 Victor Lafay in 2021 | |||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Victor Lafay | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 17 January 1996 Lyon, France | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 65 kg (143 lb) | ||||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||||
| Current team | Decathlon CMA CGM | ||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Road | ||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||
| Rider type | Puncheur | ||||||||||||||
| Amateur teams | |||||||||||||||
| 2015–2016 | Chambéry CF | ||||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | Bourg-en-Bresse Ain | ||||||||||||||
| Professional teams | |||||||||||||||
| 2017 | Cofidis (stagiaire) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018–2023 | Cofidis[1][2] | ||||||||||||||
| 2024– | Decathlon–AG2R La Mondiale | ||||||||||||||
| Major wins | |||||||||||||||
| Grand Tours Tour de France 1 individual stage (2023) Giro d'Italia 1 individual stage (2021) | |||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Victor Lafay (born 17 January 1996) is a French cyclist who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Decathlon CMA CGM.[3]
Career
[edit]In October 2020, he was named in the startlist for the 2020 Vuelta a España.[4]
He won stage 8 of the 2021 Giro d'Italia, from Foggia to Guardia Sanframondi on May 15, 2021, from a breakaway of nine riders.[5]
On 2 July 2023, Lafay won from an elite bunch on stage 2 of the 2023 Tour de France in San Sebastián, attacking in the final kilometre and holding off Wout Van Aert, Tadej Pogacar and Tom Pidcock.[6] On 5 November 2025, Lafay was announced as a new rider on Unibet Tietema Rockets.[7] Prior to this announcement there Lafay had publicly admitted that he had considered retirement [8]
Major results
[edit]
Overall Tour du Valromey
1st Stages 2 & 3
2017
1st 
Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships
7th Overall Grand Prix Priessnitz spa
9th Overall Rhône-Alpes Isère Tour
9th Overall Tour de Savoie Mont Blanc
2018
1st Stage 2 Tour de Savoie Mont Blanc
2nd 
Road race, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships
2021 (1 pro win)
1st Stage 8 Giro d'Italia
3rd Overall Arctic Race of Norway
1st 
Young rider classification
4th Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
1st Young rider classification
2022 (1)
2nd Classic Grand Besançon Doubs
5th Overall Arctic Race of Norway
1st Stage 3
6th Trofeo Laigueglia
2023 (2)
1st Classic Grand Besançon Doubs
Tour de France
1st Stage 2
Held 
after Stages 2–3
3rd Coppa Agostoni
4th Ardèche Classic
6th La Flèche Wallonne
7th Overall Route d'Occitanie
7th Tour du Jura
2024
4th Overall Tour of Guangxi
7th Overall Tour de l'Ain
2025
2nd Overall Tour of Guangxi
3rd Classic Var
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
[edit]| Grand Tour | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Giro d'Italia
|
— | DNF | — | — |
 Tour de France
|
— | — | DNF | DNF |
 Vuelta a España
|
81 | — | — |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
References
[edit]- ^ Bacon, Ellis (30 December 2019). "2020 Team Preview: Cofidis". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
- ^ "Cofidis". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- ^ "Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team". UCI. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
- ^ "75th La Vuelta ciclista a España: Startlist". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
- ^ "Lafay wins stage eight of Giro d'Italia as Ewan abandons race". Reuters. May 15, 2021. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
- ^ "Frenchman Victor Lafay wins Tour de France second stage". France24. 2 July 2023. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
- ^ https://rocketscycling.com/blogs/news/unibet-rose-rockets-relaunch-victor-lafay-joining-forces-for-2026-goals
- ^ https://cyclingflash.com/news/victor-lafay-decides-not-to-end-his-career-after-all
External links
[edit]
- Victor Lafay at UCI
- Victor Lafay at Cycling Archives
- Victor Lafay at ProCyclingStats
- Victor Lafay at Cycling Quotient
- Victor Lafay at CycleBase
- Victor Lafay at InterSportStats
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