Victor Lafay
French cyclist
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Victor Lafay (born 17 January 1996) is a French cyclist who currently rides for UCI ProTeam Unibet Rose Rockets.
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| Full name | Victor Lafay | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 17 January 1996 Lyon, France | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 65 kg (143 lb) | ||||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||||
| Current team | Unibet Rose Rockets | ||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Road | ||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||
| Rider type | Puncheur | ||||||||||||||
| Amateur teams | |||||||||||||||
| 2015–2016 | Chambéry CF | ||||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | Bourg-en-Bresse Ain | ||||||||||||||
| Professional teams | |||||||||||||||
| 2017 | Cofidis (stagiaire) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018–2023 | Cofidis[1][2] | ||||||||||||||
| 2024–2025 | Decathlon–AG2R La Mondiale[3] | ||||||||||||||
| 2026– | Unibet Rose Rockets | ||||||||||||||
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Grand Tours
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Medal record
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Career
In October 2020, he was named in the startlist for the 2020 Vuelta a España.[4]
He won stage 8 of the 2021 Giro d'Italia, from Foggia to Guardia Sanframondi on May 15, 2021, from a breakaway of nine riders.[5]
On 2 July 2023, Lafay won from an elite bunch on stage 2 of the 2023 Tour de France in San Sebastián, attacking in the final kilometre and holding off Wout Van Aert, Tadej Pogacar and Tom Pidcock.[6] On 5 November 2025, Lafay was announced as a new rider on Unibet Tietema Rockets.[7] Prior to this announcement there Lafay had publicly admitted that he had considered retirement.[8]
Major results
- 2014
- 1st
Overall Tour du Valromey
- 1st Stages 2 & 3
- 2017
- 1st
Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships - 7th Overall Grand Prix Priessnitz spa
- 9th Overall Rhône-Alpes Isère Tour
- 9th Overall Tour de Savoie Mont Blanc
- 2018
- 1st Stage 2 Tour de Savoie Mont Blanc
- 2nd
Road race, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships - 2021 (1 pro win)
- 1st Stage 8 Giro d'Italia
- 3rd Overall Arctic Race of Norway
- 1st
Young rider classification
- 1st
- 4th Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
- 1st Young rider classification
- 1st
- 2022 (1)
- 2nd Classic Grand Besançon Doubs
- 5th Overall Arctic Race of Norway
- 1st Stage 3
- 6th Trofeo Laigueglia
- 2023 (2)
- 1st Classic Grand Besançon Doubs
- Tour de France
- 1st Stage 2
- Held
after Stages 2–3
- 3rd Coppa Agostoni
- 4th Ardèche Classic
- 6th La Flèche Wallonne
- 7th Overall Route d'Occitanie
- 7th Tour du Jura
- 2024
- 4th Overall Tour of Guangxi
- 7th Overall Tour de l'Ain
- 2025
- 2nd Overall Tour of Guangxi
- 3rd Classic Var
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
| Grand Tour | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
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 Giro d'Italia |
— | DNF | — | — |
 Tour de France |
— | — | DNF | DNF |
 Vuelta a España |
81 | — | — |
| — | Did not compete |
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| DNF | Did not finish |
