# Rudy Molard

Rudy Molard (born 17 September 1989) is a French road bicycle racer, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Groupama–FDJ.

## Career

Molard spent 5 years with Cofidis before moving to FDJ in 2017. During his five year stint with Cofidis, Molard won a Stage at the 2015 Tour du Limousin. He also rode the Tour de France twice, finishing 73rd in 2013. and 51st in 2014.

### FDJ (2017–present)
#### 2017

Molard finished 16th overall at Paris–Nice, and 24th at Tour of the Basque Country in his first season with FDJ. He had a great form during the spring classics, finishing 8th at La Flèche Wallonne, and 17th at Liège–Bastogne–Liège. He was included in the FDJ team at the 100th Giro d'Italia, and the Tour de France.

#### 2018

Molard opened his 2018 season off by finishing 3rd overall at both the Tour La Provence, and the Tour du Haut Var. His next race was Paris–Nice, in which he managed to win Stage 6 from Sisteron to Vence. He attacked inside the final kilometer, and managed to get away from the front group. Molard went on to finish 15th overall. He rode the spring classics, and continued his form; he finished 15th at the Amstel Gold Race, 13th at La Flèche Wallonne and 26th at Liège–Bastogne–Liège.
As a preparation for the Tour de France, he rode the Critérium du Dauphiné, and then the French National Road Race Championships, where he finished 6th. His best result during the Tour de France, was 14th on Stage 16. A week after the Tour de France, he finished 11th at Clásica de San Sebastián. At the end of August, he started the Vuelta a España, and managed to get the Leaders Jersey on Stage 5, after being in the breakaway all day. He had the leaders jersey in 4 days before losing it on stage 9.

## Major results
### 2011

    3rd Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships
    UEC European Under-23 Road Championships
       6th Road race
       9th Time trial
    10th Time trial, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships

### 2012

    1st Mountains classification, Tour de l'Ain
    3rd Overall Tour du Gévaudan Languedoc-Roussillon

### 2013

    9th Grand Prix de la Ville de Lillers
    10th Overall Tour du Gévaudan Languedoc-Roussillon

### 2014

    4th Overall Tour de Luxembourg
       1st Young rider classification
    9th Paris–Troyes

### 2015

    3rd Overall Tour du Limousin
       1st Stage 3
    3rd Tour du Doubs
    5th Overall Tour de Luxembourg
    6th La Drôme Classic
    9th Grand Prix de la Somme
    9th Grand Prix de Wallonie

### 2017

    8th La Flèche Wallonne

### 2018

    1st Stage 6 Paris–Nice
    3rd Overall Tour La Provence
    3rd Overall Tour du Haut Var
    Vuelta a España
       Held after Stages 5–8

### 2019

    5th Overall Tour de la Provence
    7th Overall Paris–Nice
    9th Overall Tour du Haut Var
    10th Giro di Lombardia

### 2020

    7th Overall Paris–Nice
    10th Paris–Tours

### 2021

    2nd Road race, National Road Championships
    4th Overall Tour des Alpes-Maritimes et du Var

### 2022

    3rd Overall Tour de l'Ain
    8th Giro di Lombardia
    8th Giro dell'Emilia
    8th La Flèche Wallonne
    9th Tour du Jura
    9th Classic Grand Besançon Doubs
    Vuelta a España
       Held after Stage 5

### 2023

    2nd Road race, National Road Championships
    4th Overall Tour de l'Ain
    Combativity award Stage 1 Giro d'Italia

### 2024

    3rd Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec
    3rd Tour du Finistère
    5th Overall Tour de l'Ain
    9th Overall Tour de Wallonie

### Grand Tour general classification results timeline

| Grand Tour | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
| Giro d'Italia | — | — | — | — | — | 44 | — | — | — | 37 | — | 69 | — |
| Tour de France | — | 73 | 51 | — | — | 36 | 38 | 33 | 39 | — | — | — | |
| Vuelta a España | 113 | — | — | — | 30 | — | 14 | — | — | DNF | 30 | 29 | |
| Major stage race general classification results ||||||||||||||
| Race | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
| Paris–Nice | — | — | — | — | — | 16 | 15 | 7 | 7 | — | — | 17 | — |
| Tirreno–Adriatico | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 16 | — | — | — |
| Volta a Catalunya | — | 64 | 52 | 44 | 41 | — | — | — | NH | — | DNF | — | — |
| Tour of the Basque Country | — | — | — | 26 | 44 | 24 | DNF | 30 | NH | — | 32 | — | — |
| Tour de Romandie | — | — | — | — | — | — | 29 | — | NH | — | 25 | — | 36 |
| Critérium du Dauphiné | — | 64 | — | — | 83 | — | 29 | 21 | — | — | 37 | — | — |
| Tour de Suisse | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | NH | — | — | — | — |
Legend :
| — | Did not compete |
| DNF | Did not finish |