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Axel Laurance

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Axel Laurance
Laurance in 2024
Personal information
Born (2001-04-13) 13 April 2001 (age 23)
Height1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight66 kg (146 lb)
Team information
Current teamAlpecin–Deceuninck
Discipline
RoleRider
Amateur teams
2017EC Quéven
2018Véloce Vannetais
2019AC Lanester 56
2020–2021VC Pays de Loudéac
2021B&B Hotels p/b KTM (stagiaire)[1]
Professional teams
2022B&B Hotels–KTM
2023Alpecin–Deceuninck Development Team[2]
2024–Alpecin–Deceuninck
Major wins
Stage races
Tour of Norway (2024)
Medal record
Representing  France
Men's road bicycle racing
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2023 Glasgow Under-23 road race

Axel Laurance (born 13 April 2001) is a French cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Alpecin–Deceuninck.[3]

Career

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Early career

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Laurance started cycling at an early age, initially partaking in BMX, before moving to other disciplines including road, track and cyclo-cross.[4] As a junior rider in 2019, he won stages of the Ronde des Vallées [fr] and the Grand Prix Rüebliland.

In 2020, he joined the Vélo Club Pays de Loudéac, the development squad for B&B Hotels p/b KTM.[5] In June 2021, he finished third overall in the Under-23 Peace Race with the French national team, having won the last stage in a small group sprint.

B&B Hotels–KTM (2022)

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In August 2021, he joined UCI ProTeam B&B Hotels–KTM as a stagiaire, and signed to ride with the team full time in 2022.[6]

In August 2022, he finished second at the 2022 Bretagne Classic Ouest–France in his first year as a professional.[7] A month later, he took his first pro win, outsprinting Jonathan Milan and Matej Mohorič on stage four of the CRO Race.[8]

Alpecin–Deceuninck Development Team (2023)

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At the end of 2022, B&B Hotels–KTM folded, forcing Laurance to find a new team. He was forced to step down to the UCI Continental level with Alpecin–Deceuninck Development Team, as their World Tour squad had already reached the maximum 30 riders. Laurance took several wins in 2023, most notably culminating with the World Under-23 Road Race Championships, winning after a 26 kilometer solo effort.[9]

Alpecin–Deceuninck (2024–present)

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In 2024, he officially joined UCI WorldTeam Alpecin–Deceuninck, taking an early season victory on stage two of the Étoile de Bessèges in February.[10] In late March, he won his first UCI WorldTour level race on stage five of the Volta a Catalunya.[11]

Personal life

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Laurance comes from a family of cyclists: he is the son of Franck Laurance [fr], who was a professional cyclist in 1995 and 1996, and Manuella Le Cavil, a three-time Brittany regional champion. His sister Typhaine Laurance [fr] is also a cyclist.[12][13]

Major results

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2018
1st Overall Penn Ar Bed-Pays d'Iroise
1st Tour du Morbihan Juniors
1st Stage 2a (TTT) Aubel–Thimister–Stavelot
6th Overall Sint-Martinusprijs Kontich
2019
1st Road race, Brittany Junior Championships
1st Tour du Morbihan Juniors
5th Overall Ronde des Vallées
1st Stage 1
7th Overall Aubel–Thimister–Stavelot
1st Stage 2a (TTT)
10th Overall Grand Prix Rüebliland
1st Stage 1
2020
1st Stage 4a Circuit des Plages Vendéennes (TTT)
2021
1st Stage 3 La SportBreizh
8th Overall Course de la Paix U23
1st Stage 3
2022 (1 pro win)
2nd Bretagne Classic
5th Overall CRO Race
1st Stage 4
10th Overall Tour de Bretagne
2023
1st Road race, UCI Road World Under-23 Championships
1st Stage 4 Tour Alsace
3rd Tour of Leuven
5th Overall Circuit des Ardennes
1st Stage 1
9th Veneto Classic
2024 (4)
1st Overall Tour of Norway
1st Stage 2
1st Stage 5 Volta a Catalunya
1st Stage 2 Étoile de Bessèges

References

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  1. ^ "B&B Hotels p/b KTM". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 4 January 2021. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
  2. ^ "Alpecin–Deceuninck Development Team". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
  3. ^ "Alpecin–Deceuninck". UCI. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
  4. ^ S. R. (25 October 2017). "Cyclisme. Véloce Vannetais. Axel Laurance : " Acquérir de l'expérience "". letelegramme.fr.
  5. ^ Nicolas Gachet (2 September 2019). "Une DN1 pour Axel Laurance". directvelo.com.
  6. ^ "Cyclisme. Le Morbihannais Axel Laurance passe pro chez B & B Hôtels". Le Télégramme. 20 August 2021.
  7. ^ "Axel Laurance". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
  8. ^ "Première victoire chez les pros pour le Morbihannais Axel Laurence". ouest-france.fr (in French). 30 September 2022.
  9. ^ Ryan, Barry (12 August 2023). "World Championships: Axel Laurance wins U23 road race from early break". Cycling News. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
  10. ^ Ostanek, Daniel (1 February 2024). "Etoile de Bessèges: Axel Laurance outlasts Mads Pedersen as race restarts for stage 2". CyclingNews. Future plc. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
  11. ^ Weislo, Laura (22 March 2024). "Volta a Catalunya: Axel Laurance wins stage 5 sprint with bike throw". CyclingNews. Future plc. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
  12. ^ "La famille Laurance, la passion du vélo". ouest-france.fr. 2 December 2013.
  13. ^ "Cyclisme. Le vélo, une histoire de famille chez les Laurance". ouest-france.fr. 8 May 2020.
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