Axel Laurance
 Laurance in 2024 | |||||||||||||||
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| Born | 13 April 2001 | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 66 kg (146 lb) | ||||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||||
| Current team | Alpecin–Deceuninck | ||||||||||||||
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| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||
| Amateur teams | |||||||||||||||
| 2017 | EC Quéven | ||||||||||||||
| 2018 | Véloce Vannetais | ||||||||||||||
| 2019 | AC Lanester 56 | ||||||||||||||
| 2020–2021 | VC Pays de Loudéac | ||||||||||||||
| 2021 | B&B Hotels p/b KTM (stagiaire)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Professional teams | |||||||||||||||
| 2022 | B&B Hotels–KTM | ||||||||||||||
| 2023 | Alpecin–Deceuninck Development Team[2] | ||||||||||||||
| 2024– | Alpecin–Deceuninck | ||||||||||||||
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Axel Laurance (born 13 April 2001) is a French cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Alpecin–Deceuninck.[3]
Career[edit]
He comes from a family of cyclists: he is the son of Franck Laurance, who was a professional cyclist in 1995 and 1996, and Manuella Le Cavil, a three-time Brittany regional champion. His sister Typhaine Laurance is also a cyclist.[4][5] Raised in this environment, Laurance started cycling at an early age, initially partaking in BMX, before moving to other disciplines including road, track and cyclo-cross.[6] As a junior rider in 2019, he won stages of the Ronde des Vallées and the Grand Prix Rüebliland.
In 2020, he joined the Vélo Club Pays de Loudéac, the development squad for B&B Hotels p/b KTM.[7] In June 2021, he finished third overall in the Under-23 Peace Race with the French national team, having won the last stage in a small group sprint. In August, he joined B&B Hotels–KTM as a stagiaire, and signed to ride with the team full time in 2022.[8]
In August 2022, he finished second at the 2022 Bretagne Classic Ouest–France in his first year as a professional.[9] A month later, he took his first pro win, outsprinting Jonathan Milan and Matej Mohorič on stage four of the CRO Race.[10]
At the end of 2022, B&B Hotels–KTM folded, forcing Laurance to find a new team. He was forced to step down to the UCI Continental level with Alpecin–Deceuninck Development Team, as their World Tour squad had already reached the maximum 30 riders. Laurance took several wins in 2023, most notably culminating with the World Under-23 Road Race Championships, winning after a 26 kilometer solo effort.[11]
In 2024, he officially joined Alpecin–Deceuninck, taking an early season victory on stage two of the Étoile de Bessèges in February.[12] In late March, he won his first UCI WorldTour level race on stage five of the Volta a Catalunya.[13]
Major results[edit]
- 2018
- 1st
Overall Penn Ar Bed-Pays d'Iroise - 1st Tour du Morbihan Juniors
- 1st Stage 2a (TTT) Aubel–Thimister–Stavelot
- 6th Overall Sint-Martinusprijs Kontich
- 2019
- 1st Road race, Brittany Junior Championships
- 1st Tour du Morbihan Juniors
- 5th Overall Ronde des Vallées
- 1st Stage 1
- 7th Overall Aubel–Thimister–Stavelot
- 1st Stage 2a (TTT)
- 10th Overall Grand Prix Rüebliland
- 1st Stage 1
- 2020
- 1st Stage 4a Circuit des Plages Vendéennes (TTT)
- 2021
- 1st Stage 3 La SportBreizh
- 8th Overall Course de la Paix U23
- 1st Stage 3
- 2022 (1 pro win)
- 2nd Bretagne Classic
- 5th Overall CRO Race
- 1st Stage 4
- 10th Overall Tour de Bretagne
- 2023
- 1st
Road race, UCI Road World Under-23 Championships - 1st Stage 4 Tour Alsace
- 3rd Grote Prijs Jef Scherens
- 5th Overall Circuit des Ardennes
- 1st Stage 1
- 9th Veneto Classic
- 2024 (2)
- 1st Stage 5 Volta a Catalunya
- 1st Stage 2 Étoile de Bessèges
References[edit]
- ^ "B&B Hotels p/b KTM". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 4 January 2021. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
- ^ "Alpecin–Deceuninck Development Team". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
- ^ "Alpecin–Deceuninck". UCI. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
- ^ "La famille Laurance, la passion du vélo". ouest-france.fr. 2 December 2013.
- ^ "Cyclisme. Le vélo, une histoire de famille chez les Laurance". ouest-france.fr. 8 May 2020.
- ^ S. R. (25 October 2017). "Cyclisme. Véloce Vannetais. Axel Laurance : « Acquérir de l'expérience »". letelegramme.fr.
- ^ Nicolas Gachet (2 September 2019). "Une DN1 pour Axel Laurance". directvelo.com.
- ^ "Cyclisme. Le Morbihannais Axel Laurance passe pro chez B & B Hôtels". Le Télégramme. 20 August 2021.
- ^ "Axel Laurance". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
- ^ "Première victoire chez les pros pour le Morbihannais Axel Laurence". ouest-france.fr (in French). 30 September 2022.
- ^ Ryan, Barry (12 August 2023). "World Championships: Axel Laurance wins U23 road race from early break". Cycling News. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
- ^ Ostanek, Daniel (1 February 2024). "Etoile de Bessèges: Axel Laurance outlasts Mads Pedersen as race restarts for stage 2". CyclingNews. Future plc. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
- ^ Weislo, Laura (22 March 2024). "Volta a Catalunya: Axel Laurance wins stage 5 sprint with bike throw". CyclingNews. Future plc. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
External links[edit]
- Axel Laurance at UCI
- Axel Laurance at Cycling Archives
- Axel Laurance at ProCyclingStats
- Axel Laurance at Cycling Quotient
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