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 |
| 2017 | Armée de Terre |
| 2018–2021 | Direct Énergie |
Damien Gaudin (born 20 August 1986) 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.
Gaudin left Team Europcar at the end of the 2013 season, and joined Ag2r–La Mondiale for the 2014 season. He was named in the start list for the 2015 Tour de France and won two combativity awards in the 2018 Tour de France.
Major results
- 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
- 2007
- National Under-23 Track Championships
- 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
- ^ 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
- 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)
