Simon Pellaud

Anecdote: “I fell in love with cycling on the roads of Val de Bagnes: My very first bike race: the Grand Prix de la Crevasse where I scraped 7 times and finished in 16th place.”

Favourite place in the Val de Bagnes: La Crevasse, le Barrage de Mauvoisin

Prize list:

• 2013 U23 swiss champion on road
• 2017 Winner of UCI level race on 4 continents: – Stage 3 Tour of Rwanda (Rwanda, Africa)
• 2019 Stage 9 Tour of Hainan 2018 (China, Asia), Flèche Ardennaise
• 2019 Best Climber of the Tour de Romandie
• 2020 Winner of intermediate sprints
• 2021 Tour de la Mirabelle (Belgium and France, Europe), Stage 8 Vuelta Tachira (Venezuela, South America)
• 2021 Winner of the Kilometers on a solo breakaway
• 3 consectuive podiums at the Swiss professional road championships: 2019 (2nd), 2020 (3rd), 2021 (2nd)
• 4 Grands Tour : 2 Vuelta Espana, 2 Giro d’Italia (5th, 8th and 13th stage)
• Swiss rider having participated in UCI events in the most countries: 34 countries

Hobby: Walking, nature, reading