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Hubert Dupont

    Key Stats

    Nationality: French
    Born: November 13, 1980
    Hometown: Lyon, France
    Height: 5-foot-6
    Weight: 128 pounds
    Strengths: climbing
    Turned Pro: 2005

    Palmares

    Career Highlights:

    2007
    4th, Tour du Doubs

    2006
    1st, mountains competition, Vuelta a País Vasco
    6th, Route du Sud

    Biography

    Dupont has dabbled in mountain biking and cyclocross, but it’s climbing that’s his true passion. Inspired by France’s long tradition of climbers, Dupont aims to someday challenge such races as the Giro d’Italia and Tour de France. In 2006, he showed promise by taking the climber’s jersey at the hilly Tour of the Basque Country.