{{short description|French road bicycle racer}} {{use dmy dates|date=June 2022}} {{Infobox cyclist | name = Damien Gaudin | image = 2015 UEC Track Elite European Championships 213.JPG | caption = Gaudin at the [[2015 UEC European Track Championships]] | fullname = Damien Gaudin | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1986|8|20|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Beaupréau]], [[France]] | height = 1.90 m | weight = {{convert|79|kg|lb stlb|0|abbr=on}} | currentteam = Retired | disciplines = {{ubl|Road|Track}} | role = Rider | ridertype = {{ubl|Time trialist|Classics specialist}} | amateuryears1 = 2005–2007 | amateurteam1 = Vendée U | proyears1 = 2008–2013 | proteam1 = {{UCI team code|BBO|2008}} | proyears2 = 2014–2016 | proteam2 = {{UCI team code|ALM|2014}}<ref name="Ag2r">{{cite news|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/turgot-and-gaudin-sign-with-ag2r-la-mondiale-for-three-years|title=Turgot and Gaudin sign with Ag2r-La Mondiale for three years|work=[[Cyclingnews.com]]|publisher=[[Future plc]]|date=28 August 2013|access-date=28 August 2013}}</ref> | proyears3 = 2017 | proteam3 = {{UCI team code|ADT|2017}} | proyears4 = 2018–2021 | proteam4 = {{UCI team code|TDE|2018}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.directvelo.com/equipe/2734/direct-energie#riders-2019|title=Direct Énergie|language=fr|access-date=14 January 2019|work=Directvelo|publisher=Association Le Peloton}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/14019/1000640/266|title=Total Direct Énergie|work=UCI.org|publisher=[[Union Cycliste Internationale]]|access-date=12 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200112014526/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/14019/1000640/266|archive-date=12 January 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15263/1000640/280|title=Total Direct Energie|work=UCI.org|publisher=[[Union Cycliste Internationale]]|access-date=7 January 2021|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210107141554/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15263/1000640/280|archive-date=7 January 2021}}</ref> | majorwins = }}
'''Damien Gaudin''' (born 20 August 1986) is a French former [[Road bicycle racing|road bicycle racer]], who competed as a professional from 2008 to 2021 for the {{UCI team code|ALM|2016}}, {{UCI team code|ADT|2017}} and {{UCI team code|BBO|2013|nolink=yes}}/{{UCI team code|BBO|2021b}} squads.<ref name="Raguin">{{cite news|first=Antoine|last=Raguin|url=https://www.ouest-france.fr/sport/cyclisme/totalenergies/cyclisme-le-neo-retraite-damien-gaudin-retrace-les-grands-moments-de-sa-longue-carriere-05c93100-72fe-11ec-aa63-d4f0e90a3def|title=Cyclisme. Le néo-retraité Damien Gaudin retrace les grands moments de sa longue carrière|language=French|trans-title=Cycling. Newly retired Damien Gaudin retraces the highlights of his long career.|work=[[Ouest-France]]|publisher=Groupe SIPA Ouest-France|date=11 January 2022|accessdate=5 May 2025}}</ref>
During his professional career, Gaudin took six victories – the 2013 [[Cholet-Pays de la Loire|Cholet-Pays de Loire]] and [[2017 Tro-Bro Léon]] one-day races,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/gaudin-announces-retirement-from-professional-cycling/|title=Gaudin announces retirement from professional cycling|work=[[Cyclingnews.com]]|publisher=[[Future plc]]|date=30 December 2021|accessdate=5 May 2025}}</ref> and four [[prologue]] time trials between 2013 and 2018. He also won five national titles at the [[French National Track Championships]], competed in the [[Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's team pursuit|team pursuit]] for [[France at the 2008 Summer Olympics]],<ref name="Raguin"/><ref>{{cite Sports-Reference}}</ref> and won two daily [[Combativity award in the Tour de France|combativity award]]s in the [[2018 Tour de France]].
==Major results== Source: <ref>{{cite web|url=https://firstcycling.com/rider.php?r=330|title=Damien Gaudin|work=FirstCycling.com|publisher=FirstCycling AS|accessdate=5 May 2025}}</ref> {{div col|colwidth=22em}} ;2003 : 1st [[Chrono des Nations#Junior|Chrono des Nations Juniors]] ;2004 : 3rd [[Chrono des Nations#Junior|Chrono des Nations Juniors]] ;2006 : 1st [[File:MaillotFra.PNG|20px]] Madison, [[French National Track Championships|National Track Championships]] (with Thibaut Mace) : [[French National Track Championships|National Under-23 Track Championships]] ::1st [[File:MaillotFra.PNG|20px]] Individual pursuit ::1st [[File:MaillotFra.PNG|20px]] Points race ;2007 : [[French National Track Championships|National Under-23 Track Championships]] ::1st [[File:MaillotFra.PNG|20px]] Individual pursuit ::2nd Team pursuit : 1st [[Paris–Roubaix Espoirs]] : 2nd Madison, [[French National Track Championships|National Track Championships]] (with Thibaut Mace) : 2nd Overall [[Tour du Haut-Anjou]] : 9th Overall [[Ronde de l'Oise]] ;2008 : 1st [[File:MaillotFra.PNG|20px]] Madison, [[French National Track Championships|National Track Championships]] (with [[Sébastien Turgot]]) ;2009 : [[French National Track Championships|National Track Championships]] ::1st [[File:MaillotFra.PNG|20px]] Individual pursuit ::2nd Madison (with [[Jérôme Cousin]]) ;2010 : [[French National Track Championships|National Track Championships]] ::1st [[File:MaillotFra.PNG|20px]] Individual pursuit ::1st [[File:MaillotFra.PNG|20px]] Madison (with [[Benoît Daeninck]]) ;2011 : 4th Overall [[2011 Danmark Rundt|Danmark Rundt]] : 6th Overall [[Tour Poitou-Charentes en Nouvelle-Aquitaine|Tour du Poitou-Charentes]] ;2012 : 5th Overall [[2012 Danmark Rundt|Danmark Rundt]] : 5th [[Duo Normand]] (with [[Sébastien Turgot]]) : 8th [[2012 Grote Prijs Jef Scherens|Grote Prijs Jef Scherens]] ;2013 : 1st [[Cholet-Pays de la Loire|Cholet-Pays de Loire]] : 1st Prologue [[2013 Paris–Nice|Paris–Nice]] : 5th [[2013 Paris–Roubaix|Paris–Roubaix]] ;2015 : 4th [[Grand Prix de la Somme]] : 5th Overall [[2015 Four Days of Dunkirk|Four Days of Dunkirk]] ;2016 : 7th Overall [[2016 Four Days of Dunkirk|Four Days of Dunkirk]] ;2017 : 1st [[2017 Tro-Bro Léon|Tro-Bro Léon]] : 1st Stage 6 [[Tour de Normandie]] : 1st Stage 4 [[Tour de Bretagne]] : 1st Prologue [[2017 Tour de Luxembourg|Tour de Luxembourg]] : 1st Prologue [[2017 Volta a Portugal|Volta a Portugal]] : 9th Overall [[Tour Poitou-Charentes en Nouvelle-Aquitaine|Tour du Poitou-Charentes]] ;2018 : 1st Prologue [[2018 Tour de Luxembourg|Tour de Luxembourg]] : 2nd [[2018 Tro-Bro Léon|Tro-Bro Léon]] : 3rd Overall [[2018 La Tropicale Amissa Bongo|La Tropicale Amissa Bongo]] : 3rd [[2018 Le Samyn|Le Samyn]] : [[2018 Tour de France|Tour de France]] ::[[File:Jersey red number.svg|20px]] [[Combativity award in the Tour de France|Combativity award]] Stages 6 & 9 ;2019 : 9th Overall [[Tour Poitou-Charentes en Nouvelle-Aquitaine]] ;2020 : 8th Overall [[La Tropicale Amissa Bongo]] ;2021 : 2nd [[2021 Nokere Koerse|Nokere Koerse]] {{div col end}}
===Grand Tour general classification results timeline===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |- ! scope="col" | [[Grand Tour (cycling)|Grand Tour]] ! scope="col" | 2009 ! scope="col" | 2010 ! scope="col" | 2011 ! scope="col" | 2012 ! scope="col" | 2013 ! scope="col" | 2014 ! scope="col" | 2015 ! scope="col" | 2016 ! scope="col" | 2017 ! scope="col" | 2018 |- style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" | [[File:Jersey pink.svg|20px|link=|alt=A pink jersey]] [[General classification in the Giro d'Italia|Giro d'Italia]] |— | [[2010 Giro d'Italia|136]] |— |— |— |— |— |— |— |— |- style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" | [[File:Jersey yellow.svg|20px|link=|alt=A yellow jersey]] [[General classification in the Tour de France|Tour de France]] |— |— |— |— |— |— | [[2015 Tour de France|146]] |— |— | [[2018 Tour de France|140]] |- style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" | [[File:Jersey red.svg|20px|link=|alt=A red jersey]] [[List of Vuelta a España general classification winners|Vuelta a España]] | [[2009 Vuelta a España|139]] |— |— |— |— | [[2014 Vuelta a España|132]] |— |— |— |— |}
{| class="wikitable" |+ Legend |- ! scope="row" | — | Did not compete |- ! scope="row" | DNF | [[Did not finish]] |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{UCI rider}} * {{Cycling Archives}} * {{ProCyclingStats}} * {{CQ Ranking}} * {{Olympedia}} * {{Olympics.com profile}} * {{CNOSF|0/gaudin-27710|archive=20220202194243}}
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