# Valentin Madouas

Valentin Madouas (born 12 July 1996) is a French cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Groupama–FDJ.

## Career

Described as a puncheur, Madouas has seen success in one-day classic races as well as having strong climbing abilities. He won his first pro race in 2018 at Paris–Bourges in his first season as a professional. In May 2019, competed in the Giro d'Italia, his first Grand Tour. In August 2020, he finished 27th overall in his first Tour de France. He saw his first top 10 in a Grand Tour at the 2022 Tour de France, placing 10th. He obtained his first podium place in a classic with a third place at the 2022 Tour of Flanders. That season, he also won two stages of the Tour de Luxembourg in addition to the one-day Tour du Doubs. In June 2023, he won the French National Road Race Championships after placing second in the Strade Bianche three months earlier. In September, he took his first UCI WorldTour level victory, winning a four-rider sprint at the Bretagne Classic. He won a silver medal in the road race at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

## Personal life

His father is Laurent Madouas who was also a professional cyclist, riding from 1989 until 2001.

## Major results
### 2014

    2nd Overall GP Général Patton
       1st Stage 1
    3rd Overall Ronde des Vallées
       1st Stage 2 (ITT)
    4th Paris–Roubaix Juniors

### 2016

    1st Road race, National Amateur Road Championships
    1st Stage 2 Kreiz Breizh Elites
    7th Overall ZLM Tour

### 2017

    8th Overall Ronde de l'Isard

### 2018 (1 pro win)

    1st Paris–Bourges
    2nd Paris–Camembert
    4th Overall Tour du Haut Var
    5th Paris–Tours
    6th Grand Prix d'Isbergues
    7th Overall Four Days of Dunkirk
    7th Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise
    8th Overall Route d'Occitanie
       1st Young rider classification
    8th Bretagne Classic

### 2019

    2nd Classic Sud-Ardèche
    2nd La Drôme Classic
    5th Road race, National Road Championships
    8th Overall Étoile de Bessèges
       1st Young rider classification
    8th Amstel Gold Race

### 2020

    2nd Grand Prix La Marseillaise
    4th Paris–Tours
    10th Mont Ventoux Dénivelé Challenge

### 2021 (1)

    1st Polynormande
    2nd Boucles de l'Aulne
    2nd Classic Loire Atlantique
    3rd Tour du Jura
    5th Tour du Doubs
    7th Overall Tour des Alpes-Maritimes et du Var
    8th Bretagne Classic

### 2022 (3)

    1st Tour du Doubs
    1st Mountains classification, Paris–Nice
    3rd Overall Tour de Luxembourg
       1st Stages 1 & 5
    3rd Tour of Flanders
    4th Overall Tour du Limousin
       1st Mountains classification
    4th Overall Tour des Alpes-Maritimes et du Var
    7th E3 Saxo Bank Classic
    10th Overall Tour de France

### 2023 (2)

    1st Road race, National Road Championships
    1st Bretagne Classic
    2nd Strade Bianche
    4th Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal
    4th Vuelta a Murcia
    4th Paris–Camembert
    5th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
    8th E3 Saxo Classic

### 2024

    2nd Road race, Olympic Games
    5th Vuelta a Murcia
    6th Amstel Gold Race
    7th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
    9th Overall Tour du Limousin

### Grand Tour general classification results timeline

| Grand Tour | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
| Giro d'Italia | 13 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tour de France | — | 27 | 42 | 10 | 20 | 25 |
| Vuelta a España | — | — | — | — | — | — |

### Classics results timeline

| Monument | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
| Milan–San Remo | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tour of Flanders | — | — | 14 | 39 | 3 | DNF | 16 |
| Paris–Roubaix | — | — | NH | — | 34 | — | — |
| Liège–Bastogne–Liège | 129 | 31 | 25 | 83 | 34 | 5 | 7 |
| Giro di Lombardia | — | 97 | — | — | — | 27 | |
| Classic | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
| Strade Bianche | 20 | — | — | 21 | — | 2 | 15 |
| E3 Saxo Bank Classic | — | — | NH | — | 7 | 8 | 43 |
| Dwars door Vlaanderen | — | — | NH | 117 | 11 | 28 | 13 |
| Brabantse Pijl | — | — | — | 14 | — | — | — |
| Amstel Gold Race | 64 | 8 | NH | 27 | 14 | 11 | 6 |
| La Flèche Wallonne | DNF | 40 | 11 | 86 | — | 24 | 15 |
| Bretagne Classic | 8 | 24 | — | 8 | 15 | 1 | 44 |
| Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec | 49 | 24 | Not held | Not held | — | 32 | |
| Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal | 12 | 48 | Not held | Not held | — | 4 | |
| Paris–Tours | 5 | — | 4 | 22 | — | — | |

### Major championships timeline

| Event | Event | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
| Olympic Games | Road race | Not held | Not held | Not held | — | Not held | Not held | 2 |
| World Championships | Road race | — | — | 34 | 13 | 29 | 15 | |
| European Championships | Road race | — | — | — | DNF | — | — | |
| National Championships | Road race | 38 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 64 | 1 | 6 |
Legend :
| — | Did not compete |
| DNF | Did not finish |
| NH | Not held |
| IP | In progress |