{{short description|French road bicycle racer}} {{Infobox cyclist | name = Damien Monier | image = TdB 2015 - Damien Monier.jpg | caption = Monier in April 2015 | fullname = Damien Monier | nickname = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1982|8|27}} | birth_place = [[Clermont-Ferrand]], France | height = 1.88 m | weight = 71 kg | currentteam = Retired | discipline = Road | role = Staff | ridertype = | amateuryears1 = 2003 | amateurteam1 = {{UCI team code|COF|2003}} ''(stagiaire)'' | proyears1 = 2004–2012 | proteam1 = {{UCI team code|COF|2004}} | proyears2 = 2013–2017 | proteam2 = {{UCI team code|BGT|2013}} | proyears3 = 2018–2022 | proteam3 = {{UCI team code|AIS|2018}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/14055/1001116/257|title=Aisan Racing Team|work=UCI.org|publisher=[[Union Cycliste Internationale]]|accessdate=23 February 2020|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20200223190933/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/14055/1001116/257|archivedate=23 February 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.aisanracingteam.com/teamblog/2021/01/11-2021.html|title=1/1 愛三工業レーシングチーム2021年チーム体制発表|language=Japanese|trans-title=1/1 Aisan Racing Team 2021 Team Structure Announcement|work={{UCI team code|AIS|2021}}|publisher=Aisan|date=1 January 2021|accessdate=29 January 2021}}</ref> | majorwins = '''[[Grand Tour (cycling)|Grand Tours]]''' :'''[[Giro d'Italia]]''' ::1 individual stage ([[2010 Giro d'Italia|2010]]) }} '''Damien Monier''' (born 27 August 1982) is a French former professional [[road bicycle racer]], who competed as a professional from 2004 to 2022.
==Career== Monier was born in [[Clermont-Ferrand]], and became a professional rider in 2004. After seven years with the {{UCI team code|COF|2010}} team, he won his first race, the 17th stage of the [[2010 Giro d'Italia]] from [[Bruneck]] to [[Peio]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/sport/frenchman-damien-monier-claims-first-stage-win-in-giro-ditalia/story-e6frg7mf-1225872036176 |title=Frenchman Damien Monier claims first stage win in Giro d'Italia |last=Kogoy |first=Peter |date=27 May 2010 |work=[[The Australian]] |publisher=[[News Limited]] |accessdate=21 January 2012}}</ref> In January 2012, he was hit by a car while training in France, knocking him unconscious and fracturing his skull.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/cofidis-rider-monier-struck-by-car-while-training |title=Cofidis rider Monier struck by car while training |date=21 January 2012 |work=Cycling News |publisher=Future Publishing Limited |accessdate=21 January 2012}}</ref> In November 2012, he signed to ride the 2013 season with the Japanese team {{UCI team code|BGT|2013}}.<ref>{{cite web|title=Damien Monier signe chez Bridgestone-Anchor |url=http://www.veloracingnews.com/article-damien-monier-chez-bridgestone-anchor-112927666.html |work=VeloRacingNews |accessdate=2 February 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130926073151/http://www.veloracingnews.com/article-damien-monier-chez-bridgestone-anchor-112927666.html |archivedate=26 September 2013 }}</ref> He moved to {{UCI team code|AIS|2018}} for the 2018 season.<ref>{{cite web|title=Une autre Conti pour Damien Monier - Actualité - DirectVelo|url=https://www.directvelo.com/actualite/63361/une-autre-conti-pour-damien-monier|website=DirectVelo|accessdate=7 February 2018|language=fr-FR}}</ref>
After retiring as a professional cyclist, he is working as a staff of Aisan Racing.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.aisanracingteam.com/teamblog/2022/12/20232.html |language=Japanese |script-title=ja:愛三工業レーシングチーム2023年新体制発表 |date=29 December 2022 |publisher=Aisan Racing Team |access-date=1 January 2023}}</ref>
==Major results== {{div col|colwidth=30em}} ;2002 : 1st [[File:MaillotFra.PNG|20px]] [[French National Time Trial Championships|Time trial]], National Under-23 Road Championships ;2003 : 1st [[File:MaillotFra.PNG|20px]] Individual pursuit, [[French National Track Championships|National Under-23 Track Championships]] : 3rd [[French National Time Trial Championships|Time trial]], National Under-23 Road Championships ;2004 : 3rd Individual pursuit, [[French National Track Championships|National Track Championships]] ;2005 : 1st [[File:MaillotFra.PNG|20px]] Individual pursuit, [[French National Track Championships|National Track Championships]] ;2007 : 8th [[Tour de Vendée]] ;2008 : 1st [[File:MaillotFra.PNG|20px]] Individual pursuit, [[French National Track Championships|National Track Championships]] : 7th Overall [[Volta ao Distrito de Santarém]] ;2009 : 4th Overall [[La Méditerranéenne|Tour Méditerranéen]] : 4th Overall [[Tour de l'Ain]] : 8th Overall [[Étoile de Bessèges]] : 9th Overall [[Circuit de la Sarthe (cycling)|Circuit de la Sarthe]] ;2010 : 1st Stage 17 [[2010 Giro d'Italia|Giro d'Italia]] : 8th Overall [[Route d'Occitanie|Route du Sud]] : 9th [[Classic Loire Atlantique]] ;2013 : 1st JBCF Tsugaike Kogen Hillclimb : 2nd Overall [[Tour de Hokkaido]] : 3rd Overall [[Tour of Japan]] : 4th Overall [[Tour of Azerbaijan (Iran)]] : 6th Overall [[Tour de Guadeloupe]] : 9th Overall [[Tour de Kumano]] ;2014 : 2nd Overall [[Tour de Guadeloupe]] : 4th [[Critérium International de Sétif]] : 5th Overall [[Tour International de Sétif]] : 7th Overall [[Tour de Constantine]] ::1st Stage 3 ;2015 : 1st [[Taiwan KOM Challenge]]<ref>{{cite web |last1=Lee |first1=Aaron |title=Monier, Yonamine claim Taiwan KOM Challenge crowns |url=http://velonews.competitor.com/2015/10/news/road/monier-yonamine-claim-taiwan-kom-challenge-crowns_388438 |website=Velo News |accessdate=17 November 2015 |archive-date=18 November 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151118004119/http://velonews.competitor.com/2015/10/news/road/monier-yonamine-claim-taiwan-kom-challenge-crowns_388438 |url-status=dead }}</ref> : 3rd Overall [[Tour de Filipinas]] : 3rd Overall [[Tour de Kumano]] : 4th [[Tour de Okinawa]] : 8th Overall [[Tour of Japan]] : 10th Overall [[Tour de Korea]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/tour-de-korea-2015/stage-8/results/ |title=Ewan wins overall at the Tour de Korea|date=2 August 2015 |website=[[cyclingnews.com]] | access-date=5 August 2015}}</ref> ;2016 : 1st Overall [[Tour de Guadeloupe]] ::1st Stage 8b ([[Individual time trial|ITT]]) ;2017 : [[Tour de Kumano]] ::1st Points classification ::1st Stage 3 : 5th Overall [[Tour de Korea]] ;2018 : 3rd [[Taiwan KOM Challenge]] ;2019 : 9th Overall [[Tour de Ijen]] {{div col end}}
===Grand Tour general classification results timeline=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |- ! scope="col" | [[Grand Tour (cycling)|Grand Tour]] ! scope="col" | 2007 ! scope="col" | 2008 ! scope="col" | 2009 ! scope="col" | 2010 |- style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" | [[File:Jersey pink.svg|20px|link=|alt=A pink jersey]] [[General classification in the Giro d'Italia|Giro d'Italia]] |— | [[2008 Giro d'Italia|111]] |— | [[2010 Giro d'Italia|89]] |- style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" | [[File:Jersey yellow.svg|20px|link=|alt=A yellow jersey]] [[General classification in the Tour de France|Tour de France]] |— |— |— | [[2010 Tour de France|71]] |- style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" | [[File:Jersey red.svg|20px|link=|alt=A red jersey]] [[General classification in the Vuelta a España|Vuelta a España]] | [[2007 Vuelta a España|129]] |— | [[2009 Vuelta a España|65]] |— |}
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