Laurent Didier
Laurent Didier is a Luxembourgish former professional road bicycle racer, who competed between 2006 and 2018 for the, Designa Køkken, and teams.Career
Didier is from Dippach, Luxembourg and his ancestors are no strangers to the world of cycling. His father, Lucien Didier, was part of winning team time trial squads in the Tour de France and the Giro d'Italia, and his grandfather Bim Diederich won three stages of the Tour and wore the yellow jersey for three days. Laurent is good in various terrains which makes him useful in different kinds of races.
From October 2008 to early February 2009, Didier rode for Danish, and then moved home to Designa Køkken, also in Denmark. In 2009, he finished second at the Luxembourgish National Road Race Championships behind Andy Schleck and was also runner-up in the Luxembourgish National Time Trial Championships behind Kim Kirchen.
To most cycling experts it was a huge surprise that Didier was selected for the 2013 Tour de France, at the expense of former Belgian champion Stijn Devolder.Major results
;2005
;2006
;2007
;2009
;2010
;2011
;2012
;2013
;2014
;2015
;2016Grand Tour | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
Giro d'Italia | 33 | 130 | — | — | — | — | 64 | DNF | 97 |
Tour de France | — | — | — | 53 | — | DNF | — | — | — |
Vuelta a España | — | — | 86 | — | — | — | 104 | — | — |
— | Did not compete |
DNF | Did not finish |