David Veilleux
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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | David Veilleux |
| Born |
26 November 1987 Cap-Rouge, Quebec, Canada |
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) |
| Weight | 70 kg (150 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Retired |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | All arounder, Time-trialist |
| Amateur team(s) | |
| 2007 | The Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team |
| 2008–2010 | Kelly Benefit Strategies–Medifast |
| Professional team(s) | |
| 2011–2013 | Team Europcar |
| Major wins | |
| Tre Valli Varesine (2012) | |
David Veilleux (born 26 November 1987 in Cap-Rouge, Quebec) is a Canadian former professional cyclist, who competed as a professional between 2011 and 2013. He is best known for his victories in the Italian semi-classic Tre Valli Varesine in 2012 and winning a stage of the 2013 Critérium du Dauphiné.
In 2011, he took his first win under the Europcar banner, the 1.2 classified La Roue Tourangelle. He broke away in the final 30 kilometers with Anthony Delaplace from the Saur–Sojasun squad. The pair cooperated well together to resist to the peloton's charge and Veilleux beat Delaplace to the sprint, while the bunch reached the finish line only 5 seconds after them.
In the spring of 2012, Veilleux was part of a long breakaway in the monument Paris-Roubaix which was composed of about a dozen units. They broke away at kilometer 70 and were joined (scattered) well after the Forest of Arenberg, some 110 kilometres (68 mi) later. Leading to the Tour de France, it was announced that Veilleux was under consideration to participate in the race, but in the end he was not chosen, which drew considerable press coverage in his country.
In August 2012, Veilleux met success on the Mi-Août Bretonne, which is classified as a 2.2 race by the UCI. He won the opening stage after leaving his eight breakaway companions and riding the last 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) on his own. He and his team successfully defended his leader's jersey for the remaining three stages and he pocketed the general classification victory by 57 seconds on his nearest competitor. In the same month, Veilleux took a great step forward in his career as he won the Tre Valli Varesine, an Italian semi-classic. Veilleux was part of a ten men escape group, and dropped them with 17 kilometres (11 mi) to go, winning solo.
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