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Audrey Cordon-Ragot: Cycling Career Overview

Audrey Cordon-Ragot is a French former road bicycle racer who competed in the Olympics and various championships, achieving notable successes including multiple national titles and a victory in the Tour de Bretagne Féminin. After suffering a stroke in 2022, she faced challenges with team contracts, ultimately joining Human Powered Health for the remainder of the 2023 season. Cordon-Ragot has had a significant career in cycling, marked by numerous wins and podium finishes across various competitions.
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Audrey Cordon-Ragot: Cycling Career Overview

Audrey Cordon-Ragot is a French former road bicycle racer who competed in the Olympics and various championships, achieving notable successes including multiple national titles and a victory in the Tour de Bretagne Féminin. After suffering a stroke in 2022, she faced challenges with team contracts, ultimately joining Human Powered Health for the remainder of the 2023 season. Cordon-Ragot has had a significant career in cycling, marked by numerous wins and podium finishes across various competitions.
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Audrey Cordon-Ragot

Audrey Cordon-Ragot (née Cordon; born 22


Audrey Cordon-Ragot
September 1989) is a French former road bicycle
racer,[5] who last rode for UCI Women's WorldTeam
Human Powered Health.[6]

Career
She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the
Women's road race, but finished over the time limit. In
the Women's time trial she finished 15th.[7]

In 2013, Cordon won the general classification of the


five-day Tour de Bretagne Féminin.

In October 2014, it was announced that Cordon-Ragot


would join the Wiggle–Honda team in 2015 as a super- Cordon-Ragot at the 2018 European Road
domestique, following her fellow Team Hitec Products Cycling Championships.
rider Elisa Longo Borghini to the British-based
Personal information
squad.[8]
Full name Audrey Cordon-Ragot
In 2015 and 2016 she won the French National Time Born Audrey Cordon
Trial Championships. 22 September 1989[1]
Pontivy, France
She also competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in
Height 170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Rio de Janeiro. In the Women's road race she finished
37th, in the Women's time trial she finished 24th.[7] Weight 60 kg (132 lb)
Team information
In 2017 she won the mountains classification jersey of
Disciplines Road
the Women's Tour.
Track
In September 2022, Cordon-Ragot announced via Cyclo-cross
Twitter that she would not compete with the French
Rider type Time trialist
national team at the 2022 UCI Road World
Championships in Australia as expected, for health Professional teams
reasons; in a later press release, it was announced that 2008–2013 Vienne Futuroscope
Cordon-Ragot had suffered a stroke.[9][10] 2014 Team Hitec Products
2015–2018 Wiggle–Honda
Having spent four seasons with the Trek–Segafredo 2019–2022 Trek–Segafredo[2][3][4]
team, Cordon-Ragot was scheduled to join a new B&B 2023 Zaaf Cycling Team
Hotels women's team for the 2023 season.[11] Due to 2023–2024 Human Powered Health
Major wins
financial issues, the team did not materialise and Stage races
Cordon-Ragot ultimately signed a contract with the
Tour de Bretagne Féminin (2013)
Zaaf Cycling Team for the 2023 season.[12]
One day races
In April 2023, Cordon-Ragot resigned from the Zaaf
Cycling Team due to unpaid wages,[13] stating "since GP de Plumelec-Morbihan (2012, 2014)
the beginning of the year, I was not paid, nor have I Cholet Pays de Loire (2012, 2015)
been reimbursed for my travel expenses." and that she National Time Trial Championships
"could not continue under these conditions".[14] The (2015, 2016, 2021, 2022, 2024)
UCI subsequently allowed riders to move from Zaaf National Road Race Championships
without penalty.[15] (2020, 2022)

Cordon-Ragot subsequently joined the Human Medal record


Powered Health team for the remainder of the 2023
Women's road bicycle racing
season,[16] racing the 2023 Paris–Roubaix Femmes in
her first race for the team.[17] Representing France
World Championships
2023 Glasgow Mixed team relay
Personal life European Championships
2023 Drenthe Mixed team relay
On 10 October 2014 she married cyclist Vincent
Ragot.

Major results
Source: [18]

2007
3rd Calan Criterium
4th Time trial, UEC European Junior Road
Championships
2008
2nd Team pursuit, UEC European Under-23 Track
Championships
3rd Individual pursuit, National Track Championships
3rd Route Féminine Du Vignoble Nantais
3rd Lesneven Criterium
2009
2nd Road race, Brittany Regional Road Audrey Cordon competing in the
Championships 2012 Olympics time trial in London
10th Chrono Champenois
2010
1st Road race, West Interregional Road
Championships
1st Road race, Brittany Regional Road Championships
1st Duo Normand
1st Calan Criterium
1st Stage 2 (TTT) Ronde de Bourgogne
1st Stage 2 (ITT) Tour de Charente-Maritime
3rd Grand Prix de France
2011
1st Road race, Brittany Regional Road Championships
1st Calan Criterium
Ronde de Bourgogne
1st Stages 2 (TTT) & 3

1st Stage 1 Tour de Charente-Maritime


2nd Road race, West Interregional Road Championships
2nd Duo Normand
3rd Time trial, National Road Championships
5th Time trial, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships
8th Cholet Pays de Loire Dames
2012
1st Road race, West Interregional Road Championships
1st Cholet Pays de Loire Dames
1st Crac'h Criterium
1st Calan Criterium
1st Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan Dames
1st Classic Féminine Vienne Poitou-Charentes
2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
3rd Road race, Brittany Regional Road Championships
3rd Grand Prix Fémin'Ain
3rd Wanze Criterium
6th Overall Tour de Bretagne Féminin
10th Overall Gracia-Orlová
2013
1st Road race, Brittany Regional Road Championships
1st Overall Tour de Bretagne Féminin
1st Classic Féminine Vienne Poitou-Charentes
1st Crac'h Criterium
1st Saint-Gildas-de-Rhuys Criterium
1st Hennebont Criterium
2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
2nd Cholet Pays de Loire Dames
4th Road race, Jeux de la Francophonie
2014
1st Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan Dames
2nd Overall Tour de Bretagne Féminin
1st Points classification
1st Stage 4

3rd Omloop van het Hageland


4th Overall La Route de France
1st Stage 5

5th Cholet Pays de Loire Dames


6th Chrono Champenois-Trophée Européen
2015
National Road Championships
1st Time trial
2nd Road race

1st Road race, Brittany Regional Road Championships


1st Cholet Pays de Loire
5th La Classique Morbihan
5th Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan Dames
2016
National Road Championships
1st Time trial
3rd Road race

5th Time trial, UEC European Road Championships


6th Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan Dames
10th Durango-Durango Emakumeen Saria
2017
1st Time trial, National Road Championships
1st Time trial, Brittany Regional Road Championships
1st Chrono des Nations
1st Mountains classification The Women's Tour
4th Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan Dames
6th La Classique Morbihan
2018
1st Time trial, National Road Championships
3rd Overall Madrid Challenge by La Vuelta
3rd Chrono des Nations
4th Time trial, UEC European Road Championships
4th Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race
6th Amstel Gold Race
6th Tour of Guangxi
10th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
10th Kreiz Breizh Elites Dames
2019
1st Overall Tour de Bretagne Féminin
1st Brittany rider classification

1st Acht van Westerveld


1st Postnord UCI WWT Vårgårda West Sweden TTT
2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
3rd Overall Belgium Tour
2020
National Road Championships
1st Road race
2nd Time trial

1st Stage 3 Tour Cycliste Féminin International de l'Ardèche


1st Stage 1 (TTT) Giro Rosa
UEC European Road Championships
5th Road race
10th Time trial

2021
National Road Championships
1st Time trial
2nd Road race

8th Donostia San Sebastián Klasikoa


8th Paris–Roubaix
2022
National Road Championships
1st Road race
1st Time trial
1st Postnord Vårgårda WestSweden
1st Postnord Vårgårda WestSweden TTT
2nd Overall Holland Ladies Tour
1st Stage 5 (ITT)

3rd Overall BeNe Ladies Tour


4th Time trial, UEC European Road Championships
10th GP de Plouay
2023
UEC European Championships
1st Team relay
4th Time trial

2nd Team relay, UCI Road World Championships


2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
2nd Omloop van Borsele
3rd Antwerp Port Epic Ladies
3rd Omloop van het Hageland
3rd Women Cycling Pro Costa De Almería
4th Overall Bretagne Ladies Tour
Tour de Normandie Féminin
4th Overall
4th Points classification

4th Le Samyn des Dames


6th Vuelta a la Comunitat Valenciana Feminas
10th Tijdrit Omloop van Borsele (ITT)
2024
1st Time trial, National Road Championships
4th Team relay, UCI Road World Championships
4th Omloop van Borsele
4th Tijdrit Omloop van Borsele (ITT)
9th Time trial, Olympic Games

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Archives

External links
Audrey Cordon-Ragot ([Link] at UCI
Audrey Cordon-Ragot ([Link]
[Link]?coureurid=43305) at Cycling Archives (archived)
Audrey Cordon-Ragot ([Link] at ProCyclingStats
Audrey Cordon-Ragot ([Link] at CQ
Ranking
Audrey Cordon-Ragot ([Link]
er&id=36977) at CycleBase
Audrey Cordon-Ragot ([Link] at Olympedia
Audrey Cordon-Ragot ([Link] at [Link]
Audrey Cordon-Ragot ([Link]
com/espritbleu/athletes/1/[Link]) at Équipe de France Olympique (archived)
(in French)

Retrieved from "[Link]

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