# David Gaudu

David Gaudu (born 10 October 1996) is a French professional cyclist who rides for UCI WorldTeam Groupama–FDJ.

## Career

In 2016, Gaudu won the Tour de l'Avenir, the most prestigious U23 cycling race. In addition to this he won the Peace Race U23 and finished 5th in the Tour de l'Ain, a UCI 2.1 cycling race. These successes earned him an initial two-year contract with UCI WorldTeam FDJ.
In July 2018, he was named in the start list for the 2018 Tour de France. In October 2020, he was named in the startlist for the 2020 Vuelta a España. The 2020 Vuelta was his strongest performance in a Grand Tour thus far in his career as he won stage 11, as well as stage 17, and finished the race in 8th place overall.
On stage 3 of the 2022 Critérium du Dauphiné Gaudu was five or six riders deep as the sprint for the finish line began. Wout Van Aert overpowered all the other riders and as the finish approached began to celebrate when he noticed Gaudu flying past him out of the corner of his eye and immediately lowered his hands knowing he had been bested. Gaudu slowed to a stop a few hundred meters past the finish line and celebrated with his teammates.
Prior to the start of the 2022 Tour de France Gaudu signed a contract extension through 2025 with Groupama–FDJ. He said that he just could not see himself riding for any other colours. During the Tour he had the requisite first week luck and throughout the second week stayed with the majority of the elite GC contenders. He was also in a battle with respected veteran Romain Bardet for the highest placed French rider, although he did essentially say that being the best French rider shouldn't be the goal if French riding wants to regain the top step of the Tour podium. Gaudu survived the final climbs of Peyragudes and Hautacam as the heavy climbing ended in the Pyrenees. He was in position to finish top 5 overall going into the final ITT. He rode strong enough during the time trial to enter Paris in 4th place overall.

## Major results
### 2014

    1st Overall Aubel–Thimister–La Gleize
       1st Stage 3
    6th Overall Ronde des Vallées

### 2016

    1st Overall Tour de l'Avenir
       1st Stage 6
    1st Overall Course de la Paix U23
       1st Points classification
       1st Stage 2
    3rd Road race, National Amateur Road Championships
    5th Overall Tour de l'Ain
    9th Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan

### 2017 (1 pro win)

    2nd Overall Tour de l'Ain
       1st Young rider classification
       1st Stage 3
    2nd Boucles de l'Aulne
    4th Route Adélie
    5th Milano–Torino
    7th Tour du Finistère
    9th La Flèche Wallonne

### 2018

    2nd Memorial Marco Pantani
    5th Classic Sud-Ardèche
    9th Overall Tour La Provence

### 2019 (1)

    3rd Overall UAE Tour
       1st Young rider classification
    4th Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli
    5th Overall Tour de Romandie
       1st Young rider classification
       1st Stage 3
    5th Milano–Torino
    6th Overall Tour La Provence
       1st Young rider classification
    6th Liège–Bastogne–Liège

### 2020 (2)

    4th Overall UAE Tour
    8th Overall Vuelta a España
       1st Stages 11 & 17
    10th Overall Tour de la Provence

### 2021 (3)

    1st Ardèche Classic
    3rd Liège–Bastogne–Liège
    5th Overall Tour of the Basque Country
       1st Stage 6
    5th Tour du Jura
    6th Overall Tour des Alpes-Maritimes et du Var
       1st Young rider classification
    6th Overall Tour de Luxembourg
       1st Stage 5
    6th Milano–Torino
    7th Road race, Olympic Games
    7th Giro di Lombardia
    7th La Flèche Wallonne
    8th Tre Valli Varesine
    9th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné
       1st Young rider classification
    Combativity award Stage 18 Tour de France

### 2022 (2)

    1st Stage 3 Critérium du Dauphiné
    3rd Mercan'Tour Classic
    4th Overall Tour de France
    5th Overall Volta ao Algarve
       1st Stage 2
    5th Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal

### 2023

    2nd Overall Paris–Nice
    2nd Ardèche Classic
    4th Overall Tour of the Basque Country
    4th La Drôme Classic
    7th Overall Tour des Alpes-Maritimes et du Var
       1st Mountains classification
    9th Overall Tour de France

### 2024 (2)

    1st Tour du Jura
    3rd Overall Tour de Luxembourg
       1st Stage 5
    3rd Classic Grand Besançon Doubs
    4th Route Adélie
    6th Overall Vuelta a España
    6th Classic Var
    9th Giro di Lombardia

### 2025 (1)

    3rd Overall Tour of Oman
       1st Stage 3

### General classification results timeline

Grand Tour general classification results :
| Grand Tour | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
| Giro d'Italia | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tour de France | — | 34 | 13 | DNF | 11 | 4 | 9 | 65 |
| Vuelta a España | — | — | — | 8 | — | — | — | 6 |
| Major stage race general classification results |||||||||
| Race | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
| Paris–Nice | — | — | — | — | DNF | DNF | 2 | DNF |
| Tirreno–Adriatico | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Volta a Catalunya | 38 | 12 | — | NH | — | — | — | — |
| Tour of the Basque Country | — | — | 18 | NH | 5 | 18 | 4 | DNF |
| Tour de Romandie | 39 | 20 | 5 | NH | — | — | — | 14 |
| Critérium du Dauphiné | DNF | 45 | 40 | — | 9 | 17 | 30 | 15 |
| Tour de Suisse | — | — | — | NH | — | — | — | — |
Legend :
| — | Did not compete |
| DNF | Did not finish |