# Damien Gaudin

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French road bicycle racer

Damien Gaudin Gaudin at the 2015 UEC European Track Championships Personal information Full name Damien Gaudin Born (1986-08-20) 20 August 1986 (age 39) Beaupréau, France Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Weight 79 kg (174 lb; 12 st 6 lb) Team information Current team Retired Disciplines Road Track Role Rider Rider type Time trialist Classics specialist Amateur team 2005–2007 Vendée U Professional teams 2008–2013 Bouygues Télécom 2014–2016 Ag2r–La Mondiale[1] 2017 Armée de Terre 2018–2021 Direct Énergie[2][3][4]

**Damien Gaudin** (born 20 August 1986) is a French former [road bicycle racer](/source/Road_bicycle_racing), who competed as a professional from 2008 to 2021 for the [AG2R La Mondiale](/source/Decathlon_CMA_CGM_Team), [Armée de Terre](/source/Arm%C3%A9e_de_terre_(cycling_team)) and Team Europcar/[Team TotalEnergies](/source/Team_TotalEnergies) squads.[5]

During his professional career, Gaudin took six victories – the 2013 [Cholet-Pays de Loire](/source/Cholet-Pays_de_la_Loire) and [2017 Tro-Bro Léon](/source/2017_Tro-Bro_L%C3%A9on) one-day races,[6] and four [prologue](/source/Prologue) time trials between 2013 and 2018. He also won five national titles at the [French National Track Championships](/source/French_National_Track_Championships), competed in the [team pursuit](/source/Cycling_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men's_team_pursuit) for [France at the 2008 Summer Olympics](/source/France_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics),[5][7] and won two daily [combativity awards](/source/Combativity_award_in_the_Tour_de_France) in the [2018 Tour de France](/source/2018_Tour_de_France).

## Major results

Source: [8]

**2003**
- 1st [Chrono des Nations Juniors](/source/Chrono_des_Nations#Junior)

**2004**
- 3rd [Chrono des Nations Juniors](/source/Chrono_des_Nations#Junior)

**2006**
- 1st Madison, [National Track Championships](/source/French_National_Track_Championships) (with Thibaut Mace)

- [National Under-23 Track Championships](/source/French_National_Track_Championships) - 1st Individual pursuit - 1st Points race

**2007**
- [National Under-23 Track Championships](/source/French_National_Track_Championships) - 1st Individual pursuit - 2nd Team pursuit

- 1st [Paris–Roubaix Espoirs](/source/Paris%E2%80%93Roubaix_Espoirs)

- 2nd Madison, [National Track Championships](/source/French_National_Track_Championships) (with Thibaut Mace)

- 2nd Overall [Tour du Haut-Anjou](/source/Tour_du_Haut-Anjou)

- 9th Overall [Ronde de l'Oise](/source/Ronde_de_l'Oise)

**2008**
- 1st Madison, [National Track Championships](/source/French_National_Track_Championships) (with [Sébastien Turgot](/source/S%C3%A9bastien_Turgot))

**2009**
- [National Track Championships](/source/French_National_Track_Championships) - 1st Individual pursuit - 2nd Madison (with [Jérôme Cousin](/source/J%C3%A9r%C3%B4me_Cousin))

**2010**
- [National Track Championships](/source/French_National_Track_Championships) - 1st Individual pursuit - 1st Madison (with [Benoît Daeninck](/source/Beno%C3%AEt_Daeninck))

**2011**
- 4th Overall [Danmark Rundt](/source/2011_Danmark_Rundt)

- 6th Overall [Tour du Poitou-Charentes](/source/Tour_Poitou-Charentes_en_Nouvelle-Aquitaine)

**2012**
- 5th Overall [Danmark Rundt](/source/2012_Danmark_Rundt)

- 5th [Duo Normand](/source/Duo_Normand) (with [Sébastien Turgot](/source/S%C3%A9bastien_Turgot))

- 8th [Grote Prijs Jef Scherens](/source/2012_Grote_Prijs_Jef_Scherens)

**2013**
- 1st [Cholet-Pays de Loire](/source/Cholet-Pays_de_la_Loire)

- 1st Prologue [Paris–Nice](/source/2013_Paris%E2%80%93Nice)

- 5th [Paris–Roubaix](/source/2013_Paris%E2%80%93Roubaix)

**2015**
- 4th [Grand Prix de la Somme](/source/Grand_Prix_de_la_Somme)

- 5th Overall [Four Days of Dunkirk](/source/2015_Four_Days_of_Dunkirk)

**2016**
- 7th Overall [Four Days of Dunkirk](/source/2016_Four_Days_of_Dunkirk)

**2017**
- 1st [Tro-Bro Léon](/source/2017_Tro-Bro_L%C3%A9on)

- 1st Stage 6 [Tour de Normandie](/source/Tour_de_Normandie)

- 1st Stage 4 [Tour de Bretagne](/source/Tour_de_Bretagne)

- 1st Prologue [Tour de Luxembourg](/source/2017_Tour_de_Luxembourg)

- 1st Prologue [Volta a Portugal](/source/2017_Volta_a_Portugal)

- 9th Overall [Tour du Poitou-Charentes](/source/Tour_Poitou-Charentes_en_Nouvelle-Aquitaine)

**2018**
- 1st Prologue [Tour de Luxembourg](/source/2018_Tour_de_Luxembourg)

- 2nd [Tro-Bro Léon](/source/2018_Tro-Bro_L%C3%A9on)

- 3rd Overall [La Tropicale Amissa Bongo](/source/2018_La_Tropicale_Amissa_Bongo)

- 3rd [Le Samyn](/source/2018_Le_Samyn)

- [Tour de France](/source/2018_Tour_de_France) - [Combativity award](/source/Combativity_award_in_the_Tour_de_France) Stages 6 & 9

**2019**
- 9th Overall [Tour Poitou-Charentes en Nouvelle-Aquitaine](/source/Tour_Poitou-Charentes_en_Nouvelle-Aquitaine)

**2020**
- 8th Overall [La Tropicale Amissa Bongo](/source/La_Tropicale_Amissa_Bongo)

**2021**
- 2nd [Nokere Koerse](/source/2021_Nokere_Koerse)

### Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 Giro d'Italia — 136 — — — — — — — — Tour de France — — — — — — 146 — — 140 Vuelta a España 139 — — — — 132 — — — —

Legend — Did not compete DNF Did not finish

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Ag2r_1-0)** ["Turgot and Gaudin sign with Ag2r-La Mondiale for three years"](http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/turgot-and-gaudin-sign-with-ag2r-la-mondiale-for-three-years). *[Cyclingnews.com](/source/Cyclingnews.com)*. [Future plc](/source/Future_plc). 28 August 2013. Retrieved 28 August 2013.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Direct Énergie"](https://www.directvelo.com/equipe/2734/direct-energie#riders-2019). *Directvelo* (in French). Association Le Peloton. Retrieved 14 January 2019.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Total Direct Énergie"](https://web.archive.org/web/20200112014526/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/14019/1000640/266). *UCI.org*. [Union Cycliste Internationale](/source/Union_Cycliste_Internationale). Archived from [the original](https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/14019/1000640/266) on 12 January 2020. Retrieved 12 January 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Total Direct Energie"](https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15263/1000640/280). *UCI.org*. [Union Cycliste Internationale](/source/Union_Cycliste_Internationale). Retrieved 7 January 2021.{{[cite web](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_web)}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_deprecated_archival_service))

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Raguin_5-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Raguin_5-1) Raguin, Antoine (11 January 2022). ["Cyclisme. Le néo-retraité Damien Gaudin retrace les grands moments de sa longue carrière"](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) [Cycling. Newly retired Damien Gaudin retraces the highlights of his long career.]. *[Ouest-France](/source/Ouest-France)* (in French). Groupe SIPA Ouest-France. Retrieved 5 May 2025.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Gaudin announces retirement from professional cycling"](https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/gaudin-announces-retirement-from-professional-cycling/). *[Cyclingnews.com](/source/Cyclingnews.com)*. [Future plc](/source/Future_plc). 30 December 2021. Retrieved 5 May 2025.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; [Mallon, Bill](/source/Bill_Mallon); et al. ["Damien Gaudin"](https://web.archive.org/web/20161204000000/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ga/damien-gaudin-1.html). *Olympics at Sports-Reference.com*. [Sports Reference LLC](/source/Sports_Reference). Archived from [the original](https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ga/damien-gaudin-1.html) on 4 December 2016.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** ["Damien Gaudin"](https://firstcycling.com/rider.php?r=330). *FirstCycling.com*. FirstCycling AS. Retrieved 5 May 2025.

## External links

- [Damien Gaudin](https://www.uci.org/rider-details/30973) at [UCI](/source/Union_Cycliste_Internationale)

- [Damien Gaudin](https://www.cyclingarchives.com/coureurfiche/coureuri/22545.html) at *Cycling Archives* ([archive](https://web.archive.org/web/2023/http://www.cyclingarchives.com/coureurfiche.php?coureurid=22545))

- [Damien Gaudin](https://www.procyclingstats.com/rider/140033) at *ProCyclingStats*

- [Damien Gaudin](https://cqranking.com/men/asp/gen/rider.asp?riderid=7476) at *CQ Ranking*

- [Damien Gaudin](https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/113204) at [Olympedia](/source/Olympedia)

- [Damien Gaudin](https://olympics.com/en/athletes/damien-gaudin) at [Olympics.com](/source/International_Olympic_Committee)

- [Damien Gaudin](https://web.archive.org/web/20220202194243/https://espritbleu.franceolympique.com/espritbleu/athletes/0/gaudin-27710.php) at [*Équipe de France Olympique*](/source/French_National_Olympic_and_Sports_Committee) (archived) (in French)

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