Bryan Coquard
Bryan Coquard (born 25 April 1992) is a French cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . He was a silver medalist at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the Omnium. Career. Youth and amateur career. Coquard began cycling in 1999 at the age of seven, at the US Pontchâteau club. In September 2008, aged sixteen, he joined CREPS Bordeaux, where he was coached by Éric Vermeulen. In 2009, Coquard won the gold medal in the omnium at the UCI Juniors World Championships, as well as winning the scratch at the European championships. He retained his Junior Omnium crown in  2010, winning four of the six events, he also finished second in the Scratch Race. Due to his track success, in June 2011 Coquard signed a contract with for the start of the 2013 professional road season. Later that month, he became the omnium champion of France, winning 5 of the 6 races. Following this, he was selected to represent France in the omnium at the 2012 Summer Olympics. He won the silver medal finishing behind Lasse Norman Hansen of Denmark. Team Europcar. Coquard signed a contract for a professional career on the roads from the 2013 season onwards, signing  with . His 2013 campaign began well, as he took two stages in the Étoile de Bessèges in January and February. In 2015, Coquard won the first stage of the Four Days of Dunkirk. The stage featured cobbled sectors, fracturing the peloton to bits, and Coquard won the sprint of a small group of three. Bryan Coquard began the 2016 season with two victories in the first and second stages of the Étoile de Bessèges. However, on 16 February, in preparation for the Vuelta a Andalucía, he fractured his right shoulder blade. He returned a month later in time for the  classics season, having missed his first objective of the year, Paris–Nice. He started off well finishing 2nd behind Jens Debusschere in a small bunch sprint at Dwars door Vlaanderen. After a stage win at the Circuit de la Sarthe, his form continued into the hilly classics of Brabantse Pijl and the Amstel Gold Race finishing fourth in both. In May, he won his first professional stage race at the Four Days of Dunkirk while also winning three stages in the process. The following month, he won his first race against the clock during the prologue of the Boucles de  la Mayenne, as well as winning the next stage. In his build up to the Tour de France, he beat Arnaud Démare in the first two stages of the Route du Sud. Vital Concept. In August 2017 it was confirmed that Coquard had signed for the newly formed team, as team leader for 2018, shortly after Coquard was excluded from the Tour de France team. Coquard was also offered a place on the team, but turned it down as he felt he would be put as 2nd sprinter behind Fernando Gaviria Coquard made his debut for Vital Concept in January  2018 at the Sharjah International Cycling Tour. He took his first victory in February at stage 1 of the Tour of Oman where he won a sprint finish ahead of Mark Cavendish. Earlier in the month Coquard narrowly missed out on victory at the Étoile de Bessèges, when Christophe Laporte passed him out at the finish line while Coquard was celebrating the victory he had thought he had won. Cofidis. In August 2021, Coquard signed a two-year contract with , from the 2022 season.