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all-rounder 23 july 2013 '' ` grand tours '' ' 3 september 1986 2009 -- blel kadri cd 2011.jpg blel kadri 2008 kadri at the 2011 critérium du dauphiné blel kadri bordeaux , aquitaine , france 1.76 road alm 2009 rider 65 kg lb on alm 2008 '' -lrb- stagiaire -rrb- '' blel kadri
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blel kadri

blel kadri -lrb- born 3 september 1986 -rrb- is a french professional road racing cyclist , who currently rides for uci proteam .
he is of algerian descent .
in march 2013 , kadri won the roma maxima , a newly revived race formerly known as the giro del lazio .
he was part of the early breakaway which formed after the first hour of racing , and shook off his fellow escapees until he was alone with to go .
he managed to resist to the peloton 's onslaught and triumphed in rome .
on 12 july 2014 , he achieved his biggest success , winning his first stage victory in the tour de france .
also on this stage he won the most combative rider award for the second time during the 2014 tour de france and held the king of the mountains jersey .
shortly after the stage , whilst receiving treatment from his soigneur , kadri received a text message of congratulations from the president of france , francois hollande .
the text was followed by a call from a withheld number , again it was the president to offer his congratulations .
