David Veilleux (born 26 November 1987) is a

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former professional cyclist, who competed as a professional between 2011 and 2013. He is best known for his victories in the Italian semi-classic

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in 2012 and winning a stage of the

2013 Critérium du Dauphiné The 2013 Critérium du Dauphiné was the 65th running of the Critérium du Dauphiné cycling stage race; a race, organised by the Amaury Sport Organisation, rated as a UCI World Tour, World Tour event on the Union Cycliste Internationale, UCI cale ...

Professional career

In 2011, he took his first win under the Europcar banner, the 1.2 classified

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. He broke away in the final 30 kilometers with

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from the squad. The pair cooperated well together to resist to the peloton's charge and Veilleux beat Delaplace to the sprint, while the bunch reached the finish line only 5 seconds after them. In the spring of 2012, Veilleux was part of a long breakaway in the monument Paris-Roubaix which was composed of about a dozen units. They broke away at kilometer 70 and were joined (scattered) well after the Forest of Arenberg, some later. Leading to the

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, it was announced that Veilleux was under consideration to participate in the race, but in the end he was not chosen, which drew considerable press coverage in his country. In August 2012, Veilleux met success on the Mi-Août Bretonne, which is classified as a

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race by the

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. He won the opening stage after leaving his eight breakaway companions and riding the last on his own. He and his team successfully defended his leader's jersey for the remaining three stages and he pocketed the general classification victory by 57 seconds on his nearest competitor. In the same month, Veilleux took a great step forward in his career as he won the

, an Italian semi-classic. Veilleux was part of a ten men escape group, and dropped them with to go, winning solo. In 2013, Veilleux won the first stage of the

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after being the sole survivor of an early breakaway on the undulating stage. He held on to the leader's jersey until the fourth stage time trial. Shortly after the Dauphiné, Veilleux was confirmed by as a participant for the

, therefore becoming the first

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-born rider in history to participate in the event. In the meantime, Veilleux won the overall classification of the

race

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. On 11 September 2013, he announced his retirement from professional cycling, saying he wanted to continue his studies in

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and to start a family.

Major results

;2005 :1st Overall

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;2006 :1st MaillotCan

Under-23 National Road Race Championships :1st MaillotCan

Under-23 National Time Trial Championships ;2007 :1st MaillotCan

Under-23 National Time Trial Championships ;2008 :1st MaillotCan

Under-23 National Road Race Championships :1st MaillotCan

Under-23 National Time Trial Championships :1st Overall

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::1st Stages 4 & 5 :1st Overall

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:1st Stage 5

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;2009 :1st MaillotCan

Under-23 National Time Trial Championships :1st Points Classification

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:6th

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(with Ryan Anderson) :10th Under-23 World Time Trial Championships ;2010 :1st MaillotCan

National Criterium Championships :1st Overall

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:2nd Overall

:3rd

;2011 :1st

;2012 :1st Overall Mi-Août Bretonne ::1st Stage 1 :1st

:1st Prologue Tour d'Alsace (TTT) ;2013 :1st Overall

:1st Stage 1

References

External links

*
David Veilleux' profile on CyclingBase

Europcar Profile

David Veilleux personal website
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