Kenny Elissonde

Kenny Elissonde (born 22 July 1991) is a French professional road cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam.

Career
Elissonde is a climbing specialist, having won the prestigious stage up the Alto de l'Angliru at the 2013 Vuelta a España.

In September 2016, it was announced that Elissonde would join, from , for the 2017 season on an initial 2-year deal. He was the first French rider to be a member of the team since Nicolas Portal was part of the inaugural squad back in 2010. In August 2020, he was named in the startlist for the Tour de France.

In 2021, he earned the combativity award for his efforts on stage eleven of the Tour de France. During the Vuelta a España he was involved in a successful breakaway on stage three, where he finished third; two days later, he moved into the overall race lead for a day.

Major results

 * 2008
 * 1st MaillotFra.PNG Road race, National Junior Road Championships


 * 2009
 * 8th Overall Tour du Valromey
 * 1st Jersey polkadot.svg Mountains classification
 * 1st Stages 1 & 3


 * 2010
 * 7th Overall Giro della Valle d'Aosta Mont Blanc


 * 2011
 * 1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Ronde de l'Isard
 * 1st Stage 2
 * 7th Liège–Bastogne–Liège Espoirs


 * 2012
 * Paris–Corrèze
 * 1st Jersey green.svg Points classification
 * 1st Stage 2
 * 4th Overall Route du Sud


 * 2013
 * 1st Stage 20 Vuelta a España
 * 7th Overall Tour de l'Ain
 * 1st Jersey white.svg Young rider classification
 * 7th Boucles de l'Aulne
 * 8th Overall Tour of Oman
 * 1st Jersey white.svg Young rider classification


 * 2014
 * 7th Overall Route du Sud


 * 2015
 * 7th Tre Valli Varesine


 * 2016
 * Vuelta a España
 * Held Jersey blue dotted.png after Stages 14–19


 * 2017
 * 3rd Overall Herald Sun Tour
 * 3rd Overall Route du Sud


 * 2018
 * 3rd Overall Route d'Occitanie
 * 10th Overall Vuelta a Burgos


 * 2019
 * 7th Overall Herald Sun Tour


 * 2020
 * 7th Mont Ventoux Dénivelé Challenge


 * 2021
 * 6th Mont Ventoux Dénivelé Challenge
 * Vuelta a España
 * Held Jersey red.svg after Stage 5
 * Jersey red number.svg Combativity award Stage 11 Tour de France


 * 2022
 * 5th Overall Giro di Sicilia
 * 10th Overall Vuelta a Burgos


 * 2023
 * 2nd Overall Tour de l'Ain