John Gadret (born 22 April 1979) is a French former professional

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in cyclo-cross and road racing, currently racing for the USO Bruay-la-Buissière amateur team. He became a stagiaire for in 2003 before turning professional with the team in 2004.

Career

In 2004 he became national cyclo-cross champion of France for the first time. At this stage he was specialized in the cyclo-cross discipline but was beginning to perform well in stage races such as the

Deutschland Tour The Deutschland Tour (English: ''Tour of Germany'' and sometimes ''Deutschland-Rundfahrt'' in German) is the most important multi-stage road bicycle race in Germany. Initially the race was held in May/June, but from 2005 until 2008 it was moved t ...

. Gadret won again the French cyclo-cross championships. In the

2006 Giro d'Italia The 2006 Giro d'Italia was the 89th edition of the Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tours. It began in the Belgian city of Seraing with a individual time trial. The race came to a close with a mass-start road stage that stretched from ...

Gadret showed great potential in the mountains by finishing 7th, 6th and 5th on the three mountain stages. He crashed on the 18th stage and was forced to abandon with a broken collarbone. Despite these promising results on the road, Gadret was back in the 2006–2007 cyclo-cross season where he challenged the domination of Belgian Sven Nys in the

Koppenbergcross The Cyclo-cross Koppenberg is a cyclo-cross race held in Oudenaarde, Belgium, which is part of the X²O Badkamers Trophy. The cyclo-cross race uses the Koppenberg climb that has been used many times in the Belgian Classic the Tour of Flanders. T ...

and finished 8th in the UCI World Cyclo-cross Championships. Returning to the road with the aim of competing in his first

Tour de France The Tour de France () is an annual men's multiple-stage bicycle race primarily held in France, while also occasionally passing through nearby countries. Like the other Grand Tours (the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a España), it consists ...

, Gadret took his first road victory at the

Grand Prix of Aargau Canton Grand Prix of Aargau Canton (german: Grosser Preis des Kantons Aargau) is a semi classic European bicycle race held in Aargau canton, one of the more northerly cantons of Switzerland. The race consists of fifteen laps around the Swiss town o ...

. After the

2007 Tour de France The 2007 Tour de France the 94th running of the race, took place from 7 to 29 July. The Tour began with a prologue in London, and ended with the traditional finish in Paris. Along the way, the route also passed through Belgium and Spain. It was ...

Gadret won the third stage and took the leader's jersey in the

Tour de l'Ain Tour de l'Ain, also known as the Prix de l'Amitié, is an annual professional road bicycle racing, cycling stage race held in eastern France. G.P. de l'Amitié The first edition of the race was in 1970, as the G.P. de l'Amitié (Friendship G.P.) ...

which he won the following day. On Stage 15 of the

2010 Tour de France The 2010 Tour de France was the 97th edition of the Tour de France cycle race, one of cycling's Grand Tours. It started on with an 8.9 km prologue time trial in Rotterdam, the first start in the Netherlands since 1996. The race visited th ...

Gadret caused controversy when he refused to give his wheel to his team leader,

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, following a puncture on the final climb of the day and then began attacking the group ahead of Roche. He later finished 19th overall. He has won a race against a horse in a charity event. In the

2011 Giro d'Italia The 2011 Giro d'Italia was the 94th Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The race started on 7 May with a team time trial in Turin to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Italian unification, when the city served as the first capital of th ...

, Gadret finished 3rd overall with a victory on stage 11. He finished 3' 54" behind race winner

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. After eight seasons with , Gadret left the squad at the end of the 2013 season, and joined the for 2014. He was unable to secure a professional contract after the 2015 season, and returned to the amateur ranks.

Career achievements

Cyclo-cross

;1996–1997 : 3rd National Junior Championships ;1998–1999 : 2nd National Under-23 Championships ;2001–2002 : 3rd National Championships ;2002–2003 : 2nd National Championships ;2003–2004 : 1st MaillotFra

National Championships ;2004–2005 : 2nd National Championships ;2005–2006 : 1st MaillotFra

National Championships ;2006–2007 : 2nd National Championships : Superprestige ::3rd

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;2007–2008 : 2nd National Championships ;2010–2011 : 2nd National Championships ;2012–2013 : 3rd National Championships ;2015–2016 : 3rd National Championships ;2016–2017 : 3rd National Championships

Road

;2005 : 3rd

Grand Prix de Villers-Cotterêts The Grand Prix de Villers-Cotterêts was a single-day road bicycle race held annually in the commune of Villers-Cotterêts, France from 1998 until 2008. In 2005 and 2006, the race was organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour, and was also ...

: 4th Tro-Bro Léon : 9th

Grand Prix de Wallonie The Grand Prix de Wallonie is an annual road bicycle race held annually in Wallonia Wallonia (; french: Wallonie ), or ; nl, Wallonië ; wa, Waloneye or officially the Walloon Region (french: link=no, Région wallonne),; nl, link=no, ...

: 10th

Trophée des Grimpeurs The Trophée des Grimpeurs, called Polymultipliée until 1970, was a single-day road bicycle race held annually in August in the region of Val-d'Oise, France, between Argenteuil and Sannois. Between 1980 and 2002 it was a criterium. Since 2005, t ...

;2007 : 1st Jersey yellow

Overall

::1st

Mountains classification ::1st Stage 3 : 1st

: 7th Overall

Volta a Catalunya The Volta a Catalunya (; en, Tour of Catalonia, es, Vuelta a Cataluña, link=no) is a road bicycle race held annually in Catalonia, Spain. It is one of three World Tour stage races in Spain, together with the Vuelta a España and the Tour of ...

: 8th

La Flèche Wallonne La Flèche Wallonne (, French for "The Walloon Arrow") is a men's professional cycle road race held in April each year in Wallonia, Belgium. The first of two Belgian Ardennes classics, La Flèche Wallonne is today normally held mid-week betw ...

;2008 : 1st Stage 4

: 8th Overall

Tour de Romandie The Tour de Romandie is a stage race which is part of the UCI World Tour. It runs through the Romandie region, or French-speaking part of Switzerland. The competition began in 1947, to coincide with the 50-year anniversary of Swiss Cycling. It ...

: 10th

;2009 : 8th Overall

;2010 : 6th Overall

Route du Sud The Route d'Occitanie is a road bicycle race with 4 stages held annually in Southern France. It was first held in 1977 and since 2005 it has been organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. It is usually held a week before the Tour de France ...

;2011 : 3rd Overall Giro d'Italia ::1st Stage 11 : 6th

Tour du Doubs The Tour du Doubs is a single-day road bicycle race, currently held annually in September in the region of Doubs, France. Since 2005, the race is organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road ...

: 7th Overall

;2013 : 3rd Overall

: 3rd Overall

: 10th Overall

Critérium International The Critérium International was a two-day bicycle stage race held in France every spring from 1932 until 2016, typically the last weekend of March. It was formerly known as the Critérium National de la Route, first run in 1932. For many years ...

: 10th Overall

Tour of the Basque Country The Tour of the Basque Country (Officially: ''Itzulia Basque Country'', es, Vuelta al País Vasco, links=no, eu, Euskal Herriko Itzulia) is an annual road cycling stage race held in the Spanish Basque Country in April. It is one of the races ...

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

References

External links

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Palmares at Trap-Friis

Palmares at Cycling Base (French)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Gadret, John 1979 births Living people French male cyclists Cyclo-cross cyclists People from Épernay French Giro d'Italia stage winners Sportspeople from Marne (department) Cyclists from Grand Est