# Jérôme Coppel

Jérôme Coppel (born 6 August 1986) is a French former road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2008 and 2016 for the Française des Jeux, Saur–Sojasun, Cofidis and IAM Cycling teams.

## Career

Born in Annemasse, Haute-Savoie, Coppel and compatriot Romain Sicard were the focus of a four-page spread in the sports magazine L'Équipe, with the headline Bientôt un crack française? ("Soon a French champ?"). His presence helped Saur–Sojasun gain its invitation to the 2011 Tour de France, where he finished 14th in the general classification and third in the young rider classification.
Coppel left Saur–Sojasun at the end of the 2012 season, and joined Cofidis for the 2013 season. In December 2014 he was announced as part of the squad for the IAM Cycling team for 2015.
Coppel retired after the 2016 Tour de l'Ain.

## Major results

Source:

### 2004

    1st Time trial, National Junior Road Championships
    10th Time trial, UCI Junior Road World Championships

### 2005

    2nd Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships

### 2006

    1st Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships
    1st Stage 3 Tour des Pays de Savoie
    2nd Time trial, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships
    3rd Time trial, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships
    4th Overall Tour de Berlin

### 2007

    National Under-23 Road Championships
       1st Time trial
       1st Road race
    1st Overall Circuit des Ardennes
       1st Young rider classification
    3rd Time trial, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships
    3rd Overall Grand Prix Guillaume Tell
    5th Time trial, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships
    5th Time trial, National Road Championships
    7th Overall Thüringen Rundfahrt der U23

### 2008

    4th Overall Tour de l'Avenir
    6th Overall Tour de l'Ain
    8th Tour du Finistère

### 2009

    1st Route Adélie
    4th Overall La Tropicale Amissa Bongo
    5th Time trial, National Road Championships
    6th Overall Critérium International

### 2010

    1st Overall Tour du Gévaudan Languedoc-Roussillon
       1st Stage 2
    1st Overall Rhône-Alpes Isère Tour
       1st Stage 1
    1st Tour du Doubs
    3rd Gran Premio de Llodio
    4th Vuelta a La Rioja
    5th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné
    6th Overall Tour de l'Ain
    6th Tour du Finistère
    7th Giro dell'Emilia
    9th Overall Paris–Nice
    9th Les Boucles du Sud-Ardèche
    10th Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli

### 2011

    1st Overall Vuelta a Murcia
       1st Stage 3 (ITT)
    1st Young rider classification Critérium du Dauphiné
    4th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía
    5th Overall Vuelta a Castilla y León
    5th Overall Étoile de Bessèges
    9th Overall Tour du Poitou-Charentes

### 2012

    1st Overall Étoile de Bessèges
       1st Stage 5b (ITT)
    1st Tour du Doubs
    2nd Overall Bayern–Rundfahrt
    3rd Overall Vuelta a Andalucía
    5th Overall Tour de l'Ain
    9th Overall Tour of Britain

### 2013

    4th Time trial, National Road Championships

### 2014

    2nd Overall Étoile de Bessèges
    5th Time trial, National Road Championships
    6th Overall Tour of Austria
    Combativity award Stage 20 Vuelta a España

### 2015

    1st Time trial, National Road Championships
    3rd Time trial, UCI Road World Championships

### 2016

    1st Overall Étoile de Bessèges
       1st Stage 5 (ITT)
    2nd Overall Circuit de la Sarthe
    4th Time trial, National Road Championships
    8th Classic Sud-Ardèche

### Grand Tour general classification results timeline

| Grand Tour | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 |
| Giro d'Italia | Did not contest during career | Did not contest during career | Did not contest during career | Did not contest during career | Did not contest during career | Did not contest during career | Did not contest during career | Did not contest during career |
| Tour de France | DNF | — | 14 | 21 | 63 | — | DNF | 75 |
| Vuelta a España | — | — | — | — | 40 | 31 | DNF | — |
Legend :
| — | Did not compete |
| DNF | Did not finish |