Kévin Vauquelin
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| Born | 26 April 2001 Bayeux, France | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 69 kg (152 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current team | Arkéa–B&B Hotels | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Role | Rider | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2020–2021 | VC Rouen 76 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020 | Arkéa–Samsic (stagiaire) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021 | Arkéa–Samsic (stagiaire)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2022– | Arkéa–Samsic | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Kévin Vauquelin (born 26 April 2001) is a French cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Arkéa–B&B Hotels.[2] Professional since 2022, Vauquelin has most notably won a stage of the 2024 Tour de France.
Career
His first professional win was a stage of and the overall title of the 2023 Tour des Alpes-Maritimes et du Var.[3]
In February 2024, he won the stage five time trial and finished second overall in the Étoile de Bessèges. Two months later, he placed second to Stephen Williams at the La Flèche Wallonne.[4] In late June, Vauquelin took his biggest success to date, winning stage two of the Tour de France via a solo win from the breakaway.[5] This also marked Arkéa–B&B Hotels's first ever stage win in the race.
Vauquelin took part in the 2025 Tour de Suisse, taking the overall race lead on Stage 5 and holding onto the lead until the final stage, when he was overtaken by João Almeida to finish second overall.[6][7] In the 2025 Tour de France, Vauquelin took the white jersey after Stage 2. In the Time Trial on Stage 5, he lost the jersey to Remco Evenepoel but moved into third position overall as a result of finishing ahead of Jonas Vingegaard and Matteo Jorgenson.[8]
Major results
Road
- 2018
- 1st Time trial, National Junior Championships
- 4th Chrono des Nations Juniors
- 4th Classique des Alpes Juniors
- 2019
- National Junior Championships
- 1st Road race
- 3rd Time trial
- 6th Overall Grand Prix Rüebliland
- 6th Classique des Alpes Juniors
- 2020
- 2nd Trio Normand
- National Under-23 Championships
- 3rd Time trial
- 4th Road race
- 2021
- 1st Time trial, National Under-23 Championships
- 2nd Overall Etoile d'Or
- 3rd Annemasse-Bellegarde et retour
- 9th Overall Tour d'Eure-et-Loir
- 2022
- 1st Young rider classification, Tour of Belgium
- 2nd Overall Tour Poitou-Charentes en Nouvelle-Aquitaine
- 1st Young rider classification
- 2nd Overall Tour de Luxembourg
- 4th Route Adélie
- 6th Overall Tour of Oman
- 6th Overall Arctic Race of Norway
- 7th Time trial, UEC European Championships
- 7th Overall Vuelta a Asturias
- 7th Ronde van Drenthe
- 2023 (3 pro wins)
- 1st Overall Tour des Alpes-Maritimes et du Var
- 1st Young rider classification
- 1st Stage 1
- 1st Tour du Jura
- 2nd Route Adélie de Vitré
- 4th Overall Étoile de Bessèges
- 5th Overall Tour du Limousin
- 6th Overall Région Pays de la Loire Tour
- 9th Tour du Doubs
- 2024 (2)
- 1st Stage 2 Tour de France
- 2nd Overall Étoile de Bessèges
- 1st Young rider classification
- 1st Stage 5 (ITT)
- 2nd Time trial, National Championships
- 2nd La Flèche Wallonne
- 3rd Grand Prix La Marseillaise
- 8th Overall Tour of the Basque Country
- 10th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
- 2025 (5)
- 1st Overall Étoile de Bessèges
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Stages 4 & 5 (ITT)
- 1st Overall Région Pays de la Loire Tour
- 1st Stage 4
- 2nd Overall Tour de Suisse
- 1st Young rider classification
- National Championships
- 2nd Time trial
- 3rd Road race
- 2nd La Flèche Wallonne
- 2nd Grand Prix du Morbihan
- 4th Classic Var
- 10th Tro-Bro Léon
- Tour de France
- Held after Stages 2–4
General classification results timeline
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| Grand Tour | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | |||||
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| Giro d'Italia | — | — | — | |||||
| Tour de France | — | 91 | ||||||
| Vuelta a España | DNF | — | ||||||
| Major stage race general classification results | ||||||||
| Race | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | |||||
| Paris–Nice | 18 | — | — | |||||
| Tirreno–Adriatico | — | 10 | 12 | |||||
| Volta a Catalunya | — | — | — | |||||
| Tour of the Basque Country | — | 8 | — | |||||
| Tour de Romandie | DNF | — | — | |||||
| Critérium du Dauphiné | — | — | — | |||||
| Tour de Suisse | — | 42 | 2 | |||||
| — | Did not compete |
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| DNF | Did not finish |
Track
- 2018
- 2nd Team pursuit, UCI World Junior Championships
- 2019
- UCI World Cup
- 1st Team pursuit, Milton
- 3rd Madison, Brisbane (with Morgan Kneisky)
- UCI World Junior Championships
- 2nd Points race
- 2nd Team pursuit
- 3rd Madison (with Clément Petit)
References
- ^ "Team Arkea - Samsic". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 7 January 2021. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
- ^ "Les coureurs" [The riders] (in French). Arkéa–Samsic. Archived from the original on 13 February 2022. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
- ^ Ostanek, Daniel (19 February 2023). "Vauquelin holds on to win the Tour des Alpes Maritimes et du Var". CyclingNews. Future plc. Retrieved 19 February 2023.
- ^ Ostanek, Dani (17 April 2024). "La Flèche Wallonne: Stevie Williams dominates decisive Huy ascent for signature win". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
- ^ Moultrie, James (30 June 2024). "Tour de France: Tadej Pogačar moves into maillot jaune as Kévin Vauquelin solos to victory on stage 2". Cycling News. Retrieved 30 June 2024.
- ^ Begley, Emlyn (19 June 2025). "Onley wins stage five of Tour de Suisse". BBC Sport. Retrieved 9 July 2025.
- ^ Cossins, Peter. "João Almeida flies to TT victory to take Tour de Suisse title ahead of Kévin Vauquelin and Oscar Onley". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 9 July 2025.
- ^ Tyson, Jackie (9 July 2025). "'No legs left, but still had heart and lungs' - Young Frenchman Kévin Vauquelin lights up Tour de France time trial on home roads, moves to third overall". Cycling News. Retrieved 9 July 2025.
External links
- Kévin Vauquelin at UCI
- Kévin Vauquelin at Cycling Archives
- Kévin Vauquelin at ProCyclingStats
- Kévin Vauquelin at Cycling Quotient
- Kévin Vauquelin at CycleBase