Feillu, Romain

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Name
Feillu, Romain Gender: M
Romain Roger Pierre Feillu
born on 16 April 1984 at 16:35 (= 4:35 PM )
Place Châteaudun, France, 48n05, 1e20
Timezone MEDT h2e (is daylight saving time)
Data source
BC/BR in hand
Rodden Rating AA
Collector: Geslain
Astrology data s_su.18.gif s_aricol.18.gif 26°47' s_mo.18.gif s_scocol.18.gif 07°53 Asc.s_vircol.18.gif 11°39'



Romain Feillu (at the 2010 Four Days of Dunkirk)
photo: Thomas Ducroquet, license gfdl

Biography

French road racing cyclist, who since 2014 rides for UCI Professional Continental team Bretagne-Séché Environnement. He is the older brother of Brice Feillu, who is also a road racing cyclist.

In August 2005, Feillu joined Agritubel as a trainee (stagiaire) and impressed his team managers, resulting in a professional contract (2006–2009). During the 2006 season he won the Grand Prix Tours as well as the overall rankings of the Tour de la Somme. In 2007 he won a stage in the Tour de Luxembourg and the Circuit de l'Aulne. In that year he also made his Tour de France debut finishing three times in the top 10 in mass sprints. He withdrew after stage 8, which was the second mountain stage. Later that year he won the Tour of Britain and the late season Paris–Bourges. He won the Grand Prix de Fourmies in 2009 and 2010.

Link to Wikipedia biography

Source Notes

Didier Geslain archive, 'f' pdf file, p. 32.

Categories

  • Vocation : Sports : Race Bikes (Road cyclist)