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Pierre Rolland
Rolland at the 2017 Tour de France
Personal information
Full namePierre Rolland
Born (1986-10-10) 10 October 1986 (age 38)
Gien, France
Height1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Weight67 kg (148 lb; 10.6 st)[1]
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DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeClimber
Amateur teams
2005–2006Super Sport 35
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Major wins
Grand Tours
Tour de France
Young rider classification (2011)
2 individual stages (2011, 2012)
Giro d'Italia
1 individual stage (2017)

Pierre Rolland (born 10 October 1986) is a French professional road racing cyclist who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam You have called {{Contentious topics}}. You probably meant to call one of these templates instead:

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  • {{Contentious topics/list}} and {{Contentious topics/table}} show which topics are currently designated as contentious topics. They are used by a number of templates and pages on Wikipedia.. He is best known for his aggressive style of racing in the mountains.

He is a two-time stage winner in the Tour de France and a stage winner in the Giro d'Italia. His most famous win to date, came at the L'Alpe d'Huez in 2011. With his win on the legendary mountain, Rolland has gotten his name on the sign at turn 16 together with dutchman Joop Zootemelk.

His best overall finishes in a Grand Tour includes 4th overall at the 2014 Giro d'Italia and 8th overall at the 2012 Tour de France. Alongside winning a stage in the 2011 Tour de France, Rolland also won the young rider classification.

Cycling career

Rolland on his way to winning Stage 19 of the 2011 Tour de France on Alpe d'Huez

Early years (2007-2008)

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Bbox Bouygues Telecom/Team Europcar (2009–2015)

In his first season at Bbox Bouygues Telecom, Rolland finished 3rd at La Tropicale Amissa Bongo, but had to wait until 2010 to collect his first victory for the team, as he won a stage at the Circuit de Lorraine and finished eighth at the Critérium du Dauphiné.

2011

On stage 9 in the Tour de France, Thomas Voeckler claimed the yellow jersey after being a breakaway. For the following week, Rolland would help Voeckler defend the jersey over legendary mountain passes Luz-Ardiden, Plateau de Beille and Col du Galibier. Rolland gained acclaim for his strong work in defense of Thomas Voeckler's yellow jersey. Following the 14th stage of the Tour, Lance Armstrong referred to Rolland as a "rockstar."[4] Rolland won the 19th stage at the top of Alpe d'Huez, beating Olympic gold medalist Samuel Sánchez and two-time Tour champion Alberto Contador.[5] The victory also won him the white jersey, which he successfully defended in the 20th stage. He finished the Tour 10th in the general classification.

2012

In his first race during the season, Rolland won a stage at Étoile de Bessèges and finished the race 4th overall. Rolland's best result ever at Liège-Bastogne-Liège, came at the 2012 edition where he finished 12th. After the first week in the Tour de France, Rolland was only 25th in the general classification, and had also endured a crash on stage 6.[6] On stage 11, Rolland was in the breakaway that had formed to only four riders later on the day. His breakaway companions were Chris Anker Sørensen (Team Saxo Bank), Robert Kiserlovski (Astana) and Vasil Kiriyenka (Movistar). On the descent from Col du Mollard, Rolland crashed in a corner but quickly got back on his bike. On the final climb up to La Toussuire/Les Sybelles, Rolland attacked and left the other riders behind, to take yet another solo win in the Tour de France.[7] Rolland moved up to 9th position in the general classification after the stage but was still keen to hunt for more stage wins. On the final mountain stage of the Tour, Rolland finished 5th and moved up to 8th position in the general classification. This was his best ever career finish at the Tour de France, and he was also the best placed frenchman in the general classification.

Rolland riding in the polka-dot jersey at the 2013 Tour de France

2013

In April, Rolland won the pen-ultimate stage of Circuit de la Sarthe and on the next day he won the overall race.[8] Just a few days later he was 3rd in the one-day race Paris-Camembert.[9] Rolland then went on to finish 10th overall at Giro del Trentino, before one of his last goals of the spring campaign at Liège-Bastogne-Liège. After finishing 12th the previous year, Rolland had high hopes but had to settle for 24th. On stage 2 in the 100th edition of the Tour de France, Rolland made it into the breakaway and snatched the polka-dot jersey for the first time in his career. He would keep it until stage 7, where fellow frenchman Blel Kadri would take the lead with 1 point. On the last day in the Pyrenees on stage 9, Rolland would reclaim the jersey after collecting enough points in the breakaway. Rolland would lose the jersey on stage 15 to Chris Froome, who would win the stage to Mont Ventoux.

2014

The 2014 season was the first season that Rolland would ride the Giro d'Italia. After a spring where he had not delivered any top results, the pressure was lifted of his shoulders as he started the race. After finishing 21st in the Team time trial, Rolland started the Giro of in the worst way possible. However at the end of the first week, Rolland would improve and he moved up to 12th overall when the second rest day approached. As the more mountainous stages would appear in the race, Rolland improved his performance and moved even further up in the general classification. On the controversial stage to Val Martello, Rolland finished 3rd and moved up to 4th in the general classification. He would advance to 3rd place just two days after, and despite delivering one of his best Time trials ever on stage 19 where Rolland finished 4th, he dropped out of the podium. On the pen-ultimate stage to Monte Zoncolan, Rolland was on an almost impossible task, if he wanted to finish on the podium. He eventually lost 4 seconds to Fabio Aru, and therefore finished fourth in the general classification, his best finish in a Grand Tour.[10] As he arrived at the Tour de France, Rolland was not considered any threat to the general classification and could therefore focus on breakaways. He would attack already on stage 2 in the final but had no luck of staying away. On stage 9 to Mulhouse, Rolland moved up to 8th in the general classification after his performance in the breakaway. On the next day he dropped to 16th in the general classification, possibly because of his efforts on the previous day. His best stage finish came on stage 17 to Saint-Lary-Soulan where he was 6th. Rolland finished the Tour de France just outside top 10 with an 11th place in the general classification.

2015

In his last season with Team Europcar, Rolland was very close to victory on two occasions in the spring. He finished 2nd on the first stage of the Volta a Catalunya, after losing the sprint to Maciej Paterski.[11] Paterski moved into the leaders jersey after the stage, but Rolland would claim the jersey on stage 3 after Paterski lost over a minute.[12] Rolland would already lose the jersey on the following stage as the over five minutes on stage 4. Two weeks later, Rolland was in the breakaway in the Circuit Cycliste Sarthe, but this time he lost the sprint to Manuele Boaro. One week later, Rolland would finally achieve his first win of the season by winning the third and last stage of the Vuelta a Castilla y León in solo fashion.[13] He also won the overall race with 16 seconds to the second place. At the Tour de France, Rolland was outside the top 10 before the final week. On stage 18, Rolland was in the breakaway and finished 2nd behind countryman Romain Bardet. On the following day, Rolland went into the breakaway again and attacked solo. As he had won on La Toussuire - Les Sybelles in 2012, Rolland was looking to repeat it once again but was later overtaken by the eventual stage winner Vincenzo Nibali, and finished 11th on the stage. Rolland went into the breakaway once again on stage 20 on the stage to L'Alpe d'Huez, a mountain he had also won on previous, in 2011. This time, Rolland finished 6th and defended his 10th place in the general classification. In the Vuelta a España, Rolland was targeting stage wins and was in the breakaways once again with his best result being 5th on stage 16.

Cannondale (2016–2018)

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2016

Rolland was in the breakaway on stage 19 of the 2016 Tour de France before enduring a heavy crash

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  • {{Contentious topics/list}} and {{Contentious topics/table}} show which topics are currently designated as contentious topics. They are used by a number of templates and pages on Wikipedia. for the 2016 season, Rolland was looking to add more flavour to his racing career. Previously he had ridden many racedays in a season and had therefore limited time to train specific. More altitude camps where included in his preparations towards the Tour de France. At the Critérium du Dauphiné, Rolland finished 10th overall. Rolland was 9th overall after stage 7 at the Tour de France, however he crashed into the side of a rock on the descent to Bagnères-de-Luchon on stage 8 and lost almost 2 minutes.[15] He also crashed on a descent on stage 19 after being in the breakaway with Rui Costa.[16] At the Vuelta a España, Pierre finished 7th on stage 4.

2017

Rolland winning stage 17 of the 2017 Giro d'Italia

Rolland started the 2017 season of by finishing 78th at the Vuelta a Andalucia. His first top 10 result came at the Tour of the Alps where he finished 6th overall. He also finished 4th on stage 3, and 5th on the final stage 5. One of Rolland's season goals was the 100th edition of the Giro d'Italia. At the Giro, Pierre won stage 17, after attacking inside the final 10 km of the breakaway.[17] He also won the 3rd stage of the Route du Sud on top of the D923 climb to Gavarnie-Gèdre.[18] He was feeling sick throughout the final week of the Tour de France thus not making a great result.

2018

At the Paris-Nice, Pierre finished 23rd overall. He finished 20th overall at the Circuit Cycliste Sartre - Pays de la Loire before riding the Ardennes Classics. On 9 August, it was announced that Rolland would join Vital Concept for the 2019 season after three years at You have called {{Contentious topics}}. You probably meant to call one of these templates instead:

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Career achievements

Major results

2007
1st Stage 2 Tour du Limousin
2nd Overall La Tropicale Amissa Bongo
1st Stage 1
2nd Tour du Doubs
7th Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise
8th Tro-Bro Léon
2008
1st Mountains classification Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
6th Overall Circuit Cycliste Sarthe
8th Trophée des Grimpeurs
9th Paris–Camembert
9th Tour du Haut Var
2009
3rd Overall La Tropicale Amissa Bongo
2010
1st Mountains classification Critérium International
2nd Overall Circuit de Lorraine
1st Stage 4
5th Boucles de l'Aulne
8th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné
9th Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan
2011
5th Overall Circuit de Lorraine
6th Overall Tour de l'Ain
7th Les Boucles du Sud Ardèche
10th Overall Tour de France
1st Young rider classification
1st Stage 19
10th Overall Tour Méditerranéen
2012
4th Overall Étoile de Bessèges
1st Stage 3
8th Overall Tour de France
1st Stage 11
2013
1st Overall Circuit de la Sarthe
1st Stage 4
3rd Paris–Camembert
10th Overall Giro del Trentino
Tour de France
Held after Stages 2–6 & 9–14
2014
4th Overall Giro d'Italia
2015
1st Overall Vuelta a Castilla y León
1st Stage 3
10th Overall Tour de France
2016
10th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné
2017
1st Sprints classification Volta a Catalunya
1st Stage 17 Giro d'Italia
1st Stage 3 Route du Sud
6th Overall Tour of the Alps
2018
8th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné

Grand Tour classification results timeline

Grand Tour 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
A pink jersey Giro d'Italia  —  —  —  —  — 4  —  — 22  —
A yellow jersey Tour de France 20 58 10 8 24 11 10 16 54 27
A red jersey Vuelta a España  — DNF  —  —  —  — 50 50 56
Legend
Did not compete
DNF Did not finish
IP In progress

References

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  2. ^ "Team Europcar (EUC) – FRA". UCI World Tour. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
  3. ^ An interview with Pierre Rolland Cyclingnews.com, 17 June 2008
  4. ^ Voeckler A Tour De France Contender, Says Armstrong Cyclingnews.com, 16 July 2011
  5. ^ Pierre Rolland wins 19th stage of Tour de France Yahoo! News, 19 July 2011
  6. ^ "Major setback for Rolland and Europcar | Cyclingnews.com". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
  7. ^ "Rolland finds solace at La Toussuire | Cyclingnews.com". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
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  10. ^ Peter Cossins (1 June 2014). "Mezgec wins first Grand Tour stage". Cyclingnews.com. Bath, UK: Future plc. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
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  12. ^ "France's Pierre Rolland leads Volta a Catalunya". USA TODAY. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
  13. ^ "Castilla y Leon: Rolland secures overall title". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 20 April 2015. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
  14. ^ "Pierre Rolland signs for Cannondale-Garmin title". Cyclingnews.com. 27 August 2015. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
  15. ^ "Tour de France 2016: Stage 8 Results | Cyclingnews.com". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
  16. ^ Le Tour De France (22 July 2016), Chute de Pierre Rolland - Étape 19 (Albertville / Saint-Gervais Mont Blanc) - Tour de France 2016, retrieved 1 April 2018
  17. ^ "Giro d'Italia: Rolland steps up and wins big for Cannondale-Drapac | Cyclingnews.com". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
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  19. ^ "Pierre Rolland signs for Vital Concept | Cyclingnews.com". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 13 October 2018.