Laurent Didier

Laurent Didier (born 19 July 1984) 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
Source:


 * 2005
 * 1st MaillotLuxemburgo.PNG Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships
 * 3rd Overall Flèche du Sud
 * 1st Stage 3a
 * 6th GP Möbel Alvisse
 * 9th Overall Stuttgart–Straßburg


 * 2006
 * 8th Rund um Düren


 * 2007
 * 1st Saargau
 * 1st Stage 2 Oberösterreich Rundfahrt
 * 3rd Time trial, National Road Championships
 * 8th Ronde van Overijssel


 * 2009
 * National Road Championships
 * 2nd Road race
 * 2nd Time trial
 * 6th Overall Tour de Normandie


 * 2010
 * 9th Overall Vuelta a la Comunidad de Madrid


 * 2011
 * National Road Championships
 * 3rd Road race
 * 3rd Time trial


 * 2012
 * 1st MaillotLuxemburgo.PNG Road race, National Road Championships
 * 1st Jersey polkadot.svg Mountains classification, Tour de Wallonie


 * 2013
 * 1st Jersey red.svg Mountains classification, Tour du Haut Var
 * 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships


 * 2014
 * 1st MaillotLuxemburgo.PNG Time trial, National Road Championships
 * 1st Stage 5 USA Pro Challenge


 * 2015
 * 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Tour of Alberta
 * 3rd Time trial, National Road Championships


 * 2016
 * 10th Overall Tour of Utah