Damien Gaudin
 Gaudin at the 2015 UEC European Track Championships | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Damien Gaudin |
| Born | 20 August 1986 Beaupréau, France |
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) |
| Weight | 79 kg (174 lb; 12 st 6 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Retired |
| Disciplines |
|
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type |
|
| Amateur team | |
| 2005–2007 | Vendée U |
| Professional teams | |
| 2008–2013 | Bouygues Télécom |
| 2014–2016 | Ag2r–La Mondiale[1] |
| 2017 | Armée de Terre |
| 2018–2021 | Direct Énergie[2][3][4] |
Damien Gaudin (born 20 August 1986 in Beaupréau) is a French former road bicycle racer, who competed as a professional from 2008 to 2021. He competed for France at the 2008 Summer Olympics.[5]
Gaudin left Team Europcar at the end of the 2013 season, and joined Ag2r–La Mondiale for the 2014 season.[1] He was named in the start list for the 2015 Tour de France[6] and won two combativity awards in the 2018 Tour de France.
Major results
[edit]- 2003
- 1st Chrono des Nations Juniors
- 2004
- 3rd Chrono des Nations Juniors
- 2006
- 1st
Madison, National Track Championships (with Thibaut Mace) - National Under-23 Track Championships
- 1st Individual pursuit
- 1st Points race
- 1st
- 2007
- National Under-23 Track Championships
- 1st Individual pursuit
- 2nd Team pursuit
- 1st
- 1st Paris–Roubaix Espoirs
- 2nd Madison, National Track Championships (with Thibaut Mace)
- 2nd Overall Tour du Haut-Anjou
- 9th Overall Ronde de l'Oise
- 2008
- 1st Madison, National Track Championships (with Sébastien Turgot)
- 2009
- National Track Championships
- 1st Individual pursuit
- 2nd Madison (with Jérôme Cousin)
- 1st
- 2010
- National Track Championships
- 1st Individual pursuit
- 1st Madison (with Benoît Daeninck)
- 1st
- 2011
- 4th Overall Danmark Rundt
- 6th Overall Tour du Poitou-Charentes
- 2012
- 5th Overall Danmark Rundt
- 5th Duo Normand (with Sébastien Turgot)
- 8th Grote Prijs Jef Scherens
- 2013
- 1st Cholet-Pays de Loire
- 1st Prologue Paris–Nice
- 5th Paris–Roubaix
- 2015
- 4th Grand Prix de la Somme
- 5th Overall Four Days of Dunkirk
- 2016
- 7th Overall Four Days of Dunkirk
- 2017
- 1st Tro-Bro Léon
- 1st Stage 6 Tour de Normandie
- 1st Stage 4 Tour de Bretagne
- 1st Prologue Tour de Luxembourg
- 1st Prologue Volta a Portugal
- 9th Overall Tour du Poitou-Charentes
- 2018
- 1st Prologue Tour de Luxembourg
- 2nd Tro-Bro Léon
- 3rd Overall La Tropicale Amissa Bongo
- 3rd Le Samyn
- Tour de France
Combativity award Stages 6 & 9
- 2019
- 9th Overall Tour Poitou-Charentes en Nouvelle-Aquitaine
- 2020
- 8th Overall La Tropicale Amissa Bongo
- 2021
- 2nd Nokere Koerse
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
[edit]| Grand Tour | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Giro d'Italia
|
— | 136 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 Tour de France
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | 146 | — | — | 140 |
 Vuelta a España
|
139 | — | — | — | — | 132 | — | — | — | — |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Turgot and Gaudin sign with Ag2r-La Mondiale for three years". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 28 August 2013. Retrieved 28 August 2013.
- ^ "Direct Énergie". Directvelo (in French). Association Le Peloton. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
- ^ "Total Direct Énergie". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 12 January 2020. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
- ^ "Total Direct Energie". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 7 January 2021. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Damien Gaudin". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
- ^ "2015 Tour de France start list". Velo News. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
External links
[edit]- Damien Gaudin at UCI
- Damien Gaudin at Cycling Archives (archived)
- Damien Gaudin at ProCyclingStats
- Damien Gaudin at CQ Ranking
- Damien Gaudin at Olympedia (archive)
- Damien Gaudin at Olympics.com
- Damien Gaudin at Équipe de France Olympique (archived) (in French)
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