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Key facts
- 2000
- Bonjour (stagiaire)
- Full name
- Thomas Voeckler
- Nickname
- Ti-Blanc, Francis
- Born
- ( 1979-06-22 ) 22 June 1979 (age 46) , Schiltigheim , Alsace , France
- Height
- 1.74 m (5 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in)
- Weight
- 71 kg (157 lb; 11 st 3 lb)
- Current team
- Retired
- Discipline
- Road
- Role
- Rider
- Rider type
- All-rounder, Climber, Breakaway specialist
- 1999 2000
- Vendée U
- 2001 2017
- Bonjour
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Thomas
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Schiltigheim
- Occupation
- sport cyclist
- Languages spoken
- French
- Participant in
- 2007 UCI ProTour
- Sport
- road bicycle racing
- Member of team
- TotalEnergies
- Country for sport
- France
- Mass
- 66
- Official website
- thomas-voeckler.fr
- Image
- Thomas Voeckler (2018).JPG
- Height
- 177
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- Thomas Voeckler
- name in native language
- Thomas Voeckler
- date of birth
- 1979-06-22
- social media followers
- 55134
- sports discipline competed in
- road bicycle racing
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Encyclopedic overview
Thomas Voeckler ( French pronunciation: [tɔmɑ vœklɛʁ]; born 22 June 1979) is a French former road racing cyclist, who competed professionally between 2001 and 2017, for the Direct Énergie team and its previous iterations.
One of the most prominent French riders of his generation, Voeckler has been described as a "national hero", due to strong performances over several years in the Tour de France.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Thomas Voeckler” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.