Sébastien Joly

Sébastien Joly

Personal information
Full name	Sébastien Joly
Born	(1979-06-25) 25 June 1979 (age 45) Tournon, France
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	74 kg (163 lb)
Team information
Current team	Groupama–FDJ
Discipline	Road Directeur sportif
Role	Rider
Amateur team
1999	Vendee U Pays-de-la-Loire
Professional teams
2000–2002	Bonjour
2003	Jean Delatour
2004–2005	Crédit Agricole
2006–2009	Française des Jeux
2010–2011	Saur–Sojasun
Managerial teams
2013	Team Europcar
2015–	FDJ

Sébastien Joly (born 25 June 1979 in Tournon-sur-Rhône) is a French former professional road racing cyclist, who competed as a professional between 2000 and 2011.^[1] In 2006, he joined the Française des Jeux on the UCI ProTour. He was diagnosed with testicular cancer on 25 June 2007, his 28th birthday. He underwent an operation and then completed radiotherapy treatment on 11 September.^[2] Joly joined former team FDJ as a coach for the 2015 season.^[3]

Major results

1999

1st Paris–Roubaix Espoirs

8th Overall Le Triptyque des Monts et Châteaux

2000

1st Stage 5 Circuit des Mines

2001

6th Tro-Bro Léon

2003

1st Route Adélie de Vitré

Tour du Limousin

1st Points classification

1st Young rider classification

2005

1st Overall Tour du Limousin

1st Stage 1

4th Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise

5th Road race, National Road Championships

10th Brabantse Pijl

2007

1st Paris–Camembert

2009

6th Overall Circuit de Lorraine

1st Stage 5

9th Tour du Finistère

2011

6th Overall Route du Sud

6th Paris–Camembert

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Giro d'Italia	—	—	—	—	—	—
Tour de France	146	106	DNF	—	—	DNF
Vuelta a España	—	DNF	68	—	DNF	—

Legend

—	Did not compete
DNF	Did not finish

References

1. "Joly retiring after 12 years in pro peloton". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 8 December 2011. Retrieved 12 January 2012.
2. "Joly is back on his bike". cyclingnews.com. 31 December 2007. Retrieved 2007-12-31.
3. Farrand, Stephen. "FDJ aiming to win the Tour de France in the next five years". Retrieved 30 January 2015.

External links

• Sébastien Joly at Cycling Archives (archived)