Nicolas Vogondy is a French

France

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 road racing cyclist who rides for UCI Professional Continental team .

Vogondy won the Tour de Lorraine in 1995 as a junior. He became a professional rider in 1997 when he signed for Française des Jeux. His first professional win came in that same year when he won the third stage of the Tour de Normandie

Tour de Normandie

Tour de Normandie is a road bicycle race held annually in the region of Normandie, 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 professionals in 1996...

. In 2002 he became national champion of France when he outsprinted Nicolas Jalabert

Nicolas Jalabert

thumbNicolas Jalabert is a French former road racing cyclist. In 1997 he turned professional with the French team Cofidis. He is the younger brother of Laurent Jalabert, and followed him to ONCE in 2000 and Team CSC in 2001. In 2004, after his brother's retirement, he followed Tyler Hamilton to...

 and Patrice Halgand

Patrice Halgand

Patrice Halgand is a French professional road racing cyclist, who is not currently signed to any team. He was one of only three Festina team riders who were named as clean during the Festina doping scandal during the 1998 Tour de France.Halgand indicated on 28 December 2008 that he is considering...

. He won the overall rankings of the Boucles de la Mayenne in 2007, after winning the second stage earlier. He has multiple appearances in the three Grand Tours

Grand Tour (cycling)

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, the Tour de France

Tour de France

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, the Giro d'Italia

Giro d'Italia

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 and the Vuelta a España

Vuelta a España

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.

Vogondy was in the breakaway on stage 5 of 2008 Tour de France

2008 Tour de France

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. He attacked his two companions just over a kilometer before the finish, as they were about to be caught by the peloton. Vogondy stayed ahead of the pack until about 70 meters before the finish, when he was passed by top sprinters like Mark Cavendish

Mark Cavendish

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, who won the stage.

Early in the 2010 season, Vogondy was refused a licence to race by the French cycling federation because a medical examination revealed cardiac arrhythmia problems. He was instructed to take several weeks rest pending further tests, but resumed training the following month, and started racing again in April of the same year.

Palmarès

1995

1st, Tour de Lorraine (junior)

1997

1st, Stage 3, Tour de Normandie

Tour de Normandie

Tour de Normandie is a road bicycle race held annually in the region of Normandie, 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 professionals in 1996...

1999

1st, Stage 4, Circuit des Mines

2002

1st, Stage 6, Circuit des Mines

1st, Criterium Polynormand

1st, French National Road Race Championship

1st, Bol d'Or des Monédières Chaumeil

1st, Criterium Saran

2003

1st, A Travers le Morbihan

1st, Stage 3, Tour du Limousin

Tour du Limousin

Tour du Limousin is a 4-day road bicycle race held annually in Limousin, France. It was first held in 1968 and since 2005 it has been organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. In 2011 it was upgraded to an 2.HC event. Between 1968 and 1974 it was an amateur race.-Winners:-External links:* *...

2004

1st, Stage 5, Regio-Tour International

2005

1st, Stage 1, Route du Sud

Route du Sud

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2006

1st, Châteauroux-Classic de l'Indre

1st, Stage 5, Tour du Poitou

2007

1st, Stage 2, Rhône-Alpes Isère Tour

Rhône-Alpes Isère Tour

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1st, Stage 2, Boucles de la Mayenne

1st, overall, Boucles de la Mayenne

2008

1st, Stage 1 & Overall, Les 3 Jours de Vaucluse

Les 3 Jours de Vaucluse

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1st, French National Road Race Championship

Combative rider

Combativity award

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 for Stages 5 and 21 of the Tour de France

2008 Tour de France

The 2008 Tour de France was the 95th Tour de France. The event took place from 5–27 July 2008. Starting in the French city of Brest, the tour entered Italy on the 15th stage and returned to France during the 16th, heading for Paris, its regular final destination, which was reached in the 21st stage...

2010

6th Overall, Critérium du Dauphiné

2010 Critérium du Dauphiné

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1st, Stage 4

1st, French National Time Trial Championship

2011

6th, Tour du Finistère

Tour du Finistère

Tour du Finistère is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in April around the city of Quimper, France. Since 2005, the race is organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour, also being part of the Coupe de France de cyclisme sur route.- Winners :...

6th Overall, Circuit de la Sarthe

Circuit de la Sarthe (cycling)

The Circuit de la Sarthe-Pays de la Loire is an early-season short road bicycle racing stage race held annually in Sarthe, Pays de la Loire, France. Since 2005, it has been organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour....

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