Damien Gaudin (born 20 August 1986 in
Beaupréau
Beaupréau () is a former commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.
On 15 December 2015, Andrezé, Beaupréau, La Chapelle-du-Genêt, Gesté, Jallais, La Jubaudière, Le Pin-en-Mauges, La Poitevinière, Saint-Philbert ...
) is a French former
road bicycle racer
Road bicycle racing is the cycle sport discipline of road cycling, held primarily on paved roads. Road racing is the most popular professional form of bicycle racing, in terms of numbers of competitors, events and spectators. The two most common ...
, who competed as a professional from 2008 to 2021. He competed for
France at the 2008 Summer Olympics
France sent a team of 323 athletes to the 2008 Summer Olympics.
Medalists
Archery
France will send archers to the Olympics for the twelfth time. France qualified a full team of three women by placing eighth in the women's team event at the 200 ...
.
Gaudin left at the end of the 2013 season, and joined for the 2014 season.
He was named in the start list for the
2015 Tour de France
The 2015 Tour de France was the 102nd edition of the Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The -long race consisted of 21 stages, starting on 4 July in Utrecht, the Netherlands, and concluding on 26 July with the Champs-Élysées stage ...
and won two combativity awards in the
2018 Tour de France
The 2018 Tour de France was the 105th edition of the Tour de France, one of cycling's three Grand Tours. The -long race consisted of 21 stages, starting on 7 July in Noirmoutier-en-l'Île, in western France, and concluding on 29 July with the ...
.
Major results
;2003
: 1st
Chrono des Nations Juniors
;2004
: 3rd
Chrono des Nations Juniors
;2006
: 1st
![MaillotFra](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c4/MaillotFra.PNG)
Madison,
National Track Championships (with Thibaut Mace)
:
National Under-23 Track Championships
::1st
![MaillotFra](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c4/MaillotFra.PNG)
Individual pursuit
::1st
![MaillotFra](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c4/MaillotFra.PNG)
Points race
;2007
:
National Under-23 Track Championships
::1st
![MaillotFra](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c4/MaillotFra.PNG)
Individual pursuit
::2nd Team pursuit
: 1st
Paris–Roubaix Espoirs
Paris–Roubaix Espoirs is a one-day road cycling race held annually in France. In 2005 the race was integrated into the UCI Europe Tour as a category 1.2U race.
Held since 1967, it is the under-23 version of the Monument classic Paris–Roubaix ...
: 2nd Madison,
National Track Championships (with Thibaut Mace)
: 2nd Overall
Tour du Haut-Anjou
The Tour du Haut-Anjou was a road bicycle race held annually in France. It was organized as a 2.2U event on the UCI Europe Tour
The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing
Road bicycle racing is the cycle sport discipline of ...
: 9th Overall
Ronde de l'Oise
The Ronde de l'Oise is a cycling stage race held annually in the department of Oise in France. It was founded in 1954 and in 2007 became part of the UCI Europe Tour
The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions whi ...
;2008
: 1st
![MaillotFra](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c4/MaillotFra.PNG)
Madison,
National Track Championships (with
Sébastien Turgot
Sébastien Turgot (born 11 April 1984) is a French former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2008 and 2016 for the and teams.
His biggest result came when he came in third in the 2008 Paris–Tours after leading in ...
)
;2009
:
National Track Championships
::1st
![MaillotFra](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c4/MaillotFra.PNG)
Individual pursuit
::2nd Madison (with
Jérôme Cousin
Jérôme Cousin (born 5 June 1989) is a French professional road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam .
In October 2015 announced that Cousin would join them from 2016 on a two-year contract, after six years with and its previou ...
)
;2010
:
National Track Championships
::1st
![MaillotFra](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c4/MaillotFra.PNG)
Individual pursuit
::1st
![MaillotFra](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c4/MaillotFra.PNG)
Madison (with
Benoît Daeninck
Benoit Daeninck (born 27 December 1981) is a French road and track cyclist, who most recently competed for French amateur team CC Nogent-sur-Oise. He competed in the team pursuit event at the 2010 and 2011 UCI Track Cycling World Championships.
...
)
;2011
: 4th Overall
Danmark Rundt
Danmark Rundt is a Danish stage race for professional road bicycle racers organized as a part of the UCI Continental Circuits. It is currently sponsored by the Danish national postal agency, PostNord, and the race is therefore also known as PostN ...
: 6th Overall
Tour du Poitou-Charentes
Tour Poitou-Charentes en Nouvelle-Aquitaine is a road bicycle race held annually in the former region of Poitou-Charentes (now Nouvelle-Aquitaine) France. It was first held in 1987 and since 2005 it has been organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI E ...
;2012
: 5th Overall
Danmark Rundt
Danmark Rundt is a Danish stage race for professional road bicycle racers organized as a part of the UCI Continental Circuits. It is currently sponsored by the Danish national postal agency, PostNord, and the race is therefore also known as PostN ...
: 5th
Duo Normand
The Duo Normand is a two-man team time trial (against the clock) for elite racing cyclists. Held annually at Marigny-le-Lozon in Normandy
Normandy (; french: link=no, Normandie ; nrf, Normaundie, Nouormandie ; from Old French , plural of '' ...
(with
Sébastien Turgot
Sébastien Turgot (born 11 April 1984) is a French former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2008 and 2016 for the and teams.
His biggest result came when he came in third in the 2008 Paris–Tours after leading in ...
)
: 8th
Grote Prijs Jef Scherens
Grote Prijs Jef Scherens is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in September in Leuven, Belgium. Since 2005, the race is organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. The race is named after the seven-time professional sprint world c ...
;2013
: 1st
Cholet-Pays de Loire
: 1st Prologue
Paris–Nice
Paris–Nice is a professional cycling stage race in France, held annually since 1933. Raced over eight days, the race usually starts with a prologue in the Paris region and ends with a final stage either in Nice or on the Col d'Èze overlookin ...
: 5th
Paris–Roubaix
Paris–Roubaix is a one-day professional bicycle road race in northern France, starting north of Paris and finishing in Roubaix, at the border with Belgium. It is one of cycling's oldest races, and is one of the 'Monuments' or classics of the ...
;2015
: 4th
Grand Prix de la Somme
The Grand Prix de la Somme (formerly the Tour de la Somme) is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in May in Somme, France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It al ...
: 5th Overall
Four Days of Dunkirk
The Four Days of Dunkirk (french: Quatre Jours de Dunkerque) is road bicycle race around the Nord-Pas de Calais region of northern France. Despite the name of the race, since the addition of an individual time trial in 1963, the race has been h ...
;2016
: 7th Overall
Four Days of Dunkirk
The Four Days of Dunkirk (french: Quatre Jours de Dunkerque) is road bicycle race around the Nord-Pas de Calais region of northern France. Despite the name of the race, since the addition of an individual time trial in 1963, the race has been h ...
;2017
: 1st
Tro-Bro Léon
: 1st Stage 6
Tour de Normandie
Tour de Normandie is a road bicycle race held annually in the region of Normandy, France. The race started in 1939, but was not held in the periods of 1940–1955 and 1960–1980. It was originally a race for amateurs, but was opened for professi ...
: 1st Stage 4
Tour de Bretagne
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: 1st Prologue
Tour de Luxembourg
The Tour de Luxembourg is an annual stage race in professional road bicycle racing held in Luxembourg. The Tour de Luxembourg is classified as a 2.Pro race, the highest rating below the World Tour, by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), the ...
: 1st Prologue
Volta a Portugal
The Volta a Portugal ( en, Tour of Portugal), also known as Volta a Portugal em Bicicleta ( en, Tour of Portugal on Bicycle), is an annual multi-stage road bicycle racing competition held in Portugal. The competition takes place during a two-week s ...
: 9th Overall
Tour du Poitou-Charentes
Tour Poitou-Charentes en Nouvelle-Aquitaine is a road bicycle race held annually in the former region of Poitou-Charentes (now Nouvelle-Aquitaine) France. It was first held in 1987 and since 2005 it has been organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI E ...
;2018
: 1st Prologue
Tour de Luxembourg
The Tour de Luxembourg is an annual stage race in professional road bicycle racing held in Luxembourg. The Tour de Luxembourg is classified as a 2.Pro race, the highest rating below the World Tour, by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), the ...
: 2nd
Tro-Bro Léon
: 3rd Overall
La Tropicale Amissa Bongo
La Tropicale Amissa Bongo is a road cycling race held in Gabon and is part of the UCI Africa Tour
The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2005 by the Union Cycliste Internationale ( ...
: 3rd
Le Samyn
Le Samyn is an annual single-day road bicycle race in Belgium, held usually in late February or early March. The event was created in 1968 as ''Grand Prix de Fayt-le-Franc'', named after the former municipality where it started and finished. In 1 ...
:
Tour de France
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Combativity award
The combativity award is a prize given in road bicycle racing to a stage's or the overall race's most aggressive rider.
References
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Stages 6 & 9
;2019
: 9th Overall
Tour Poitou-Charentes en Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Tour Poitou-Charentes en Nouvelle-Aquitaine is a road bicycle race held annually in the former region of Poitou-Charentes (now Nouvelle-Aquitaine) France. It was first held in 1987 and since 2005 it has been organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI E ...
;2020
: 8th Overall
La Tropicale Amissa Bongo
La Tropicale Amissa Bongo is a road cycling race held in Gabon and is part of the UCI Africa Tour
The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2005 by the Union Cycliste Internationale ( ...
;2021
: 2nd
Nokere Koerse
Nokere Koerse is a European semi classic single day cycle race held in the Belgian region of Flanders. Since 2005, the race has been organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. Starting in 2016 it was a 1.HC event. The Nokere Koerse was c ...
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
References
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French male cyclists
Sportspeople from Maine-et-Loire
1986 births
Living people
Olympic cyclists of France
Cyclists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
French track cyclists
Cyclists from Pays de la Loire
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