{{short description|French road bicycle racer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2017}} {{Infobox cyclist | name = Romain Feillu | image = Isbergues - Grand Prix d'Isbergues, 20 septembre 2015 (B040).JPG | caption = Feillu at the 2015 [[Grand Prix d'Isbergues]] | fullname = Romain Feillu | nickname = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1984|4|16|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Châteaudun]], [[France]] | height = {{convert|1.74|m|abbr=on}} | weight = {{convert|62|kg|abbr=on}} | currentteam = Retired | discipline = Road | role = Rider | ridertype = Sprinter | amateuryears1 = 2005 | amateurteam1 = {{UCI team code|AGR|2005}} ''(stagiaire)'' | proyears1 = 2006–2009 | proteam1 = {{UCI team code|AGR|2006}} | proyears2 = 2010–2013 | proteam2 = {{UCI team code|VAC|2010}} | proyears3 = 2014–2015 | proteam3 = {{UCI team code|BSE|2014}}<ref name="Romain">{{cite news|url=http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/15910/Feillu-brothers-reunited-in-2014-as-duo-ink-deals-with-Bretagne-Seche-Environnement.aspx|title=Feillu brothers reunited in 2014 as duo ink deals with Bretagne-Séché Environnement|work=VeloNation|publisher=VeloNation LLC|date=29 November 2013|access-date=4 December 2013}}</ref> | proyears4 = 2016–2019 | proteam4 = {{UCI team code|AUB|2016}} | majorwins = '''[[Race stage|Stage races]]''' :[[Tour of Britain]] ([[2007 Tour of Britain|2007]]) '''[[Classic cycle races|One-day races and Classics]]''' :[[Grand Prix de Fourmies|GP de Fourmies]] (2009, 2010) }}
'''Romain Feillu''' (born 16 April 1984) is a French former [[road racing cyclist]], who rode professionally between 2006 and 2019.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.directvelo.com/actualite/78722/romain-feillu-a-l-epoque-j-etais-le-plus-serieux|title=Romain Feillu : " À l'époque, j'étais le plus sérieux "|language=fr|trans-title=Romain Feillu: "At the time, I was the most serious"|first=Christian|last=Cosserat|work=Directvelo|publisher=Association Le Peloton|date=6 November 2019|access-date=4 May 2020}}</ref> He is the older brother of [[Brice Feillu]], who also competed professionally as a cyclist.
==Career== Feillu was born in [[Châteaudun]], [[Eure-et-Loir]]. In August 2005, Feillu joined {{UCI team code|AGR|2005}} as a trainee ([[Glossary of bicycling#stagiaire|stagiaire]]) and impressed his team managers, resulting in a professional contract. During the 2006 season he won the [[Grand Prix Tours]] as well as the overall rankings of the [[Tour de la Somme]]. In 2007 he won a stage in the [[Tour de Luxembourg]] and the [[Circuit de l'Aulne]]. In that year he also made his [[Tour de France]] debut finishing three times in the top 10 in mass sprints. He withdrew after stage 8, which was the second mountain stage. Later that year he won the [[Tour of Britain]] and the late season [[Paris–Bourges]].
At the end of the 2009 season, he won the [[Grand Prix de Fourmies]]. He won this race again in 2010.
Feillu joined {{UCI team code|BSE|2014|nolink=yes}} for the 2014 season, after his previous team – {{UCI team code|VCD|2013}}<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.uciworldtour.com/Modules/SUCI/TEAMS/TeamDetails.asp?id=MjgxOA&RefDate=17.01.2013&MenuId=MTY2Njk&LangId=1&BackLink=%2Ftemplates%2FUCI%2FUCI2%2Flayout%2Easp%3FMenuId%3DMTY2Njk%26LangId%3D1|title=Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team (VCD) – NED|work=[[UCI World Tour]]|publisher=[[Union Cycliste Internationale]]|access-date=17 January 2013}}</ref> – folded at the end of the 2013 season.<ref name="Romain"/>
==Major results== {{div col|colwidth=22em}} ;2005 : 7th Overall [[Grand Prix de la Somme|Tour de la Somme]] : 8th [[Paris–Bourges]] : 8th [[Paris–Tours Espoirs]] ;2006 : 1st [[File:Jersey yellow.svg|20px]] Overall [[Grand Prix de la Somme|Tour de la Somme]] : 1st Grand Prix Tours : 2nd [[File:Silver medal blank.svg|15px]] [[2006 UCI Road World Championships – Men's under-23 road race|Road race]], [[2006 UCI Road World Championships|UCI Under-23 Road World Championships]] : 2nd [[La Côte Picarde]] : 4th Overall [[Giro di Toscana|Giro della Toscana]] : 5th [[Grand Prix de la Ville de Lillers]] : 10th Overall [[Tour de Normandie]] ;2007 : 1st [[File:Jersey yellow.svg|20px]] Overall [[2007 Tour of Britain|Tour of Britain]] : 1st [[Boucles de l'Aulne]] : 1st [[Paris–Bourges]] : 4th [[Cholet-Pays de la Loire|Cholet-Pays de Loire]] : 4th [[Châteauroux Classic]] : 7th [[Grand Prix d'Isbergues]] : 8th Overall [[Tour de Picardie]] : 8th Overall [[Boucles de la Mayenne]] : 10th Overall [[Tour de Luxembourg]] ::1st Stage 3 : 10th [[2007 Paris–Tours|Paris–Tours]] ;2008 : 1st [[Boucles de l'Aulne]] : 3rd [[Châteauroux Classic]] : 7th Overall [[Boucles de la Mayenne]] : 8th [[2008 GP Ouest–France|GP Ouest–France]] : [[2008 Tour de France|Tour de France]] ::[[File:Jersey yellow.svg|20px]] & [[File:Jersey white.svg|20px]] Held after Stage 3 ;2009 : 1st [[Grand Prix de Fourmies]] : 1st Stage 4 [[Tour du Limousin]] : 2nd Overall [[Tour de Picardie]] ::1st [[File:Jersey green.svg|20px]] Points classification ::1st [[File:Jersey white.svg|20px]] Young rider classification ::1st Stage 2 : 2nd [[Paris–Camembert]] : 2nd [[Châteauroux Classic]] : 3rd [[Route Adélie]] : 5th [[Classic Sud-Ardèche|Boucles du Sud Ardèche]] : 5th [[Grand Prix de Wallonie]] : 7th [[Tour du Finistère]] : 7th [[Grand Prix de la Somme]] : 8th [[Brussels Cycling Classic|Paris–Brussels]] : 9th [[Cholet-Pays de la Loire|Cholet-Pays de Loire]] : 10th [[Paris–Bourges]] ;2010 : 1st [[Grand Prix de Fourmies]] : [[Vuelta a Burgos]] ::1st [[File:Jersey green.svg|20px]] Points classification ::1st Stage 4 : 1st Stage 2 [[Tour de l'Ain]] : 2nd [[Châteauroux Classic]] : 2nd [[Brussels Cycling Classic|Paris–Brussels]] : 2nd [[Paris–Bourges]] : 3rd [[Grand Prix d'Isbergues]] : 4th [[Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen]] : 5th [[Cholet-Pays de la Loire|Cholet-Pays de Loire]] : 6th [[2010 Paris–Tours|Paris–Tours]] : 10th [[2010 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race|Road race]], [[2010 UCI Road World Championships|UCI Road World Championships]] : 10th {{lang|fr|[[Grand Prix La Marseillaise|Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise]]|italic=no}} : 10th [[2010 GP Ouest–France|GP Ouest–France]] ;2011 : 1st [[File:Jersey yellow.svg|20px]] Overall [[Tour de Picardie]] ::1st Stage 2 : 1st [[Tour du Finistère]] : [[La Méditerranéenne|Tour Méditerranéen]] ::1st Stages 2, 3 & 4 : 1st Stage 5 [[Circuit de Lorraine]] : 1st Stage 5 [[2011 Tour de Luxembourg|Tour de Luxembourg]] : 2nd [[2011 Grand Prix de Denain|Grand Prix de Denain]] : 3rd {{lang|fr|[[Grand Prix La Marseillaise|Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise]]|italic=no}} : 6th [[2011 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race|Road race]], [[2011 UCI Road World Championships|UCI Road World Championships]] : 7th [[Grand Prix Pino Cerami]] : 7th [[Grand Prix de Fourmies]] : 7th [[Grand Prix d'Isbergues]] : 8th [[Paris–Bourges]] ;2012 : 2nd [[Grand Prix Pino Cerami]] : 3rd [[Boucles de l'Aulne]] : 4th [[2012 Scheldeprijs|Scheldeprijs]] : 5th [[Classic Loire Atlantique]] : 6th [[Cholet-Pays de la Loire|Cholet-Pays de Loire]] : 7th [[Le Samyn]] : 9th [[2012 Tro-Bro Léon|Tro-Bro Léon]] : 9th [[Grand Prix du Morbihan|Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan]] ;2013 : 2nd [[Grand Prix Pino Cerami]] : 8th [[Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen]] : 9th [[2013 Scheldeprijs|Scheldeprijs]] : 9th [[Grand Prix d'Isbergues]] : 10th [[Tour de Vendée]] ;2014 : 2nd [[Châteauroux Classic]] : 3rd Overall [[Ronde de l'Oise]] ::1st Stage 1 : 10th [[Grand Prix de Fourmies]] ;2015 : 1st [[Route Adélie]] : 5th [[Paris–Bourges]] : 7th [[Omloop van het Houtland]] : 8th [[Grand Prix d'Isbergues]] : 10th [[Arnhem–Veenendaal Classic]] ;2016 : 2nd [[Grand Prix d'Isbergues]] : 3rd [[Paris–Camembert]] : 4th [[2016 Grand Prix de Fourmies|Grand Prix de Fourmies]] : 4th [[Tour de Vendée]] : 5th [[Tour du Finistère]] : 6th [[Paris–Troyes]] : 7th [[La Drôme Classic]] : 7th [[Paris–Bourges]] ;2017 : 10th [[La Roue Tourangelle]] ;2018 : 3rd [[Grand Prix de la ville de Pérenchies]] ;2019 : 2nd [[Grand Prix de la Somme]] : 4th [[Grand Prix de la ville de Pérenchies]] : 9th [[Route Adélie]] {{div col end}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{Commons category}} *{{Cycling Archives|18862}} *{{Procyclingstats}}
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