(1979-06-22) 22 June 1979 (age 44) Schiltigheim, Alsace, France
Height
1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)[1]
Weight
71 kg (157 lb; 11 st 3 lb)[1]
Team information
Current team
Retired
Discipline
Road
Role
Rider
Rider type
All-rounder Climber Breakaway specialist
Amateur teams
1999–2000
Vendée U
2000
Bonjour (stagiaire)
Professional team
2001–2017
Bonjour
Major wins
Grand Tours
Tour de France
Mountains classification (2012)
4 individual stages (2009, 2010, 2012)
Stage races
Tour de Luxembourg (2003)
Four Days of Dunkirk (2011)
Tour de Yorkshire (2016)
One-day races and Classics
National Road Race Championships (2004, 2010)
GP Ouest–France (2007)
GP de Québec (2010)
Brabantse Pijl (2012)
Thomas Voeckler (French pronunciation:[tɔmɑvœklɛʁ]; born 22 June 1979) is a French former road racing cyclist, who competed professionally between 2001 and 2017, for the Direct Énergie team and its previous iterations.[2]
One of the most prominent French riders of his generation, Voeckler has been described as a "national hero", due to strong performances over several years in the Tour de France.[3][4]
^ ab"Thomas Voeckler profile". Archived from the original on 27 December 2013. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
^Fletcher, Patrick (22 September 2016). "Voeckler to retire at the end of 2017 Tour de France". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 16 July 2017. The Frenchman will be 38 by the time he hits the Champs-Élysées for what will be an emotional farewell after 15 consecutive Tours, over the course of which he has given home fans much to cheer about.
^The secret life of Thomas Voeckler (11 April 2012). "The secret life of Thomas Voeckler | Cycle Sport". Cyclesportmag.com. Retrieved 11 July 2012.
^"Voeckler in Top Form For Liège–Bastogne–Liège". Cyclingnews.com. 16 April 2012. Retrieved 11 July 2012.
ThomasVoeckler (French pronunciation: [tɔmɑ vœklɛʁ]; born 22 June 1979) is a French former road racing cyclist, who competed professionally between 2001...
Fabrice Salanson, ThomasVoeckler and Sylvain Chavanel. Salanson's death due to heart disease in 2003 was a blow to the team. Voeckler wore the yellow jersey...
Team Sky rider Mark Cavendish also won three stages. Team Europcar's ThomasVoeckler, winner of two mountain stages, won the mountains classification. BMC...
major surprise in the Tour was the performance of French newcomer ThomasVoeckler, who unexpectedly won the yellow jersey as leader of the general classification...
meaning is “dynamite”. Examples of such racers include Thomas De Gendt, Jens Voigt, ThomasVoeckler, Alessandro De Marchi, Tony Martin, Sylvain Chavanel...
"Tour de France 2010, Stage 15:Yellow for Alberto Contador, Win for ThomasVoeckler". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 28 January 2011. Retrieved...
A Travers le Morbihan, ThomasVoeckler Stage 4 Route du Sud, ThomasVoeckler France Road Race Championships, ThomasVoeckler Tour du Doubs, Mathieu Sprick...
yellow jersey until the end of the ninth stage when it was taken by ThomasVoeckler (Team Europcar), who went on to hold it throughout the stages in the...
Nordhaug of Team Sky. Samuel Sánchez (BMC Racing Team) was second and ThomasVoeckler (Team Europcar) was third. Nordhaug also won the points classification...
overall in the 19th stage of Alpe d'Huez to take the yellow jersey from ThomasVoeckler, but he was overtaken by Cadel Evans in the penultimate stage of the...
Cyril Lemoine Blel Kadri 3 Marcel Kittel Jan Bárta 4 Marcel Kittel ThomasVoeckler 5 Lars Boom Astana Pro Team Lieuwe Westra 6 André Greipel Luis Ángel...
about a positive retest of a 2007 out-of-competition control concerning Thomas Dekker broke three days before the start; his team Silence–Lotto immediately...
Trentino, breaking clear with ThomasVoeckler on the final climb of the second stage; they remained clear to the end, with Voeckler winning the sprint and Scarponi...
to Pinerolo but unable to win time to the other favourites besides ThomasVoeckler and Ivan Basso. In the stage to the Col du Galibier he lost time to...
Basque Country, but he had to settle for second behind stage winner ThomasVoeckler. For the Giro d'Italia, Voigt rode in support of Basso. Following Team...
racing driver (d. 2011) 1979 – Joey Cheek, American speed skater 1979 – ThomasVoeckler, French cyclist 1980 – Ilya Bryzgalov, Russian ice hockey player 1980...
shown are the odds in July 2008, directly before the start of the race. Thomas Dekker and Michael Rogers were also given odds in this range, but were not...
beating Direct Énergie's Bryan Coquard. Sagan claimed back the green and Thomas De Gendt (Lotto–Soudal) the polka dot. Greg Van Avermaet of BMC Racing Team...
2012 Tour as a Hors Catégorie climb. The leader over the summit was ThomasVoeckler, who went on to take the stage victory in Bellegarde-sur-Valserine...
award Fabian Cancellara Team CSC no award 2 Tom Boonen Tom Boonen ThomasVoeckler Sylvain Calzati 3 Tom Boonen Erik Dekker Yaroslav Popovych Erik Dekker...
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