Christophe Riblon (born 17 January 1981) is a French former road and track racing cyclist who competed as a professional for the AG2R La Mondiale team for 13 seasons^[2] between 2005 and 2017. He also competed for France at the 2008 Summer Olympics.^[3]

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Christophe Riblon

Riblon at the 2009 UCI Road World Championships
Personal information
Full name	Christophe Riblon
Born	(1981-01-17) 17 January 1981 (age 43) Tremblay-en-France, France
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Weight	65 kg (143 lb; 10.2 st)[1]
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Road and track
Role	Rider
Rider type	Puncheur (road) Endurance (track)
Professional team
2005–2017	AG2R Prévoyance
Major wins
Grand Tours Tour de France 2 individual stages (2010, 2013) Combativity award (2013)
Medal record Men's track cycling Representing  France World Championships 2008 Manchester Points race 2010 Ballerup Madison

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Born in Tremblay-en-France, Seine-Saint-Denis, Riblon won two mountain-top finishes of the Tour de France, including stage 14 of the 2010 Tour de France at the ski resort of Ax-3 Domaines in the Pyrenees, and stage 18 of the 2013 Tour de France at Alpe d'Huez.

During his 2010 victory, he was part of the early breakaway that went free 30 kilometres (19 mi) into the race, and he crested the penultimate climb of the day alone, the Port de Pailheres. He had a two-minute lead at the foot of the last climb, and held on to win solo as the general classification contenders were battling it out behind him.^[4]

He won his 2013 stage following a long breakaway, chasing down Tejay van Garderen over the second ascent of Alpe d'Huez and holding on to win by a minute, despite crashing into a ditch on the descent of the Col de Sarenne. In doing so he became the race's first (and only) French winner of a stage that year.