Yohann Gène (born 25 June 1981 in Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe) is a French former professional road bicycle racer, who competed professionally between 2005 and 2019, entirely for and its later iterations. He was the first black cyclist, as well as the first cyclist of Afro-Caribbean and Sub-Saharan African descent, to ever compete in the Tour de France.

Major results

2003

2nd La Côte Picarde

9th Overall Tour de la Somme

2004

6th Grand Prix des Marbriers

2007

5th Grand Prix de la Somme

2009

1st Stage 7 Tour de Langkawi

2010

2nd Val d'Ille Classic

5th Overall La Tropicale Amissa Bongo

1st Stage 5

2011

1st Stage 3 Tour of South Africa

7th Boucles de l'Aulne

9th Overall La Tropicale Amissa Bongo

1st Stages 2 & 5

2012

3rd Châteauroux Classic

5th Overall La Tropicale Amissa Bongo

1st Points classification

1st Stages 1 & 5

10th Tallinn–Tartu GP

2013

1st Overall La Tropicale Amissa Bongo

1st Points classification

1st Stage 6

1st Stage 2 Route du Sud

2014

1st Stage 3 Boucles de la Mayenne

7th Grand Prix de Fourmies

2015

1st Points classification La Tropicale Amissa Bongo

2016

6th Tro-Bro Léon

2017

1st Overall La Tropicale Amissa Bongo

1st Stage 5

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

References

External links

French male cyclists

Guadeloupean male cyclists

Tour de Guadeloupe cyclists

French people of Guadeloupean descent

1981 births

Living people

Yohann Gène