Laurent Didier (born 19 July 1984) is a Luxembourgish former professional road bicycle racer, who competed between 2006 and 2018 for the , Designa Køkken, and teams.
Career Didier is from Dippach, Luxembourg and his ancestors are no strangers to the world of cycling. His father, Lucien Didier, was part of winning team time trial squads in the Tour de France and the Giro d'Italia, and his grandfather Bim Diederich won three stages of the Tour and wore the yellow jersey for three days. Laurent is good in various terrains which makes him useful in different kinds of races.
From October 2008 to early February 2009, Didier rode for Danish , and then moved home to Designa Køkken, also in Denmark. In 2009, he finished second at the Luxembourgish National Road Race Championships behind Andy Schleck and was also runner-up in the Luxembourgish National Time Trial Championships behind Kim Kirchen.
To most cycling experts it was considered a huge surprise that Didier was selected for the 2013 Tour de France, at the expense of former Belgian champion Stijn Devolder.
Major results Source:
2005 1st Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships 3rd Overall Flèche du Sud 1st Stage 3a 6th GP Möbel Alvisse 9th Overall Stuttgart–Straßburg 2006 8th Rund um Düren 2007 1st Saargau 1st Stage 2 Oberösterreich Rundfahrt 3rd Time trial, National Road Championships 8th Ronde van Overijssel 2009 National Road Championships 2nd Road race 2nd Time trial 6th Overall Tour de Normandie 2010 9th Overall Vuelta a la Comunidad de Madrid 2011 National Road Championships 3rd Road race 3rd Time trial 2012 1st Road race, National Road Championships 1st Mountains classification, Tour de Wallonie 2013 1st Mountains classification, Tour du Haut Var 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships 2014 1st Time trial, National Road Championships 1st Stage 5 USA Pro Challenge 2015 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Tour of Alberta 3rd Time trial, National Road Championships 2016 10th Overall Tour of Utah
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
Grand Tour 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 Giro d'Italia 33 130———— 64 DNF 97 Tour de France——— 53— DNF——— Vuelta a España—— 86——— 104——
+ Legend — Did not compete DNF Did not finish
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