Laurent Didier (born 19 July 1984) is a Luxembourgish former professional

road bicycle racer Road bicycle racing is the cycle sport discipline of road cycling, held primarily on paved roads. Road racing is the most popular professional form of bicycle racing, in terms of numbers of competitors, events and spectators. The two most common ...

, who competed between 2006 and 2018 for the , Designa Køkken, and teams.

Career

Didier is from

Dippach Dippach ( ) is a Communes of Luxembourg, commune and small town in south-western Luxembourg. It is part of the canton of Capellen (canton), Capellen, which is part of the district of Luxembourg (district), Luxembourg. The commune's administrative ...

, Luxembourg and his ancestors are no strangers to the world of cycling. His father,

Lucien Didier Lucien Didier (born 5 August 1950) is a former Luxembourgian cyclist. He competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics and the 1976 Summer Olympics. He rode in ten Grand Tours between 1978 and 1984, including six Tours de France. In each of his Tour st ...

, was part of winning team time trial squads in the

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and the Giro d'Italia, and his grandfather

Bim Diederich Jean "Bim" Diederich (20 February 1922 – 6 December 2012) was a professional Luxembourgian road bicycle racer, with an impressive record in the Tour de France. Diederich was born in Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg, and was active in comp ...

won three stages of the Tour and wore the yellow jersey for three days. Laurent is good in various terrains which makes him useful in different kinds of races. From October 2008 to early February 2009, Didier rode for Danish , and then moved home to Designa Køkken, also in Denmark. In 2009, he finished second at the Luxembourgish National Road Race Championships behind Andy Schleck and was also runner-up in the Luxembourgish National Time Trial Championships behind Kim Kirchen. To most cycling experts it was a huge surprise that Didier was selected for the

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, at the expense of former Belgian champion

Stijn Devolder Stijn Devolder (born 29 August 1979) is a Belgian former professional road bicycle racer, who competed professionally for (2002–2003), (2004–2007), (2008–2010), (2011–2012), (2013–2016), (2017–2018) and (2019). Career Born in ...

Major results

Source: ;2005 : 1st MaillotLuxemburgo

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, National Under-23 Road Championships : 3rd Overall

Flèche du Sud The Flèche du Sud, is a road bicycle race held annually in Luxembourg. It is currently organised as a 2.2 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2005 by ...

::1st Stage 3a : 6th GP Möbel Alvisse : 9th Overall Stuttgart–Straßburg ;2006 : 8th Rund um Düren ;2007 : 1st Saargau : 1st Stage 2 Oberösterreich Rundfahrt : 3rd

Time trial In many racing sports, an athlete (or occasionally a team of athletes) will compete in a time trial against the clock to secure the fastest time. The format of a time trial can vary, but usually follow a format where each athlete or team sets off at ...

, National Road Championships : 8th

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;2009 : National Road Championships ::2nd

::2nd

: 6th Overall

Tour de Normandie Tour de Normandie is a road bicycle race held annually in the region of Normandy, France. The race started in 1939, but was not held in the periods of 1940–1955 and 1960–1980. It was originally a race for amateurs, but was opened for professi ...

;2010 : 9th Overall

Vuelta a la Comunidad de Madrid Vuelta a la Comunidad de Madrid is a stage road bicycle race held annually in and around Madrid, Spain. Between 2005 and 2012, the race was organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. In 2013 the event was organised as a single-day race, for ...

;2011 : National Road Championships ::3rd

::3rd

;2012 : 1st MaillotLuxemburgo

, National Road Championships : 1st Jersey polkadot

Mountains classification,

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;2013 : 1st Jersey red

Mountains classification,

Tour du Haut Var The Tour du Haut Var ( en, Tour of the Haut Var) is an early-season two-day road bicycle race in the Var department region in the south of France. Until 2008 it was run as a one-day race, part of the UCI Europe Tour. In 2009, the race transformed ...

: 2nd

, National Road Championships ;2014 : 1st MaillotLuxemburgo

, National Road Championships : 1st Stage 5 USA Pro Challenge ;2015 : 1st Stage 1 ( TTT) Tour of Alberta : 3rd

, National Road Championships ;2016 : 10th Overall

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Grand Tour general classification results timeline

References

External links

Team Saxo Bank profile
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Didier, Laurent 1984 births Living people People from Dippach Luxembourgian male cyclists Cyclists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic cyclists of Luxembourg