Andrey Zeits

Clement Chevrier

French rider Clement Chevrier of AG2R La Mondiale is the general classification Point d’Appui for the 2017 Giro d’Italia. He finished 81st out of the 161 riders who survived the race.

Chevrier began racing in 2009, doing well in 2014, winning the San Dimas Stage Race and the best Young Rider classification in the USA Pro Cycling Challenge. He rode the Giro in 2015, finishing 69th, and the Vuelta a España in 2016, finishing 41st. He rides in support of Domenico Pozzovivo, who finished sixth in the overall standings.

The Point d’Appui changed hands 13 times during the Giro, and three riders managed to finish at the fulcrum twice, including Enrico Gasparotto early in the race, Jurgen Van Den Broeck in the middle and Tom-Jelte Slagter in the latter part. Slagter held the Point d’Appui after Stage 6 of the 2014 Tour de France.

Tom Dumoulin of Team Sunweb won the 2017 Giro, and Giuseppe Fonzi of Wilier Triestina held the Lanterne Rouge at the end of the race, finishing 5 hours, 48 minutes and 40 seconds adrift.

The rider with the time closest to the median was Andrey Zeits of Astana Pro Team, who finished at 2 hours, 56 minutes and 15 seconds.

The placement by stage:

Stage 1: Maxim Belkov of Katusha-Alpecin
Stage 2: Cristian Rodriguez of Wilier Triestina
Stage 3: Jesper Hansen of Astana Pro Team
Stage 4: Enrico Gasparotto of Bahrain-Merida
Stage 5: Lukas Pöstlberger of Bora-Hansgrohe
Stage 6: Enrico Gasparotto
Stage 7: Jurgen Van Den Broeck of Team LottoNl-Jumbo
Stage 8: Maciej Paterski of CCC Sprandi Polkowice
Stage 9: No fulcrum
Stage 10: Tom-Jelte Slagter of Cannondale-Drapac
Stage 11: No fulcrum
Stage 12: No fulcrum
Stage 13: Davide Villella of Cannondale-Drapac
Stage 14: Jurgen Van Den Broeck
Stage 15: No fulcrum
Stage 16: Matvey Mamykin of Katusha-Alpecin
Stage 17: No fulcrum
Stage 18: Tom-Jelte Slagter
Stage 19: No fulcrum
Stage 20: No fulcrum
Stage 21: Clement Chevrier of AG2R La Mondiale

The 2013 Vuelta a España finished without a Point d’Appui, an even 144 riders coming home to Madrid, but two strong contenders for the Point d’Appui in earlier races this season finished on the cusp of the fulcrum.

Danilo Wyss of BMC and Vasil Kiryienka of Sky Procycling shared the dubious honors of finishing as Les Cuspides at 72nd and 73rd place. Wyss held the fulcrum in the 2013 Giro d’Italia near the end of the race, but an abandon put him on the cusp at the finish. Kiryienka, who won the Point d’Appui in the 2012 Tour de France and the 2012 Tour de Romandie, was on track to win the 2013 Tour de France Point d’Appui as well, but finished outside the time limit on Stage 9 and was dropped from the race.

Overall, the 2013 Vuelta a España resulted in a nominal number of stage finishes — only six of 21 — with a general classification Point d’Appui.

Wyss finished 2 hours, 39 minutes and 35 seconds behind the winner of the Vuelta, Christopher Horner of RadioShack Leopard, and 2 hours and 10 minutes ahead of the Lanterne Rouge, Massimo Graziato of Lampre-Merida. The rider with the median time on the race was Matthew Busche of RadioShack Leopard.

The state-by-stage general classification results for the 2013 Vuelta a España:

Stage 1 – Maciej Paterski of Cannondale
Stage 2 – No fulcrum
Stage 3 – No fulcrum
Stage 4 – No fulcrum
Stage 5 – Alexandre Geniez of FDJ
Stage 6 – Kevin De Weert of Omega Pharma-Quick Step
Stage 7 – Fabian Cancellara of RadioShack Leopard
Stage 8 – No fulcrum
Stage 9 – No fulcrum
Stage 10 – No fulcrum
Stage 11 – Andrey Zeits of Astana
Stage 12 – Alex Howes of Garmin-Sharp
Stage 13 – No fulcrum
Stage 14 – No fulcrum
Stage 15 – No fulcrum
Stage 16 – No fulcrum
Stage 17 – No fulcrum
Stage 18 – No fulcrum
Stage 19 – No fulcrum
Stage 20 – No fulcrum
Stage 21 – No fulcrum

Point d'Appui

Chevrier Wins Point d’Appui on 2017 Giro

Wyss, Kiryienka Finish on Cuspides of 2013 Vuelta