Blel Kadri | |
Fullname: | Blel Kadri |
Birth Date: | 3 September 1986 |
Birth Place: | Bordeaux, Aquitaine, France |
Weight: | 90kg (200lb) |
Discipline: | Road |
Role: | Rider |
Ridertype: | All-rounder |
Amateuryears1: | 2000–2004 |
Amateurteam1: | Villeneuve CC |
Amateuryears2: | 2005–2006 |
Amateurteam2: | GSC Blagnac |
Amateuryears3: | 2007–2008 |
Amateurteam3: | Albi VS |
Amateuryears4: | 2008 |
Amateurteam4: | (stagiaire) |
Proyears1: | 2009–2016 |
Majorwins: | Grand Tours
1 individual stage (2014)One-day races and Classics |
Blel Kadri (born 3 September 1986) is a former French professional road racing cyclist, who most recently rode for UCI ProTeam . He is of Algerian descent.[1]
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 40km (30miles) to go. He managed to resist to the peloton's onslaught and triumphed in Rome.[2]
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 Tour de France and held the King of the Mountains jersey.[3]
After retiring from professional racing, he was working in the cycling aisle of a department store in Toulouse.[4]
Grand Tour | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | |
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Giro d'Italia | — | — | — | — | — | — | 147 | |
Tour de France | — | 116 | 89 | 125 | 84 | — | — | |
Vuelta a España | 82 | — | 169 | — | — | 150 | — |
— | Did not compete | |
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DNF | Did not finish |