Victor Lafay

French cyclist

Victor Lafay
Personal information
Victor Lafay in 2021
Full name	Victor Lafay
Born	(1996-01-17) 17 January 1996 (age 28) Lyon, France
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	65 kg (143 lb)
Team information
Current team	Decathlon–AG2R La Mondiale
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–	Decathlon–AG2R La Mondiale

Major wins
Grand Tours Tour de France 1 individual stage (2023) Giro d'Italia 1 individual stage (2021)

Victor Lafay (born 17 January 1996) is a French cyclist who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Decathlon–AG2R La Mondiale.^[3]

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 Sebastian, attacking in the final kilometre and holding off Wout Van Aert, Tadej Pogacar and Tom Pidcock.^[6]

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

4th Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana

1st

Young rider classification

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 Faun-Ardèche Classic

6th La Flèche Wallonne

7th Overall Route d'Occitanie

7th Tour du Jura

2024

7th Overall Tour de l'Ain

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour	2020	2021	2022	2023
Giro d'Italia	—	DNF	—	—
Tour de France	—	—	DNF	DNF
Vuelta a España	81	—	—

Legend
—	Did not compete
DNF	Did not finish

References

^ Bacon, Ellis (30 December 2019). "2020 Team Preview: Cofidis". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
^ "Cofidis". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
^ "Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team". UCI. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
^ "75th La Vuelta ciclista a España: Startlist". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
^ "Lafay wins stage eight of Giro d'Italia as Ewan abandons race". Reuters. May 15, 2021. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
^ "Frenchman Victor Lafay wins Tour de France second stage". France24. 2 July 2023. Retrieved 2 July 2023.