Arnaud Démare

Arnaud Démare
Démare at the 2015 Tour de France
Personal information
Full nameArnaud Démare
NicknameThe French Rocket
Born (1991-08-26) 26 August 1991
Beauvais, France
Height1.82 m (5 ft 11+12 in)
Weight76 kg (168 lb; 12 st 0 lb)
Team information
Current teamArkéa–B&B Hotels
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeSprinter
Amateur teams
2008–2009Team Wasquehal
2010–2011CC Nogent-sur-Oise
2011FDJ (stagiaire)
Professional teams
2012–2023FDJ–BigMat
2023–Arkéa–Samsic
Major wins
Grand Tours
Tour de France
2 individual stages (2017, 2018)
Giro d'Italia
Points classification (2020, 2022)
8 individual stages (2019, 2020, 2022)

Stage races

Four Days of Dunkirk (2013, 2014)
Tour de Wallonie (2020)
Boucles de la Mayenne (2021)

One-day races and Classics

National Road Race Championships
(2014, 2017, 2020)
Milan–San Remo (2016)
Hamburg Cyclassics (2012)
Paris–Tours (2021, 2022)
Brussels Cycling Classic (2017, 2023)
GP de Denain (2013, 2017)
London–Surrey Classic (2013)
Milano–Torino (2020)
Medal record
Men's road bicycle racing
Representing  France
World Championships
2011 CopenhagenUnder-23 road race
2009 MoscowJunior road race
European Championships
2020 PlouayElite road race
2022 MunichElite road race
2010 AnkaraUnder-23 road race
2009 Hooglede-GitsJunior road race

Arnaud Démare (born 26 August 1991) is a French professional road racing cyclist who rides for UCI WorldTeam Arkéa–B&B Hotels.

Having turned professional in 2012 and specialising as a sprinter, Démare has taken almost 100 wins as a professional, including 10 Grand Tour stage victories – 2 at the Tour de France and 8 at the Giro d'Italia (the most by any French rider) – and he won the points classification in the Giro d'Italia in 2020 and 2022. Démare is one of five riders to have won the French National Road Race Championships three times, having won the race in 2014, 2017 and 2020. He has also won the under-23 road race at the 2011 UCI Road World Championships, and the 2016 Milan–San Remo, a cycling monument.