th Overall Thüringen Rundfahrt der U23

2011

7th Overall Danmark Rundt

9th Polynormande

2012

1st

Overall Tour de Normandie

1st Stage 2

Rhône-Alpes Isère Tour

1st

Points classification

1st Stage 3

2013

2nd Overall Étoile de Bessèges

1st

Young rider classification

1st Stage 3

Tour de France

Combativity award Stages 1 & 10

2018: 1st Stage 5 Paris–Nice; Combativity award Stage 4 Tour de France
2019: 3rd Overall Vuelta a Castilla y León; 7th Paris–Camembert
2020: Combativity award Stage 3 Tour de France

Grand Tour general classification results timeline[]

Grand Tour	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Giro d'Italia	Has not contested during his career
Tour de France	156	—	—	121	—	93	—	HD
Vuelta a España	—	78	73	129	—	—	—	—

Legend
—	Did not compete
DNF	Did not finish
HD	Finished a stage outside the time limit resulting in them being eliminated.

References[]

^ "Direct Énergie". Directvelo (in French). Association Le Peloton. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
^ "Total Direct Énergie". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 12 January 2020. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
^ "Total Direct Energie". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 7 January 2021. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
^ "Team Cofidis Announces Its Final Roster For Next Season". Orbea. 16 October 2015. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
^ "Two-year extension for Calmejane at Direct Energie". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 29 August 2017. Retrieved 9 January 2018. Confirmed signings from 2018 include Axel Journiaux (Neo-Pro), Simon Sellier (Neo-Pro), Rein Taaramäe (Katusha-Alpecin), Jérôme Cousin (Cofidis), and Damien Gaudin (l'Armée de Terre).

External links[]

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[1] "Direct Énergie". Directvelo (in French). Association Le Peloton. Retrieved 14 January 2019.

[2] "Total Direct Énergie". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 12 January 2020. Retrieved 12 January 2020.

[3] "Total Direct Energie". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 7 January 2021. Retrieved 7 January 2021.

[4] "Team Cofidis Announces Its Final Roster For Next Season". Orbea. 16 October 2015. Retrieved 7 November 2015.

[5] "Two-year extension for Calmejane at Direct Energie". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 29 August 2017. Retrieved 9 January 2018. Confirmed signings from 2018 include Axel Journiaux (Neo-Pro), Simon Sellier (Neo-Pro), Rein Taaramäe (Katusha-Alpecin), Jérôme Cousin (Cofidis), and Damien Gaudin (l'Armée de Terre).

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