Delage at the 2011 Four Days of Dunkirk
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Personal information | |
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Full name | Mickaël Delage |
Born |
Libourne, France |
6 August 1985
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) |
Weight | 70 kg (150 lb) |
Team information | |
Current team | FDJ |
Discipline | Road and track |
Role | Rider |
Rider type | Rouleur |
Professional team(s) | |
2005–2008 | Française des Jeux |
2009–2010 | Silence–Lotto |
2011– | FDJ |
Mickaël Delage (born 6 August 1985) is a French professional racing cyclist, currently riding for FDJ. He is also active as a track cyclist.
Born in Libourne, Delage participated at the World Track Championships in Moscow in 2003 as a junior, where he won the silver medal at the points race, after Australian Miles Olman. In that same year he would become national junior champion of France at the team pursuit (alongside Jonathan Mouchel, Yannick Marie and Mickaël Mallie) and the madison (together with Mouchel). In 2004 he would win the national title in the points race at the under-23 level.
At the road he made his Giro d'Italia debut in 2006 and finished in 129th position and he won the 1st stage of the Tour de l'Avenir. Later that year he would again become French national champion when he won the team pursuit together with Mathieu Ladagnous, Jonathan Mouchel, Sylvain Blanquefort and Mickaël Preau. In 2007 he made his Tour de France debut.