Geoffrey Soupe
French road racing cyclist
Geoffrey Soupe (born 22 March 1988) is a former French professional road bicycle racer, who most recently rode for UCI ProTeam Team TotalEnergies. Primarily a lead out man and baroudeur, Soupe has taken four victories during his professional career, including a stage win at the 2023 Vuelta a España with his remaining wins coming at La Tropicale Amissa Bongo – stage victories in 2011 and 2023, along with the general classification in 2023.
Career
Born in Viriat, Ain, Soupe competed for the EC Bourg-en-Bresse, VC Bressan and VC Vaulx-en-Velin setups as a junior, and the CC Étupes le Doubs squad as an amateur; in 2010, Soupe won the under-23 French National Road Race Championships, and finished second to Great Britain's Alex Dowsett in the under-23 time trial at the European Road Championships.
FDJ (2011–2014)
Soupe then joined the FDJ professional team for the 2011 season as a neo-pro. In his first race for the team, Soupe won the opening stage of La Tropicale Amissa Bongo in Gabon – beating Team Europcar's Anthony Charteau in a two-man sprint – before finishing the race in eighth place overall. Soupe later added a stage victory in the Tour Alsace, before quitting the race the next day.
Soupe made his Grand Tour début at the 2012 Giro d'Italia, taking a third-place finish during the race's first mass-start stage in Herning, Denmark; a result that Soupe stated that he was "sorry" for, after he was supposed to be leading out the team's main sprinter Arnaud Démare, until he was caught up in a final-corner crash.
Cofidis (2015–2019)
In August 2014 Cofidis announced that they had signed Soupe, alongside FDJ teammate Nacer Bouhanni, for 2015. He made his first start at the Tour de France in the 2015 edition, sharing sprint duties with Christophe Laporte, following Bouhanni's withdrawal in the opening week. Over his five years with the team, Soupe recorded two top-ten individual finishes – sixth at the 2017 La Roue Tourangelle, and eighth at the 2019 Elfstedenronde.
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