Dominique Rollin
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Dominique Rollin, is a professional cyclist, riding for UCI Professional Continental team .
Born in Boucherville, Canada
, he began his professional career in 2001 with the team Sympatico High Speed-Jet Fuel Coffee and again the following year, 2002 with Sympatico Edition Haute Vitese. He then spent three years in France racing as an elite amateur under director-sportif Guy Gallopin for the Roubaix team. After having issues with the way he was treated during Roubaix's transition to a professional team, he returned to North America to ride for the Kodakgallery.com - Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. team. For 2008 he joined the Toyota-United team, with whom he won the Rochester Omnium and a stage of the Tour of California. He won the stage with a nearly seven-hour breakaway in a driving rainstorm, just holding off his fellow breakaway companions after attacking near the finish. In 2009 he got his chance to join a major European professional team in the Swiss-based, Canadian-sponsored Cervelo Test Team, with his best result of the year coming at the Scheldeprijs semi-classic where he reached the podium with a third place.
In October 2010, he signed for two years with the ProTour team FDJ.
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Born in Boucherville, Canada
Canada
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, he began his professional career in 2001 with the team Sympatico High Speed-Jet Fuel Coffee and again the following year, 2002 with Sympatico Edition Haute Vitese. He then spent three years in France racing as an elite amateur under director-sportif Guy Gallopin for the Roubaix team. After having issues with the way he was treated during Roubaix's transition to a professional team, he returned to North America to ride for the Kodakgallery.com - Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. team. For 2008 he joined the Toyota-United team, with whom he won the Rochester Omnium and a stage of the Tour of California. He won the stage with a nearly seven-hour breakaway in a driving rainstorm, just holding off his fellow breakaway companions after attacking near the finish. In 2009 he got his chance to join a major European professional team in the Swiss-based, Canadian-sponsored Cervelo Test Team, with his best result of the year coming at the Scheldeprijs semi-classic where he reached the podium with a third place.
In October 2010, he signed for two years with the ProTour team FDJ.
Palmarès
2005- 1st, 1 stage, Tour de BeauceTour de BeauceTour de Beauce is a men's elite professional road bicycle racing multi-day event held each June in the Beauce region of Quebec, Canada since 1986...
2006
- 1st
National Road Race Champion - 1st, 1 stage, Tour de Gironde
2007
- 3rd overall, Tour of MissouriTour of MissouriThe Tour of Missouri is a professional road bicycle racing stage race in Missouri that started on September 11, 2007 with six days of racing. The organizers, who also run the Tour de Georgia and the Amgen Tour of California, billed it as the third highest profile race in the United States.The 2009...
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, Time Trial
2008
- 1st, 1 stage Tour of California
- 1st, 1 stage, Rochester Omnium
- 1st Overall, Rochester Omnium
- 1st, 1 stage, Tour of SouthlandTour of SouthlandThe Tour of Southland is a road bicycle racing stage race held in the Southland Region of New Zealand. From 2005 until 2009, the Tour of Southland has been part of the UCI Oceania Tour however the 2010 event was held as a National Tour. The Tour is held annually in November. The race is organised...
- 9th Overall Tour of MissouriTour of MissouriThe Tour of Missouri is a professional road bicycle racing stage race in Missouri that started on September 11, 2007 with six days of racing. The organizers, who also run the Tour de Georgia and the Amgen Tour of California, billed it as the third highest profile race in the United States.The 2009...
- 1st, Mountains Classification
2009
- 19th, Gent–Wevelgem
- 5th, Profronde van Drenthe
- 3rd Scheldeprijs Vlaanderen
2010
- 2nd Tour du Poitou-Charente
2011
- 15th Tour of FlandersTour of FlandersThe Tour of Flanders is a Flanders Classics road cycling race held in Belgium every spring, a week before the Paris–Roubaix road race. It is part of the UCI World Tour and one of the so-called monuments of the European professional calendar. It is the most important cycling race in Flanders...
- 16th Milan-San Remo
- 10th Dwars Door VlaanderenDwars door VlaanderenDwars door Vlaanderen is a Flanders Classics road bicycle race. Traditionally, it is the start of the Flemish cycling week, with Gent–Wevelgem , the Three Days of De Panne and the Ronde van Vlaanderen. Dwars door Vlaanderen has always been contested on a Wednesday, a week and a half before the...
- 16th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad