Simon Carr (cyclist)
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Simon Francis Carr |
| Born | 29 August 1998 Hereford, England, UK |
| Height | 1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) |
| Weight | 63 kg (139 lb; 9 st 13 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | EF Education–EasyPost |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Climber |
| Amateur teams | |
| 2013–2016 | AJCHVA–Limoux Junior[1] |
| 2017–2018 | Occitane Cyclisme Formation[1] |
| 2019–2020 | AVC Aix-en-Provence[2] |
| 2019 | Delko–Marseille Provence (stagiaire) |
| Professional teams | |
| 2020 | Nippo–Delko–One Provence[3] |
| 2021– | EF Education–Nippo |
| Major wins | |
| Stage races | |
Simon Francis Carr (born 29 August 1998) is a British professional road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam EF Education–EasyPost.[4] Although born in Hereford, England, to Welsh parents, he was brought up in the foothills of the Pyrenees and is bilingual in English and French. He currently races under the British flag with a French licence,[5] but has declared himself as Welsh in a bid to compete in the 2022 Commonwealth Games.[6] In August of 2024, Carr announced he would join the French cycling team Cofidis beginning the following season on a three-year contract.[7]
Major results
[edit]- 2017
- Tour de Martinique
- 1st Stages 3, 7 & 10
- 2018
- 3rd Overall Tour du Piémont Pyrénéen
- 1st
Young rider classification
- 1st
- 2019
- 1st
Overall Volta a Valencia
- 1st Young rider classification
- 1st
- 1st Grand Prix de Biran
- 1st Stage 1 Tour du Beaujolais
- 1st Stage 4 Vuelta a Navarra
- 1st Stage 2 (TTT) Tour du Piémont Pyrénéen
- 2nd Overall Vuelta al Bidasoa
- 1st Stage 4
- 10th Overall Tour de Savoie Mont Blanc
- 2020 (1 pro win)
- 1st Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia
- 1st Young rider classification, Volta a Portugal
- 2021
- 8th Mont Ventoux Dénivelé Challenge
- 9th Overall Route d'Occitanie
- 1st Young rider classification
- 1st
- 2022
- 4th Overall Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
- 2023 (4)
- 1st
Overall Tour de Langkawi
- 1st Stage 5
- 1st Stage 5 Tour of the Alps
- 1st Stage 4 Route d'Occitanie
- 3rd Mont Ventoux Dénivelé Challenge
- 2024 (2)
- 1st Trofeo Calvià
- Tour of the Alps
- 1st
Mountains classification - 1st Stage 4
- 1st
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
[edit]| Grand Tour | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Giro d'Italia
|
66 | DNF | — | DNF |
 Tour de France
|
— | — | — | — |
 Vuelta a España
|
DNF | — | — | — |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
References
[edit]- ^ a b Ruscitto, Jean-Michel (20 January 2017). "Un Britannique à l'Occitane CF" [A Briton at Occitane CF]. Directvelo (in French). Association Le Peloton. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
- ^ Gachet, Nicolas (12 November 2018). "AVC Aix-en-Provence : L'effectif 2019" [AVC Aix-en-Provence: The 2019 roster]. Directvelo (in French). Association Le Peloton. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
- ^ "Simon Carr rejoindra le Team en août 2020 !" [Simon Carr will join the Team in August 2020!]. Nippo–Delko–One Provence (in French). Vélo-Club La Pomme Marseille. 18 December 2019. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
- ^ "Simon Carr joins the team". EF Pro Cycling. Slipstream Sports. 23 December 2020. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
- ^ "Le Grimpeur de Hereford: Simon Carr interview". thebritishcontinental.co.uk. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
- ^ Gareth Rhys Owen (13 August 2021). "Simon Carr: English-born, French-raised cyclist ties Welsh colours to mast for Vuelta a Espana". BBC Wales Sport.
- ^ "Simon Carr set to join Cofidis in 2025 for 3 seasons". ProCyclingUK. 6 August 2024.
External links
[edit]- Official website
- Simon Carr at ProCyclingStats