David Gaudu

David Gaudu (born 10 October 1996) is a French professional cyclist who rides for UCI WorldTeam .
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 .
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 . 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 Classic Sud-Ardèche
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 Faun-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
General classification results timeline
References
External links
1996 births
Living people
French male cyclists
French Vuelta a España stage winners
Sportspeople from Finistère
Olympic cyclists for France
Cyclists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Cyclists from Brittany
21st-century French people