David Gaudu

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David Gaudu
Gaudu in 2023
Personal information
Born (1996-10-10) 10 October 1996 (age 29)
Landivisiau, France
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight57.5 kg (127 lb)
Team information
Current teamGroupama–FDJ United
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeClimber
Amateur team
2015–2016Cotes d'Armor–Marie Morin
Professional teams
2016FDJ (stagiaire)
2017–FDJ[1][2]
Major wins
Grand Tours Vuelta a España 3 individual stages (2020, 2025)

One-day races and Classics

Ardèche Classic (2021)

David Gaudu (born 10 October 1996) is a French professional cyclist who rides for UCI WorldTeam Groupama–FDJ United.[3]

Career

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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.[4] In October 2020, he was named in the startlist for the 2020 Vuelta a España.[5] 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.[6]

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.[7] 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.[8] 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.

David Gaudu celebrating after winning the Tour de Luxembourg 2024

Gaudu took part in the 2025 Vuelta a España. He won Stage 3 of the race, marking his first Grand Tour win in five years,[9] and leaving him level on time with Jonas Vingegaard who was in the red jersey at the end of the stage.[10] The next stage, he finished ahead of Vingegaard in the bunch, moving him into the red jersey.[11] Vingegaard moved back into the jersey on the following stage.[12]

Major results

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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 (2) Vuelta a España 1st Stage 3 Held after Stage 4 3rd Overall Tour of Oman 1st Stage 3

General classification results timeline

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Grand Tour general classification results
Grand Tour 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Giro d'Italia — — — — — — — — 66
Tour de France — 34 13 DNF 11 4 9 65 —
Vuelta a España — — — 8 — — — 6 97
Major stage race general classification results
Race 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Paris–Nice — — — — DNF DNF 2 DNF —
Tirreno–Adriatico — — — — — — — — DNF
Volta a Catalunya 38 12 — NH — — — — —
Tour of the Basque Country — — 18 5 18 4 DNF —
Tour de Romandie 39 20 5 — — — 14 30
Critérium du Dauphiné DNF 45 40 — 9 17 30 15 —
Tour de Suisse — — — NH — — — — —
Legend
— Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

References

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  1. ^ "Groupama-FDJ confirm 28 riders for 2019". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 15 November 2018. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
  2. ^ "Groupama - FDJ". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 2 January 2020. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  3. ^ "Groupama - FDJ". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  4. ^ "2018: 105th Tour de France: Start List". Pro Cycling Stats. Retrieved 5 July 2017.
  5. ^ "75th La Vuelta ciclista a España: Startlist". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
  6. ^ Christian, Nick (8 June 2022). "WOUT VAN AERT'S PREMATURE CELEBRATION HANDS STAGE 3 VICTORY TO DAVID GAUDU AT CRITERIUM DU DAUPHINE 2022". Eurosport. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
  7. ^ Giuliani, Simone (20 June 2022). "David Gaudu extends with Groupama-FDJ before Tour de France GC challenge". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
  8. ^ McGrath, Andy (11 July 2022). "David Gaudu: 'Being best French rider at the Tour de France is meaningless': Groupama-FDJ underdog on his happiness at lying fifth, heatwave-beating sauna sessions, and Alpine ardor". Velo News by Outside Magazine. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
  9. ^ Challis, Dan (25 August 2025). "Vuelta a España stage 3: David Gaudu surprises with victory after uphill pass of Mads Pedersen at the line into Ceres". Cycling News. Retrieved 31 December 2025.
  10. ^ Snowball, Ben (26 August 2025). "La Vuelta 2025: Super-sub Ben Turner stuns big name sprinters on Stage 4 as David Gaudu takes red jersey from Jonas Vingegaard". TNT Sports. Retrieved 31 December 2025.
  11. ^ Moultrie, James (26 August 2025). "'I just disconnected my body and went full' – David Gaudu risks it with sprinters to take leader's red jersey from Jonas Vingegaard at Vuelta a España". Cycling News. Retrieved 31 December 2025.
  12. ^ Weislo, Laura (27 August 2025). "Vuelta a España stage 5: UAE Team Emirates-XRG delivers commanding team time trial victory while Jonas Vingegaard slips back into leader's jersey". Cycling News. Retrieved 31 December 2025.
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