Audrey Cordon-Ragot (née Cordon; born 22 September 1989) is a French road bicycle racer,[5] who currently races for UCI Women's WorldTeam Human Powered Health.[6]

Audrey Cordon-Ragot
Personal information
Full nameAudrey Cordon-Ragot
BornAudrey Cordon
(1989-09-22) 22 September 1989 (age 35)[1]
Pontivy, France
Height170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Weight60 kg (132 lb)
Team information
Current teamHuman Powered Health
Disciplines
  • Road
  • Track
  • Cyclo-cross
RoleRider
Rider typeTime trialist
Professional teams
2008–2013Vienne Futuroscope
2014Team Hitec Products
2015–2018Wiggle–Honda
2019–2022Trek–Segafredo[2][3][4]
2023Zaaf Cycling Team
2023–Human Powered Health
Major wins
Stage races
Tour de Bretagne Féminin (2013)

One day races

GP de Plumelec-Morbihan (2012, 2014)
Cholet Pays de Loire (2012, 2015)
National Time Trial Championships
(2015, 2016, 2021, 2022, 2024)
National Road Race Championships (2020, 2022)
Medal record
Women's road bicycle racing
Representing  France
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2023 Glasgow Mixed team relay
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2023 Drenthe Mixed team relay
Audrey Cordon competing in the 2012 Olympics time trial in London

Career

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She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the Women's road race, but finished over the time limit. In the Women's time trial she finished 15th.[7]

In 2013, Cordon won the general classification of the five-day Tour de Bretagne Féminin.

In October 2014, it was announced that Cordon-Ragot would join the Wiggle–Honda team in 2015 as a super-domestique, following her fellow Team Hitec Products rider Elisa Longo Borghini to the British-based squad.[8]

In 2015 and 2016 she won the French National Time Trial Championships.

She also competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. In the Women's road race she finished 37th, in the Women's time trial she finished 24th.[7]

In 2017 she won the mountains classification jersey of the Women's Tour.

In September 2022, Cordon-Ragot announced via Twitter that she would not compete with the French national team at the 2022 UCI Road World Championships in Australia as expected, for health reasons; in a later press release, it was announced that Cordon-Ragot had suffered a stroke.[9][10]

Having spent four seasons with the Trek–Segafredo team, Cordon-Ragot was scheduled to join a new B&B Hotels women's team for the 2023 season.[11] Due to financial issues, the team did not materialise and Cordon-Ragot ultimately signed a contract with the Zaaf Cycling Team for the 2023 season.[12]

In April 2023, Cordon-Ragot resigned from the Zaaf Cycling Team due to unpaid wages,[13] stating "since the beginning of the year, I was not paid, nor have I been reimbursed for my travel expenses." and that she "could not continue under these conditions".[14] The UCI subsequently allowed riders to move from Zaaf without penalty.[15]

Cordon-Ragot subsequently joined the Human Powered Health team for the remainder of the 2023 season,[16] racing the 2023 Paris–Roubaix Femmes in her first race for the team.[17]

Personal life

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On 10 October 2014 she married cyclist Vincent Ragot.

Major results

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Source: [18]

2007
3rd Calan Criterium
4th Time trial, UEC European Junior Road Championships
2008
2nd   Team pursuit, UEC European Under-23 Track Championships
3rd Individual pursuit, National Track Championships
3rd Route Féminine Du Vignoble Nantais
3rd Lesneven Criterium
2009
2nd Road race, Brittany Regional Road Championships
10th Chrono Champenois
2010
1st Road race, West Interregional Road Championships
1st Road race, Brittany Regional Road Championships
1st Duo Normand
1st Calan Criterium
1st Stage 2 (TTT) Ronde de Bourgogne
1st Stage 2 (ITT) Tour de Charente-Maritime
3rd Grand Prix de France
2011
1st Road race, Brittany Regional Road Championships
1st Calan Criterium
Ronde de Bourgogne
1st Stages 2 (TTT) & 3
1st Stage 1 Tour de Charente-Maritime
2nd Road race, West Interregional Road Championships
2nd Duo Normand
3rd Time trial, National Road Championships
5th Time trial, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships
8th Cholet Pays de Loire Dames
2012
1st Road race, West Interregional Road Championships
1st Cholet Pays de Loire Dames
1st Crac'h Criterium
1st Calan Criterium
1st Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan Dames
1st Classic Féminine Vienne Poitou-Charentes
2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
3rd Road race, Brittany Regional Road Championships
3rd Grand Prix Fémin'Ain
3rd Wanze Criterium
6th Overall Tour de Bretagne Féminin
10th Overall Gracia-Orlová
2013
1st Road race, Brittany Regional Road Championships
1st   Overall Tour de Bretagne Féminin
1st Classic Féminine Vienne Poitou-Charentes
1st Crac'h Criterium
1st Saint-Gildas-de-Rhuys Criterium
1st Hennebont Criterium
2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
2nd Cholet Pays de Loire Dames
4th Road race, Jeux de la Francophonie
2014
1st Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan Dames
2nd Overall Tour de Bretagne Féminin
1st   Points classification
1st Stage 4
3rd Omloop van het Hageland
4th Overall La Route de France
1st Stage 5
5th Cholet Pays de Loire Dames
6th Chrono Champenois-Trophée Européen
2015
National Road Championships
1st   Time trial
2nd Road race
1st Road race, Brittany Regional Road Championships
1st Cholet Pays de Loire
5th La Classique Morbihan
5th Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan Dames
2016
National Road Championships
1st   Time trial
3rd Road race
5th Time trial, UEC European Road Championships
6th Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan Dames
10th Durango-Durango Emakumeen Saria
2017
1st   Time trial, National Road Championships
1st Time trial, Brittany Regional Road Championships
1st Chrono des Nations
1st   Mountains classification The Women's Tour
4th Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan Dames
6th La Classique Morbihan
2018
1st   Time trial, National Road Championships
3rd Overall Madrid Challenge by La Vuelta
3rd Chrono des Nations
4th Time trial, UEC European Road Championships
4th Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race
6th Amstel Gold Race
6th Tour of Guangxi
10th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
10th Kreiz Breizh Elites Dames
2019
1st   Overall Tour de Bretagne Féminin
1st   Brittany rider classification
1st Acht van Westerveld
1st Postnord UCI WWT Vårgårda West Sweden TTT
2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
3rd Overall Belgium Tour
2020
National Road Championships
1st   Road race
2nd Time trial
1st Stage 3 Tour Cycliste Féminin International de l'Ardèche
1st Stage 1 (TTT) Giro Rosa
UEC European Road Championships
5th Road race
10th Time trial
2021
National Road Championships
1st   Time trial
2nd Road race
8th Donostia San Sebastián Klasikoa
8th Paris–Roubaix
2022
National Road Championships
1st   Road race
1st   Time trial
1st Postnord Vårgårda WestSweden
1st Postnord Vårgårda WestSweden TTT
2nd Overall Holland Ladies Tour
1st Stage 5 (ITT)
3rd Overall BeNe Ladies Tour
4th Time trial, UEC European Road Championships
10th GP de Plouay
2023
UEC European Championships
1st   Team relay
4th Time trial
2nd   Team relay, UCI Road World Championships
2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
2nd Omloop van Borsele
3rd Antwerp Port Epic Ladies
3rd Omloop van het Hageland
3rd Women Cycling Pro Costa De Almería
4th Overall Bretagne Ladies Tour
Tour de Normandie Féminin
4th Overall
4th Points classification
4th Le Samyn des Dames
6th Vuelta a la Comunitat Valenciana Feminas
10th Tijdrit Omloop van Borsele (ITT)
2024
1st   Time trial, National Road Championships
4th Team relay, UCI Road World Championships
4th Omloop van Borsele
4th Tijdrit Omloop van Borsele (ITT)
9th Time trial, Olympic Games

References

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  1. ^ "Audrey Cordon". BBC. Retrieved 28 July 2012.
  2. ^ "Trek-Segafredo announce official 2019 rosters for men and women". Trek Bicycle Corporation. Intrepid Corporation. 27 December 2018. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
  3. ^ "Trek-Segafredo Women add two to 2020 roster". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 25 October 2019. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
  4. ^ "Trek - Segafredo". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 15 January 2021. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
  5. ^ "Audrey Cordon". London2012.com. The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Limited. Archived from the original on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 17 September 2012.
  6. ^ "Human Powered Health". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 23 May 2024.
  7. ^ a b "Audrey Cordon". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
  8. ^ "Jolien D'hoore And Audrey Cordon-Ragot Sign For Wiggle Honda Pro Cycling". Wiggle–Honda. 13 October 2014. Archived from the original on 26 October 2014. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
  9. ^ Grammont, Stéphane (15 September 2022). "Mondiaux 2022 de cyclisme. Audrey Cordon-Ragot annonce son forfait" [2022 World Cycling Championships. Audrey Cordon-Ragot announces her withdrawal]. France 3 Bretagne (in French). France Télévisions. Agence France-Presse. Retrieved 18 December 2022.
  10. ^ O'Shea, Sadhbh (17 September 2022). "Audrey Cordon-Ragot pulls out of UCI Road World Championships after suffering stroke". VeloNews. Outside Media. Retrieved 18 December 2022.
  11. ^ Davidson, Tom (5 December 2022). "Further blow to Mark Cavendish's future as B&B Hôtels boss tells riders to find new teams". Cycling Weekly. Future plc. Retrieved 18 December 2022. Pineau was also hoping to launch a women's team, spearheaded by French road and time trial champion Audrey Cordon-Ragot.
  12. ^ "Audrey Cordon-Ragot joins new Zaaf team after collapse of B&B Hotels". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 13 December 2022. Retrieved 18 December 2022.
  13. ^ "Cyclisme. Audrey Cordon-Ragot a démissionné de l'équipe Zaaf Cycling Team". Le Telegramme (in French). 2 April 2023. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
  14. ^ Frattini, Kirsten; Tyson, Jackie (4 April 2023). "Cordon-Ragot runs out of patience and leaves Zaaf Cycling". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 14 April 2023. "Since the beginning of the year, I was not paid, nor have I been reimbursed for my travel expenses. Beyond the financial aspect, the conditions in which we were evolving were really not worthy of a professional team. I could not continue under these conditions"
  15. ^ Weislo, Laura (12 April 2023). "UCI frees Zaaf riders to change teams". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
  16. ^ Frattini, Kirsten (6 April 2023). "Audrey Cordon-Ragot registered with Human Powered Health on UCI website". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
  17. ^ Frattini, Kirsten (7 April 2023). "'Fight for your dreams' - Audrey Cordon-Ragot confirmed to race Paris-Roubaix". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
  18. ^ Profile at Cycling Archives
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