ROCHE Nicolas

Ireland
Cycling Road
3 Jul 1984
37
Male
1.78/5'10''
CONFLANS-SAINT-HONORE
 
France
MONACO

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
CRD Cycling Road Men's Road Race 75
Men's Individual Time Trial 28

Schedule

Change
Start Time Location Event Status
Fuji International Speedway
Men's Road Race
Finished
Fuji International Speedway
Men's Individual Time Trial
Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

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Olympic Games
YearLocationRoad Race
2016Rio de Janeiro, BRA29
2012London, GBR89
2008Beijing, CHN64

UCI Road World Championships
YearLocationRoad RaceIndividual Time TrialTeam Time Trial
2020Imola, ITA5131-
2018Innsbruck, AUT6746-
2017Bergen, NOR3312-
2016Doha, QAT-304
2014Ponferrada, ESP26415
2013Florence, ITADNF139
2012Valkenburg, NED34-15
2011Copenhagen, DEN51--
2010Melbourne, VIC, AUS97--
2009Mendrisio, SUIDNF--
2008Varese, ITADNF--
2006Salzburg, AUTDNF--

Tour de France
RankEventYearLocation
12Men's Individual2012Paris, FRA
14Men's Individual2010Paris, FRA
23Men's Individual2009Paris, FRA
26Men's Individual2011Paris, FRA
33Men's Individual2017Paris, FRA
35Men's Individual2015Paris, FRA
39Men's Individual2014Paris, FRA
40Men's Individual2013Paris, FRA
45Men's Individual2019Paris, FRA
64Men's Individual2020Paris, FRA

Giro d'Italia
RankEventYearLocation
24Men's Individual2016Turin, ITA
30Men's Individual2014Trieste, ITA
59Men's Individual2021Milan, ITA
122Men's Individual2007Milan, ITA

Vuelta a Espanya
RankEventYearLocation
5Men's Individual2013Madrid, ESP
6Men's Individual2010Madrid, ESP
12Men's Individual2012Madrid, ESP
13Men's Individual2008Madrid, ESP
14Men's Individual2017Madrid, ESP
16Men's Individual2011Madrid, ESP
26Men's Individual2015Madrid, ESP
40Men's Individual2018Madrid, ESP

Ten best WorldTour performances in career
RankYearEventCompetitionLocation
32017Men's IndividualTour of GuangxiGuilin, CHN
52013Road RaceClasica San SebastianSan Sebastian, ESP
52010Men's IndividualVolta a CatalunyaMontmelo, ESP
82010Road RaceClasica San SebastianSan Sebastian, ESP
92016Road RaceClasica San SebastianSan Sebastian, ESP
102019Men's IndividualTour de SuisseUlrichen, SUI
102018Men's IndividualTour of TurkeyIstanbul, TUR
102017Road RaceClasica San SebastianSan Sebastian, ESP
102012Men's IndividualTour de SuisseSorenberg, SUI
102010Men's IndividualParis - NiceNice, FRA


Legend
DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DSQ - Disqualified, OTL - Outside the Time Limit
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Nico (nicolasroche.com, 23 Feb 2020)
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Travel, writing. (team-dsm.com, 01 Jan 2021)
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Athlete
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English
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Team DSM [Germany] since 2019
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His father Stephen Roche was a professional road cyclist and won gold in the road race at the 1987 World Championships, as well as winning the Tour de France and Giro d'Italia in the same year. His cousin Dan Martin has represented cycling teams on the World Tour and competed for Ireland in the road race at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. His father Neil represented Great Britain in road cycling at the Olympic Games in 1980 and 1984. (SportsDeskOnline, 05 May 2021; theguardian.com, 21 May 2016; cyclist.co.uk, 13 May 2016; nicolasroche.com, 12 Sep 2013)
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Turned professional in 2005
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He developed tendinitis in his wrist and forearm after he was involved in a crash at the 2020 Tour de France. (cyclingnews.com, 01 Dec 2020; procyclingstats.com, 03 Oct 2020)

He required 12 stitches in his left forearm and suffered a bruised right quadriceps after crashing during the sixth stage of the 2019 Vuelta a Espana. His injuries forced him to abandon the race. (team-dsm.com, 01 Jan 2021; cyclingweekly.com, 30 Aug 2019; procyclingstats.com, 29 Aug 2019)

He was hospitalised twice in the space of a few weeks at the end of 2015 because of spider bites. He was first bitten in November 2015 when in Australia, and then again in Spain just before Christmas. He spent another four days in hospital, and was on antibiotics for more than four weeks after the wound became infected. (cyclingnews.com, 17 Feb 2016)

He withdrew from 2015 Liege-Bastogne-Liege in Belgium after sustaining cuts and bruises following a crash. (cyclingweekly.co.uk, 27 Apr 2015)

He sustained a tear to a knee tendon during winter training in 2013 and 2014 and consequently saw the start of his 2014 season badly disrupted. (skysports.com, 09 May 2014)
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He took up cycling competitively at the VC La Pomme amateur club in Marseille, France. (nicolasroche.com, 12 Sep 2013)
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As a schoolboy he played rugby for the prestigious Blackrock College in Dublin, Ireland, and had set his mind on becoming a hotel or restaurant manager rather than following in his father's footsteps. However, he was inspired to take up cycling after watching Mario Cipollini beat Robbie McEwen and Erik Zabel to win the 2002 World Championships in Zolder, Belgium. (nicolasroche.com, 12 Sep 2013)
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To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (bbc.co.uk, 29 Apr 2020)
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French footballer David Ginola. (teamsky.com, 05 Jan 2015)
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"Keep the mentality of not being satisfied with what you have done, always challenge yourself to improve." (team-dsm.com, 01 Jan 2021)

General Interest

Type of rider
Climber (SportsDeskOnline, 20 Jul 2016)

General
FUTURE PLANS
He will be age 37 at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, and hopes to continue competing until he is age 40. "My ultimate goal is to get to 40. When I was 30 I said that I wanted to do a couple more years and it's getting harder and harder between COVID, team restrictions, rider numbers going down on teams, but I'm motivated to train, stay fit, and continue for as long as I can." (stickybottle.com, 16 Mar 2021; procyclingstats.com, 31 Dec 2020; cyclingnews.com, 01 Dec 2020)

BOOK
In 2011 he released an autobiography called, 'Inside the Peloton, My Life as a Professional Cyclist'. (uk.eurosport.yahoo.com, 09 Mar 2012; nicolasroche.com, 11 Oct 2011)

DUAL CITIZENSHIP
He has a French mother and is a dual citizen of France and Ireland. He began riding under an Irish licence before switching to a French one in 2005 when he was incorrectly told that dual nationality was not possible under French law and he would have to choose between the two countries. He switched back to an Irish licence in early 2006 after he was informed of the error. (cyclingnews.com, 11 Oct 2005, 05 Mar 2005)

Legend
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Bronze Medal Event
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