Axel Zingle

Axel Zingle
Zingle at the 2021 Tour Alsace
Personal information
Born (1998-12-18) 18 December 1998 (age 27)
Mulhouse, France
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight67 kg (148 lb)
Cycling career
SportCycling
Current teamVisma–Lease a Bike
Disciplines
  • Road
  • Mountain bike
RoleRider
Rider type
  • Sprinter
  • Classics Specialist
Amateur teams
2017–2018VC Unité Schwenheim
2019–2021CC Étupes
Professional teams
2020Nippo–Delko–One Provence (stagiaire)
2021Cofidis (stagiaire)
2022–2024Cofidis
2025–Visma–Lease a Bike

Axel Zingle (born 18 December 1998) is a French cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Visma–Lease a Bike.

Major results

Road

2020
1st Road race, National Under-23 Championships
9th Paris–Camembert
2021
1st Stage 1 Tour de Guadeloupe
3rd Classic Grand Besançon Doubs
6th Tour du Jura
8th Route Adélie
8th Tour de Vendée
2022 (3 pro wins)
1st Route Adélie
1st Famenne Ardenne Classic
2nd Circuit de Wallonie
3rd Road race, National Championships
3rd Tour du Jura
4th Overall Arctic Race of Norway
1st Points classification
1st Stage 1
5th Overall Circuit de la Sarthe
7th Cholet-Pays de la Loire
7th Druivenkoers Overijse
8th Grand Prix de Wallonie
9th Boucles de l'Aulne
9th Paris–Bourges
10th Paris–Camembert
10th Grote Prijs Marcel Kint
2023 (1)
1st Classic Loire Atlantique
3rd Overall Boucles de la Mayenne
3rd Tour du Finistère
4th Trofeo Ses Salines–Alcúdia
4th Tour of Leuven
5th Brabantse Pijl
5th Trofeo Calvia
6th Boucles de l'Aulne
7th Japan Cup
7th Cholet-Pays de la Loire
8th Overall Renewi Tour
9th Grand Prix du Morbihan
9th Trofeo Palma
10th Amstel Gold Race
2024 (1)
1st Boucles de l'Aulne
2nd Overall Tour de la Provence
2nd Grand Prix du Morbihan
2nd Circuit Franco-Belge
2nd Circuit de Wallonie
2nd Famenne Ardenne Classic
3rd Overall Boucles de la Mayenne
3rd Overall Tour du Limousin
4th Tour du Finistère
6th Hamburg Cyclassics
7th Japan Cup
9th Grand Prix de Wallonie
2025 (1)
1st Stage 1 Four Days of Dunkirk
1st Stage 3 (TTT) Paris–Nice
2026
5th Grand Prix de Denain
7th Tro-Bro Léon

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour 2023 2024 2025
Giro d'Italia — — —
Tour de France 142 108 —
Vuelta a España — — DNF
Legend
— Did not compete
DNF Did not finish
IP Race in Progress

Mountain bike

2016
1st Roc d'Azur Juniors
European Championships
2nd Team relay
3rd Junior Cross-country
3rd Cross-country, National Junior Championships
2018
2nd Cross-country, National Under-23 Championships

Other information

During stage 5 of the 2024 Tour de France, as Mark Cavendish was just about to secure his record-breaking 35th stage win, Mads Pedersen crashed into a barrier and fell full length onto the road. Zingle, who had just completed his sprint lead-out duties but was still riding at high speed immediately behind, bunny hopped over him and rode over the finishing line. Pedersen escaped serious injury

References

  1. ↑ "Cofidis". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 1 January 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  2. ↑ "Cofidis". UCI. Archived from the original on 28 January 2022. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
  3. ↑ "Team Visma–Lease a Bike". UCI. Retrieved 4 January 2025.
  4. ↑ Giuliani, Simone (4 July 2024). "'Too fast to brake' – The bunny hop that stopped Axel Zingle crashing into Mads Pedersen". Cycling News.
  5. ↑ Silva, Rúben (4 July 2024). "Mads Pedersen crashes in final sprint... And Axel Zingle bunny-hops over him at 65Km/h". cyclinguptodate.com.