Mickaël Guichard (born 29 August 1993) is a French cyclist who serves as a sighted pilot for blind cyclist Elie de Carvalho.
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| Born | 29 August 1993[1] Ussel, Corrèze, France | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current team | Team Atria–Montluçon Cyclisme | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Road | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2015–2017 | Océane Top 16 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020–2021 | Pro Immo Nicolas Roux | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022–2024 | WB–Fybolia Morbihan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2025– | Team Atria–Montluçon Cyclisme | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2019 | Delko–Marseille Provence (stagiaire) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
editGuichard made his Road World Championships debut in 2023, where he served as the sighted pilot for Elie de Carvalho and won bronze medals in the time trial and road race B events.[2] He then competed at the 2024 Summer Paralympics, where the duo won a silver medal in the road time trial B with a time 34:23.73.[3][4] In August 2025, he represented France at the 2025 UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships and won a gold medal in the time trial B event with a time of 40:08.13, along with Carvalho.[5]
Major results
edit- 2014
- 9th Paris–Tours Espoirs
- 2015
- 8th Paris–Mantes-en-Yvelines
- 2016
- 1st
Mountains classification, Kreiz Breizh Elites - 3rd Paris–Mantes-en-Yvelines
- 2017
- 7th Paris–Mantes-en-Yvelines
- 2018
- 1st Stages 2a & 5 Tour de la Guadeloupe
- 2nd Grand Prix de la Ville de Nogent-sur-Oise
- 4th Paris–Mantes-en-Yvelines
- 2019
- 1st Bordeaux–Saintes
- 8th Overall Tour d'Eure-et-Loir
- 1st
Sprints classification
- 1st
- 2020
- 1st Grand Prix d'Issoire
- 2021
- 1st Grand Prix d'Issoire
- 1st Paris-Connerré
- 3rd Grand Prix de la Ville de Nogent-sur-Oise
- 10th Overall Tour de la Guadeloupe
- 1st Prologue & Stage 2
- 2022
- 1st Stage 1 Tour de Bretagne
- 2023
- 1st Circuit du Morbihan
- 2025
- 1st Bordeaux–Saintes
References
edit- ↑ "Mickaël Guichard". firstcycling.com. Retrieved 30 August 2025.
- ↑ "Paracyclisme. Mondiaux : le tandem Élie de Carvalho – Mickaël Guichard en bronze". Ouest-France (in French). 10 August 2023. Retrieved 30 August 2025.
- ↑ "Elie de Carvalho médaillé d'argent sur le contre-la-montre". journaldemillau.fr (in French). 4 September 2024. Retrieved 30 August 2025.
- ↑ Chauvet, Salomé (3 September 2024). "Pour Mickaël Guichard, un nouveau rôle de pilote aux Jeux paralympiques". letelegramme.fr (in French). Retrieved 30 August 2025.
- ↑ ""Un accomplissement" : les Limousins Elie de Carvalho et Mickaël Guichard champions du monde de tandem paracycliste". francebleu.fr (in French). 29 August 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2025.
External links
edit- Mickaël Guichard at the International Paralympic Committee
- Mickaël Guichard at UCI
- Mickaël Guichard at ProCyclingStats
- Mickaël Guichard at Paralympic.org
- Mickaël Guichard at InterSportStats
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