page_title: Nicolas Roche
section_title: 2009
hierarchical_section_title: Nicolas Roche / Career / Ag2r (2009–2012) / 2009
caption_attribution_description: English: Nicolas Roche (IRE) at stage 17 of the 2009 Tour de France on the Col de la Colombière. Nederlands: Nicolas Roche (IRE) tijdens de 17e etappe van de Tour de France 2009 op de Col de la Colombière.
context_page_description: Nicolas Roche is an Irish professional road bicycle racer who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Team Sunweb. He has twice been national champion and has twice finished in the top ten of the Vuelta a España, and won stages in 2013 and 2015. He represented Ireland at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the road race. He has competed for Ireland 7 times at the road world championships.
context_section_description: Roche signed a two-year contract with Ag2r–La Mondiale following the disbandment of Crédit Agricole. For most part of the year and after a solid performance in the Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré, Roche was in consideration for the Tour de France team and after winning the Irish National Road Race Championships for the first time in June 2009, it was announced that Roche had been selected by Ag2r–La Mondiale to ride his first Tour de France the following month. He had a fine debut Tour, finishing in 23rd place overall and 5th in the points classification. He had five top ten placings in the race and finished 2nd on stage 14.
caption: Roche at the 2009 Tour de France
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