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) is a French former road bicycle racer, who competed as a professional from 2008 to 2021 for the AG2R La Mondiale, Armée de Terre and Team Europcar/Team TotalEnergies squads.[5]
During his professional career, Gaudin took six victories – the 2013 Cholet-Pays de Loire and 2017 Tro-Bro Léon one-day races,[6] and four prologue time trials between 2013 and 2018. He also won five national titles at the French National Track Championships, competed in the team pursuit for France at the 2008 Summer Olympics,[5][7] and won two daily combativity awards in the 2018 Tour de France.
Major results
Source: [8]
- 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
- 2007
- National Under-23 Track Championships
- 1st Individual pursuit
- 2nd Team pursuit
- 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)
- 2010
- National Track Championships
- 1st Individual pursuit
- 1st Madison (with Benoît Daeninck)
- 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
| 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
- ^ "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.
- ^ a b Raguin, Antoine (11 January 2022). "Cyclisme. Le néo-retraité Damien Gaudin retrace les grands moments de sa longue carrière" [Cycling. Newly retired Damien Gaudin retraces the highlights of his long career.]. Ouest-France (in French). Groupe SIPA Ouest-France. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
- ^ "Gaudin announces retirement from professional cycling". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 30 December 2021. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Damien Gaudin". FirstCycling.com. FirstCycling AS. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
External links
- Damien Gaudin at UCI
- Damien Gaudin at Cycling Archives (archive)
- Damien Gaudin at ProCyclingStats
- Damien Gaudin at CQ Ranking
- Damien Gaudin at Olympedia
- Damien Gaudin at Olympics.com
- Damien Gaudin at Équipe de France Olympique (archived) (in French)