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French cyclist (born 1990)

Romain Bardet Bardet at the 2019 Tour de France Personal information Full name Romain Bardet Nickname L'Empereur Romain (The Roman Emperor)[1][2][3] Born (1990-11-09) 9 November 1990 (age 35) Brioude, France Height 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)[4] Weight 65 kg (143 lb; 10 st 3 lb)[4] Team information Discipline Road Role Rider Rider type Climber Amateur teams 2000–2008 Vélo Sport Brivadois 2009 CR4C Roanne 2010–2011 Chambéry CF Professional teams 2012–2020 Ag2r–La Mondiale[5] 2021–2025 Team DSM[6] Major wins Grand Tours Tour de France Mountains classification (2019) 4 individual stages (2015, 2016, 2017, 2024) Combativity award (2015) Vuelta a España 1 individual stage (2021) 1 TTT stage (2023) Stage races Tour of the Alps (2022) Medal record Representing France Men's road bicycle racing World Championships 2018 Innsbruck Road race

**Romain Bardet** (French pronunciation: [\[ʁɔmɛ̃ baʁdɛ\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/French); born 9 November 1990) is a French former professional [racing cyclist](/source/Bicycle_racing). Bardet is known for his climbing and descending abilities, which make him one of the top general classification contenders in [Grand Tours](/source/Grand_Tour_(cycling)). After retiring from the road in the wake of the [2025 Critérium du Dauphiné](/source/2025_Crit%C3%A9rium_du_Dauphin%C3%A9) he turned to professional [gravel racing](/source/Gravel_racing).[7]

So far in his career, his best results have primarily come on home soil. He has won a total of four stages in the [Tour de France](/source/Tour_de_France) in four separate years, running from 2015 to 2017 and then in 2024; he placed in the top ten overall for five consecutive years (from [2014](/source/2014_Tour_de_France) to [2018](/source/2018_Tour_de_France)) and finished on the podium twice: second overall in 2016 and third overall in 2017. He has also worn the [Young rider classification jersey](/source/Young_rider_classification_in_the_Tour_de_France), and won the [Mountains classification jersey](/source/Mountains_classification_in_the_Tour_de_France) in 2019 as well as the overall [Combativity Award](/source/Combativity_award_in_the_Tour_de_France) in 2015. Outside of France, he won a stage at the [2021 Vuelta a España](/source/2021_Vuelta_a_Espa%C3%B1a), and won the general classification at the [2022 Tour of the Alps](/source/2022_Tour_of_the_Alps).

## Professional career

### AG2R La Mondiale (2012–2020)

#### 2012–2013

Bardet turned professional in 2012.[8] He distinguished himself in that year's [Tour of Turkey](/source/2012_Tour_of_Turkey) especially in the 3rd stage, which was a mountain affair, where he attacked relentlessly to finally take fifth place.[9] He also finished fifth overall in the race.[10]

Bardet at the [2013 Tour de France](/source/2013_Tour_de_France)

The following season, Bardet rode his first [Tour de France](/source/2013_Tour_de_France) and took his first professional victory at the [Tour de l'Ain](/source/Tour_de_l'Ain).

#### 2014

His next victory came the following year when he won [La Drôme Classic](/source/La_Dr%C3%B4me_Classic), his first single-day race win. Bardet finished 4th overall at the [Volta a Catalunya](/source/2014_Volta_a_Catalunya) and also rode his first [Critérium du Dauphiné](/source/2014_Crit%C3%A9rium_du_Dauphin%C3%A9) where he finished 5th overall. Going into the [Tour de France](/source/2014_Tour_de_France), Bardet was team leader together with [Jean-Christophe Péraud](/source/Jean-Christophe_P%C3%A9raud). Bardet climbed to 3rd place overall at the end of the second week, and even had a short stint in the [white jersey](/source/Young_rider_classification_in_the_Tour_de_France). Despite losing his podium place in the final week, Bardet still attacked on downhill sections to potentially gain seconds on his rivals. In the end, Bardet finished 6th overall and Péraud finished 2nd overall. [Thibaut Pinot](/source/Thibaut_Pinot) ([FDJ.fr](/source/Groupama%E2%80%93FDJ_United)) took the win in the white jersey standings, in front of Bardet in 2nd place.

#### 2015

Bardet at the [2015 Tour de France](/source/2015_Tour_de_France)

After a spring campaign which included a 6th place at [Liège–Bastogne–Liège](/source/2015_Li%C3%A8ge%E2%80%93Bastogne%E2%80%93Li%C3%A8ge) and 9th overall at the [Tour de Romandie](/source/2015_Tour_de_Romandie), Bardet was regarded as one of the outsiders for a podium spot in the [Tour de France](/source/2015_Tour_de_France). In his final stage race before the Tour, the [Critérium du Dauphiné](/source/2015_Crit%C3%A9rium_du_Dauphin%C3%A9), Bardet went on the attack on the downhill section before the last climb on stage 5. He gained a minute on the technical descent, then climbed up to the ski resort of [Pra-Loup](/source/Pra-Loup) to win the stage solo, 36 seconds ahead of second-placed [Tejay van Garderen](/source/Tejay_van_Garderen).[11] He went on to finish 6th overall at the race.

At the Tour de France, Bardet lost time in the crosswinds in the Netherlands and the [team time trial](/source/Team_time_trial) in the first week. When the mountains finally arrived, Bardet lost even more time and with almost half of the race done, out of general classification contention. On the last day in the [Pyrenees](/source/Pyrenees), he went into the breakaway and finished third in the stage to [Plateau de Beille](/source/Plateau_de_Beille). Bardet and [Thibaut Pinot](/source/Thibaut_Pinot) were part of a breakaway and led over the top of the final [Côte de la Croix Neuve](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=C%C3%B4te_de_la_Croix_Neuve&action=edit&redlink=1) climb of Stage 14. However, the pair were caught and overtaken by [Steve Cummings](/source/Steve_Cummings) ([MTN–Qhubeka](/source/Team_Qhubeka_NextHash)) on the short descent to the finish at Mende Aerodrome, and Bardet finished third in the stage. On 23 July 2015, after a solo breakaway, Bardet won [Stage 18](/source/2015_Tour_de_France%2C_Stage_12_to_Stage_21), a mountain stage for his first Tour de France [stage](/source/Race_stage) victory.[12] The next day, he claimed the [polka dot jersey](/source/Mountains_classification_in_the_Tour_de_France) for the first time, after finishing fifth in Stage 19, another mountain stage.[13] However, he lost the polka dot jersey to [Chris Froome](/source/Chris_Froome) on Stage 20. Bardet finished in ninth place in the [final general classification](/source/General_classification_in_the_Tour_de_France) and won the [combativity award](/source/Combativity_award_in_the_Tour_de_France) of the Tour.

#### 2016

Bardet on his way to winning Stage 19 of the [2016 Tour de France](/source/2016_Tour_de_France)

In February 2016, Bardet repeatedly attacked [Vincenzo Nibali](/source/Vincenzo_Nibali) ([Astana](/source/XDS_Astana_Team)) during Stage 4 of the [Tour of Oman](/source/2016_Tour_of_Oman) and ultimately finished the stage in second position, 9 seconds behind him. Bardet finished the Tour of Oman second overall, 15 seconds behind Nibali.[14] In June, Bardet attacked during Stage 6 of [Critérium du Dauphiné](/source/2016_Crit%C3%A9rium_du_Dauphin%C3%A9) and ultimately finished second in the stage after being outsprinted by [Thibaut Pinot](/source/Thibaut_Pinot) to the finish line in [Méribel](/source/M%C3%A9ribel). After Stage 6, Bardet rose to third overall in the general classification, 21 seconds behind the leader [Chris Froome](/source/Chris_Froome).[15] Bardet finished second overall in the Critérium du Dauphiné final general classification, 12 seconds behind Froome.[16]

On Stage 19 of the [Tour de France](/source/2016_Tour_de_France), Bardet and his team mate [Mikaël Cherel](/source/Mika%C3%ABl_Cherel) attacked together on a wet descent before the penultimate climb. Bardet escaped the yellow jersey group on the lower slopes of [Mont Blanc](/source/Mont_Blanc) with 10 kilometres (6.2 miles) to go. Bardet caught the breakaway survivor [Rui Costa](/source/Rui_Costa_(cyclist)) with 7 kilometres (4.3 miles) to go, dropped him on the steepest pitches of the final climb with 3.2 kilometres (2.0 miles) remaining and won the stage by 23 seconds over second-placed [Joaquim Rodríguez](/source/Joaquim_Rodr%C3%ADguez); ultimately, he was the only Frenchman to win a stage in the 2016 Tour de France. After winning Stage 19, Bardet rose from fifth to second overall in the general classification. He finished the Tour in second position in the final general classification, 4:05 behind [Chris Froome](/source/Chris_Froome),[17] becoming the sixth Frenchman to finish in the top three in the [final general classification](/source/General_classification_in_the_Tour_de_France) over the previous 30 editions; the other five were Pinot and [Jean-Christophe Péraud](/source/Jean-Christophe_P%C3%A9raud) (both 2014), [Richard Virenque](/source/Richard_Virenque) (1996, 1997), [Laurent Fignon](/source/Laurent_Fignon) (1989) and [Jean-François Bernard](/source/Jean-Fran%C3%A7ois_Bernard) (1987).[18]

Bardet was selected to represent [France](/source/France_at_the_2016_Summer_Olympics) at the [Summer Olympics](/source/2016_Summer_Olympics) in the [individual road race](/source/Cycling_at_the_2016_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men's_individual_road_race), finishing 24th.

#### 2017

Bardet leading [Chris Froome](/source/Chris_Froome), [Rigoberto Urán](/source/Rigoberto_Ur%C3%A1n) and [Warren Barguil](/source/Warren_Barguil) during a descent at the [2017 Tour de France](/source/2017_Tour_de_France)

After crashing on stage 1 of [Paris–Nice](/source/2017_Paris%E2%80%93Nice), Bardet was thrown out of the race after he had been towed by his team car.[19] Bardet won [stage 12](/source/2017_Tour_de_France%2C_Stage_12_to_Stage_21#Stage_12) of the [Tour de France](/source/2017_Tour_de_France), with an acceleration near the finishing line in [Peyragudes](/source/Peyragudes) in the French [Pyrenees](/source/Pyrenees), going clear with less than 500 metres (1,600 feet) to go to take his third stage win in as many years.[20][21] Bardet struggled throughout the [penultimate stage](/source/2017_Tour_de_France%2C_Stage_12_to_Stage_21#Stage_20), a 22.5-kilometre (14.0-mile) [individual time trial](/source/Individual_time_trial), that started and finished in [Marseille](/source/Marseille); he finished in 52nd position, 2 minutes 3 seconds behind its winner [Maciej Bodnar](/source/Maciej_Bodnar).[22] Bardet dropped from second to third in the general classification going into the [final stage](/source/2017_Tour_de_France%2C_Stage_12_to_Stage_21#Stage_21), with a one-second lead over fourth-placed [Mikel Landa](/source/Mikel_Landa). Bardet managed to hold on to his advantage, completing the podium behind [Chris Froome](/source/Chris_Froome) and [Rigoberto Urán](/source/Rigoberto_Ur%C3%A1n).

#### 2018

Bardet missed the [Vuelta a Andalucía](/source/2018_Vuelta_a_Andaluc%C3%ADa) after injuring his right arm in a domestic accident.[23] He returned to action with a victory in the [Classic Sud-Ardèche](/source/Ard%C3%A8che_Classic) in February. In March, Bardet rode the [Strade Bianche](/source/2018_Strade_Bianche) one day classic, held partly on gravel roads in torrential rain. He broke away with the world cyclocross champion [Wout van Aert](/source/Wout_van_Aert) and the pair led the race for much of the final 40 kilometres (25 miles) before [Tiesj Benoot](/source/Tiesj_Benoot) ([Lotto–Soudal](/source/Lotto%E2%80%93Intermarch%C3%A9)) attacked from a chasing group to catch and then drop them in the final sector of dirt roads. Benoot soloed to victory by 39 seconds ahead of Bardet,[24] who dropped van Aert in the final kilometre.[24] At [Liège–Bastogne–Liège](/source/2018_Li%C3%A8ge%E2%80%93Bastogne%E2%80%93Li%C3%A8ge), Bardet finished 3rd – his first podium at a [Cycling monument](/source/Cycling_monument) – after losing the 2nd place sprint to [Michael Woods](/source/Michael_Woods_(cyclist)). When riding the [Critérium du Dauphiné](/source/2018_Crit%C3%A9rium_du_Dauphin%C3%A9), Bardet never challenged for the overall win and only entered the top 3 inside the last two days.

When he arrived at the start of the [Tour de France](/source/2018_Tour_de_France), Bardet had a troubled first week with mechanicals and punctures.[25] He lost time on multiple occasions during the first week and was almost two minutes behind when they started the 10th stage. On stage 12 to [Alpe d'Huez](/source/Alpe_d'Huez), Bardet attacked and rode away from the other contenders. He was later joined by [Chris Froome](/source/Chris_Froome), [Geraint Thomas](/source/Geraint_Thomas) and [Tom Dumoulin](/source/Tom_Dumoulin), but decided to test the contenders with numerous accelerations. He ended the stage in 3rd place and rose to 6th place in the general classification.[26] With Bardet only being 8th in the general classification before stage 19, he and several other contenders attacked on the [Col du Tourmalet](/source/Col_du_Tourmalet) with almost 100 kilometres (62 miles) to the finish line.[27] Despite being caught on the last climb, Bardet finished third in the sprint to the finish line. He moved up to a final placing of sixth overall after the penultimate stage, an [individual time trial](/source/Individual_time_trial) – his fifth consecutive top-ten finish at the race.

Bardet (left) on the podium at the [2018 UCI Road World Championships](/source/2018_UCI_Road_World_Championships)

In September, Bardet finished 2nd in the [road race](/source/2018_UCI_Road_World_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_road_race) at the [UCI Road World Championships](/source/2018_UCI_Road_World_Championships), after having attacked with [Alejandro Valverde](/source/Alejandro_Valverde) (Spain) and Canada's Woods. The group was later joined by [Tom Dumoulin](/source/Tom_Dumoulin) (Netherlands) inside the last kilometres. Valverde started the sprint with almost 200 metres (660 feet) to the finish line but Bardet never looked like a serious challenge and had to settle with 2nd place.[28]

#### 2019

Bardet at the [2019 Tour de France](/source/2019_Tour_de_France) wearing the [Polka dot jersey](/source/Polka_dot_jersey)

Bardet started his 2019 season with a block of racing in France, finishing second overall at the [Tour du Haut Var](/source/2019_Tour_du_Haut_Var), losing out to [Thibaut Pinot](/source/Thibaut_Pinot) on the final stage, which ended with a summit finish at [Mont Faron](/source/Mont_Faron).[29] He then finished fourth in the [Classic Sud-Ardèche](/source/Ard%C3%A8che_Classic), seventh at [La Drôme Classic](/source/2019_La_Dr%C3%B4me_Classic) and fifth overall at [Paris–Nice](/source/2019_Paris%E2%80%93Nice).[30] In preparation for the [Tour de France](/source/2019_Tour_de_France), Bardet contested the [Critérium du Dauphiné](/source/2019_Crit%C3%A9rium_du_Dauphin%C3%A9), finishing in tenth place overall, and was second to [Jesús Herrada](/source/Jes%C3%BAs_Herrada) in the [inaugural Mont Ventoux Dénivelé Challenge](/source/2019_Mont_Ventoux_D%C3%A9nivel%C3%A9_Challenge), which finished atop [Mont Ventoux](/source/Mont_Ventoux).[31] At the Tour de France, Bardet lost more than 20 minutes on stage 14 – which finished at the [Col du Tourmalet](/source/Col_du_Tourmalet) – which removed him from overall contention.[32] He then shifted his focus to attempting to winning stages from the breakaway, but his best result was a second-place finish on stage eighteen, won by [Nairo Quintana](/source/Nairo_Quintana).[33] However, Bardet did take the lead of the [mountains classification](/source/Mountains_classification_in_the_Tour_de_France),[34] holding the polka-dot jersey for the remainder of the race.[35] He ended his season following the Tour de France, stating that he needed to "regenerate".[36]

#### 2020

Bardet contested four races in the early part of 2020, prior to the [COVID-19 pandemic](/source/COVID-19_pandemic)-enforced suspension of racing, with his best result being second overall at the [Tour des Alpes-Maritimes et du Var](/source/2020_Tour_des_Alpes-Maritimes_et_du_Var). Following the resumption of racing, Bardet contested only races in France for the remainder of the season, with the exception of [Brabantse Pijl](/source/2020_Brabantse_Pijl) and the [Tour of Flanders](/source/2020_Tour_of_Flanders) held in Belgium in October.[37] He ran as high as fourth overall in the [Tour de France](/source/2020_Tour_de_France), but withdrew ahead of the fourteenth stage following a crash, which left him with a concussion and a "small haemorrhage".[37][38]

### Team DSM (2021–present)

In August 2020, Bardet signed an initial two-year contract with [Team Sunweb](/source/Team_Picnic%E2%80%93PostNL_(men's_team)), later renamed Team DSM, from the 2021 season, and team dsm-firmenich, from the 2023 season.[39]

#### 2021

Bardet made his first start at the [Giro d'Italia](/source/Giro_d'Italia) in [2021](/source/2021_Giro_d'Italia), finishing seventh overall

Bardet made his first start at the [Giro d'Italia](/source/2021_Giro_d'Italia), sharing team leadership with [Jai Hindley](/source/Jai_Hindley), the [2020](/source/2020_Giro_d'Italia) runner-up.[40] Bardet made his way up the general classification, moving into the top ten overall after stage 14, finishing at the [Monte Zoncolan](/source/Monte_Zoncolan). He finished second to [Egan Bernal](/source/Egan_Bernal) on stage 16,[41] and moved up to fifth place overall on the penultimate stage, following a fourth-place stage finish.[42] However, he fell to seventh in the general classification during the final-day [individual time trial](/source/Individual_time_trial), dropping behind [Daniel Martínez](/source/Daniel_Mart%C3%ADnez_(cyclist)) and [João Almeida](/source/Jo%C3%A3o_Almeida_(cyclist)). Bardet also rode into the leader's jersey at the [Vuelta a Burgos](/source/2021_Vuelta_a_Burgos), a preparation race for the [Vuelta a España](/source/2021_Vuelta_a_Espa%C3%B1a). In spite of his crash on the descent of the Picón Blanco climb, he won the third stage solo to [Espinosa de los Monteros](/source/Espinosa_de_los_Monteros), his first in over three years.[43] He held a 45-second lead over [Mikel Landa](/source/Mikel_Landa) heading into the final stage, but he lost the race lead to Landa after cracking in the final 3 kilometres (1.9 miles) of the stage; he ultimately finished sixth overall, and won the mountains classification.[44]

On stage 5 of the Vuelta a España,[45] Bardet crashed and lost over twelve minutes; he lost a further thirteen minutes the following day, removing him from overall contention. On stage 14, he was involved in the breakaway; he chased down several counter-attacks, and went clear with 6 kilometres (3.7 miles) to go. He then rode solo to the summit finish at [Pico Villuercas](/source/La_Villuerca) to claim the stage win, 44 seconds ahead of [Jesús Herrada](/source/Jes%C3%BAs_Herrada).[46] Bardet held the mountains classification for four days, before the lead passed to his teammate [Michael Storer](/source/Michael_Storer).[47] Bardet and Storer also made it into the breakaway on the penultimate stage; Storer mathematically sealed the mountains jersey ahead of the final time trial, while Bardet finished second in the standings.[48]

#### 2022

Prior to the [Giro d'Italia](/source/2022_Giro_d'Italia), Bardet took the overall victory at the [Tour of the Alps](/source/2022_Tour_of_the_Alps), his first general classification win since the 2013 [Tour de l'Ain](/source/Tour_de_l'Ain).[49] With [Jai Hindley](/source/Jai_Hindley) having moved to [Bora–Hansgrohe](/source/Red_Bull%E2%80%93Bora%E2%80%93Hansgrohe), Bardet had outright team leadership at [Team DSM](/source/Team_Picnic%E2%80%93PostNL_(men's_team)) for the Giro d'Italia,[50] and during the race, he signed a two-year contract extension with the team.[51] In the ninth stage, Bardet finished second to Hindley on a summit finish at Blockhaus, moving up to third place overall.[52] He lost a place to [Richard Carapaz](/source/Richard_Carapaz) a couple of stages later, and was out of the race altogether by the end of stage thirteen, abandoning the race due to sickness.[53]

Bardet at the [2022 Tour de France](/source/2022_Tour_de_France)

His next start was at the [Tour de France](/source/2022_Tour_de_France), where he finished in the top-three on the eleventh stage, which finished at the [Col du Granon](/source/Col_du_Granon); he moved up to second overall behind [Jonas Vingegaard](/source/Jonas_Vingegaard) following the stage.[54] He lost almost 20 seconds to Vingegaard, [Geraint Thomas](/source/Geraint_Thomas) and [Tadej Pogačar](/source/Tadej_Poga%C4%8Dar) the following day, as he dropped from second to fourth on [Bastille Day](/source/Bastille_Day). He lost more than three minutes on stage sixteen,[55] dropping to ninth overall; he yo-yoed around the lower half of the top-ten placings for the remainder of the race, finishing seventh overall on the road, before being promoted to sixth with [Nairo Quintana](/source/Nairo_Quintana)'s disqualification.

#### 2023

Bardet started his season with top-ten overall finishes at the [Tour des Alpes-Maritimes et du Var](/source/2023_Tour_des_Alpes-Maritimes_et_du_Var) and [Paris–Nice](/source/2023_Paris%E2%80%93Nice) stage races – finishing eighth and seventh respectively – and also finished in ninth place at [La Flèche Wallonne](/source/2023_La_Fl%C3%A8che_Wallonne).[56] At the [Tour de Romandie](/source/2023_Tour_de_Romandie), Bardet finished third on a hilly second stage, and ultimately finished in seventh overall. He contested the [Tour de Suisse](/source/2023_Tour_de_Suisse) for the first time,[57] where he recorded three top-ten stage finishes, and finished fifth overall.[58]

#### 2024

Bardet at the [2024 Tour de France](/source/2024_Tour_de_France)

Bardet opened the 2024 season with a third place in the [Classic Var](/source/Classic_Var) in February. In late April, he finished second to [Tadej Pogačar](/source/Tadej_Poga%C4%8Dar) in [Liège–Bastogne–Liège](/source/2024_Li%C3%A8ge%E2%80%93Bastogne%E2%80%93Li%C3%A8ge).[59] He next competed in the [Giro d'Italia](/source/2024_Giro_d'Italia), finishing second on stage 10 and 9th overall.

In late June, Bardet won his fourth career [Tour de France](/source/2024_Tour_de_France) stage on the first day of the race, holding off the chasing peloton by five seconds with teammate [Frank van den Broek](/source/Frank_van_den_Broek).[60] This also marked the only time in his career that he would hold the Tour de France [Yellow Jersey](/source/Yellow_Jersey).

### 2025

Following the conclusion of the [2025 Critérium du Dauphiné](/source/2025_Crit%C3%A9rium_du_Dauphin%C3%A9), Bardet retired from professional road cycling.[61]

After retiring from road cycling, Bardet extended his contract with Team Picnic–PostNL and announced that he intends to race the remainder of the 2025 season and the 2026 season on gravel.[62]

## Personal life

Bardet lives in [Clermont-Ferrand](/source/Clermont-Ferrand).[63] Alongside his professional cycling career, he began business studies in 2011, in the *[grande école](/source/Grande_%C3%A9cole)* program adapted to high-level athletes in [Grenoble School of Management](/source/Grenoble_School_of_Management).[64]

## Career achievements

### Major results

Source:[65]

**2009**
- 5th Overall [Tour des Pays de Savoie](/source/Tour_de_Savoie_Mont-Blanc)

**2010**
- 6th Overall [Tour de l'Avenir](/source/Tour_de_l'Avenir)

- 8th Overall [Tour des Pays de Savoie](/source/Tour_de_Savoie_Mont-Blanc)

- 8th Overall [Giro delle Regioni](/source/Giro_delle_Regioni)

- 9th Overall [Ronde de l'Isard](/source/Ronde_de_l'Isard) - 1st Stage 4

- 10th [Piccolo Giro di Lombardia](/source/Piccolo_Giro_di_Lombardia)

**2011**
- 1st Stage 5 [Tour de l'Avenir](/source/Tour_de_l'Avenir)

- 2nd Overall [Tour des Pays de Savoie](/source/Tour_de_Savoie_Mont-Blanc) - 1st Stages 2 & 3

- 2nd [Liège–Bastogne–Liège Espoirs](/source/Li%C3%A8ge%E2%80%93Bastogne%E2%80%93Li%C3%A8ge_U23)

- 4th [UCI Under 23 Nations' Cup](/source/UCI_Under_23_Nations'_Cup)

- 4th Overall [Ronde de l'Isard](/source/Ronde_de_l'Isard)

- 6th Overall [Giro della Regione Friuli Venezia Giulia](/source/Giro_della_Regione_Friuli_Venezia_Giulia)

- 9th [Gran Premio Palio del Recioto](/source/Gran_Premio_Palio_del_Recioto)

**2012**
- 5th Overall [Tour of Turkey](/source/2012_Tour_of_Turkey)

**2013 (1 pro win)**
- 1st Overall [Tour de l'Ain](/source/Tour_de_l'Ain) - 1st Points classification

- 3rd [Les Boucles du Sud Ardèche](/source/Ard%C3%A8che_Classic)

- 4th Overall [Route du Sud](/source/Route_d'Occitanie)

- 5th Overall [Tour of Beijing](/source/2013_Tour_of_Beijing) - 1st Young rider classification

- 7th Overall [Étoile de Bessèges](/source/%C3%89toile_de_Bess%C3%A8ges)

- [Combativity award](/source/Combativity_award_in_the_Tour_de_France) Stage 9 [Tour de France](/source/2013_Tour_de_France)

**2014 (1)**
- 1st [La Drôme Classic](/source/La_Dr%C3%B4me_Classic)

- 1st Young rider classification, [Tour of Oman](/source/2014_Tour_of_Oman)

- 2nd Overall [Tour de l'Ain](/source/Tour_de_l'Ain)

- 4th Overall [Volta a Catalunya](/source/2014_Volta_a_Catalunya)

- 4th [Classic Sud-Ardèche](/source/Ard%C3%A8che_Classic)

- 5th Overall [Critérium du Dauphiné](/source/2014_Crit%C3%A9rium_du_Dauphin%C3%A9)

- 5th [Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal](/source/2014_Grand_Prix_Cycliste_de_Montr%C3%A9al)

- 6th Overall [Tour de France](/source/2014_Tour_de_France) - Held after Stages 10–15 - [Combativity award](/source/Combativity_award_in_the_Tour_de_France) Stage 17

- 10th [Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise](/source/Grand_Prix_La_Marseillaise)

- 10th [Paris–Camembert](/source/Paris%E2%80%93Camembert)

- 10th [Liège–Bastogne–Liège](/source/2014_Li%C3%A8ge%E2%80%93Bastogne%E2%80%93Li%C3%A8ge)

**2015 (2)**
- 3rd [International Road Cycling Challenge](/source/International_Road_Cycling_Challenge)

- 5th Overall [Vuelta a Andalucía](/source/2015_Vuelta_a_Andaluc%C3%ADa)

- 6th Overall [Critérium du Dauphiné](/source/2015_Crit%C3%A9rium_du_Dauphin%C3%A9) - 1st Stage 5

- 6th [Liège–Bastogne–Liège](/source/2015_Li%C3%A8ge%E2%80%93Bastogne%E2%80%93Li%C3%A8ge)

- 7th [Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal](/source/2015_Grand_Prix_Cycliste_de_Montr%C3%A9al)

- 9th Overall [Giro del Trentino](/source/2015_Giro_del_Trentino)

- 9th Overall [Tour de Romandie](/source/2015_Tour_de_Romandie)

- 9th Overall [Tour de France](/source/2015_Tour_de_France) - 1st Stage 18 - [Combativity award](/source/Combativity_award_in_the_Tour_de_France) Stage 18 & Overall - Held after Stage 19

**2016 (1)**
- 2nd Overall [Tour de France](/source/2016_Tour_de_France) - 1st Stage 19

- 2nd Overall [Tour of Oman](/source/2016_Tour_of_Oman)

- 2nd Overall [Critérium du Dauphiné](/source/2016_Crit%C3%A9rium_du_Dauphin%C3%A9)

- 2nd [Giro dell'Emilia](/source/2016_Giro_dell'Emilia)

- 4th [Giro di Lombardia](/source/2016_Il_Lombardia)

- 5th [Classic Sud-Ardèche](/source/Ard%C3%A8che_Classic)

- 6th Overall [Volta a Catalunya](/source/2016_Volta_a_Catalunya)

- 6th Overall [Giro del Trentino](/source/2016_Giro_del_Trentino)

- 8th [UCI World Tour](/source/2016_UCI_World_Tour)

- 8th [La Drôme Classic](/source/La_Dr%C3%B4me_Classic)

- 9th Overall [Paris–Nice](/source/2016_Paris%E2%80%93Nice)

- 9th [Milano–Torino](/source/2016_Milano%E2%80%93Torino)

**2017 (1)**
- 3rd Overall [Tour de France](/source/2017_Tour_de_France) - 1st Stage 12

- 6th Overall [Critérium du Dauphiné](/source/2017_Crit%C3%A9rium_du_Dauphin%C3%A9)

- 6th [Liège–Bastogne–Liège](/source/2017_Li%C3%A8ge%E2%80%93Bastogne%E2%80%93Li%C3%A8ge)

- 10th Overall [Volta a Catalunya](/source/2017_Volta_a_Catalunya)

- Combativity award Stage 11 [Vuelta a España](/source/2017_Vuelta_a_Espa%C3%B1a)

**2018 (1)**
- 1st [Classic de l'Ardèche](/source/2018_Classic_de_l'Ard%C3%A8che)

- 2nd [Road race](/source/2018_UCI_Road_World_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_road_race), [UCI Road World Championships](/source/2018_UCI_Road_World_Championships)

- 2nd [Strade Bianche](/source/2018_Strade_Bianche)

- 2nd [Tour du Finistère](/source/Tour_du_Finist%C3%A8re)

- 2nd [Giro della Toscana](/source/Giro_di_Toscana)

- 3rd Overall [Critérium du Dauphiné](/source/2018_Crit%C3%A9rium_du_Dauphin%C3%A9)

- 3rd [Liège–Bastogne–Liège](/source/2018_Li%C3%A8ge%E2%80%93Bastogne%E2%80%93Li%C3%A8ge)

- 6th Overall [Tour de France](/source/2018_Tour_de_France)

- 6th [Giro dell'Emilia](/source/2018_Giro_dell'Emilia)

- 8th Overall [Deutschland Tour](/source/2018_Deutschland_Tour)

- 8th [La Drôme Classic](/source/2018_La_Dr%C3%B4me_Classic)

- 8th [Grand Prix La Marseillaise](/source/2018_Grand_Prix_La_Marseillaise)

- 9th [La Flèche Wallonne](/source/2018_La_Fl%C3%A8che_Wallonne)

**2019**
- 1st [Mountains classification](/source/Mountains_classification_in_the_Tour_de_France), [Tour de France](/source/2019_Tour_de_France)

- 2nd Overall [Tour du Haut Var](/source/2019_Tour_du_Haut_Var)

- 2nd [Mont Ventoux Dénivelé Challenge](/source/2019_Mont_Ventoux_D%C3%A9nivel%C3%A9_Challenge)

- 4th [Classic Sud-Ardèche](/source/Ard%C3%A8che_Classic)

- 5th Overall [Paris–Nice](/source/2019_Paris%E2%80%93Nice)

- 7th [La Drôme Classic](/source/2019_La_Dr%C3%B4me_Classic)

- 9th [Amstel Gold Race](/source/2019_Amstel_Gold_Race)

- 10th Overall [Critérium du Dauphiné](/source/2019_Crit%C3%A9rium_du_Dauphin%C3%A9)

**2020**
- 2nd Overall [Tour des Alpes-Maritimes et du Var](/source/2020_Tour_des_Alpes-Maritimes_et_du_Var)

- 6th Overall [Critérium du Dauphiné](/source/2020_Crit%C3%A9rium_du_Dauphin%C3%A9)

- 7th [Paris–Tours](/source/2020_Paris%E2%80%93Tours)

- 8th Overall [Route d'Occitanie](/source/2020_Route_d'Occitanie)

**2021 (2)**
- [Vuelta a España](/source/2021_Vuelta_a_Espa%C3%B1a) - 1st Stage 14 - Held after Stage 14–17

- 5th Overall [Giro di Sicilia](/source/2021_Giro_di_Sicilia)

- 6th Overall [Vuelta a Burgos](/source/2021_Vuelta_a_Burgos) - 1st Mountains classification - 1st Stage 3

- 7th Overall [Giro d'Italia](/source/2021_Giro_d'Italia)

- 8th Overall [Tirreno–Adriatico](/source/2021_Tirreno%E2%80%93Adriatico)

- 8th [Giro di Lombardia](/source/2021_Il_Lombardia)

- 9th Overall [Tour of the Alps](/source/2021_Tour_of_the_Alps)

**2022 (1)**
- 1st Overall [Tour of the Alps](/source/2022_Tour_of_the_Alps)

- 6th Overall [Tour de France](/source/2022_Tour_de_France)

- 8th [Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal](/source/2022_Grand_Prix_Cycliste_de_Montr%C3%A9al)

- 9th Overall [UAE Tour](/source/2022_UAE_Tour)

- 9th [Giro di Lombardia](/source/2022_Il_Lombardia)

**2023**
- 1st Stage 1 ([TTT](/source/Team_time_trial)) [Vuelta a España](/source/2023_Vuelta_a_Espa%C3%B1a)

- 5th Overall [Tour de Suisse](/source/2023_Tour_de_Suisse)

- 7th Overall [Paris–Nice](/source/2023_Paris%E2%80%93Nice)

- 7th Overall [Tour de Romandie](/source/2023_Tour_de_Romandie)

- 8th Overall [Tour des Alpes-Maritimes et du Var](/source/2023_Tour_des_Alpes-Maritimes_et_du_Var)

- 9th [La Flèche Wallonne](/source/2023_La_Fl%C3%A8che_Wallonne)

**2024 (1)**
- [Tour de France](/source/2024_Tour_de_France) - 1st Stage 1 - Held after Stage 1

- 2nd [Liège–Bastogne–Liège](/source/2024_Li%C3%A8ge%E2%80%93Bastogne%E2%80%93Li%C3%A8ge)

- 3rd [Classic Var](/source/Classic_Var)

- 5th Overall [Tour of the Alps](/source/2024_Tour_of_the_Alps)

- 9th Overall [Giro d'Italia](/source/2024_Giro_d'Italia) - [Combativity award](/source/Combativity_award) Stage 8

- 10th [Road race](/source/2024_UCI_Road_World_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_road_race), [UCI Road World Championships](/source/2024_UCI_Road_World_Championships)

**Gravel**
**2025**
- [UCI World Series](/source/2024%E2%80%9325_UCI_Gravel_World_Series) - 1st [Fubine](/source/Fubine_Monferrato) - 1st [Les Angles](/source/Les_Angles%2C_Pyr%C3%A9n%C3%A9es-Orientales)

- 10th Overall [Tour of the Alps](/source/2025_Tour_of_the_Alps)

**2026**
- [UCI World Series](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2025%E2%80%9326_UCI_Gravel_World_Series&action=edit&redlink=1) - 1st [Lucena del Cid](/source/Lucena_del_Cid)

- 1st [McLaren Vale](/source/McLaren_Vale%2C_South_Australia)

- 2nd Overall Santa Vall

#### General classification results timeline

Grand Tour general classification results Grand Tour 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Giro d'Italia — — — — — — — — — 7 DNF — 9 26 Tour de France — 15 6 9 2 3 6 15 DNF — 6 DNF 30 — Vuelta a España — — — — — 17 — — — 25 — 21 — — Major stage race general classification results Race 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Paris–Nice — 27 36 14 9 DSQ — 5 19 — — 7 — — Tirreno–Adriatico — — — — — — 13 — — 8 12 — DNF — Volta a Catalunya 40 — 4 DNF 6 10 — DNF NH — — DNF — — Tour of the Basque Country — 53 — — — 15 13 — — — — — — Tour de Romandie — — — 9 27 — — — — — 7 — — Critérium du Dauphiné — — 5 6 2 6 3 10 6 — — — — 26 Tour de Suisse — — — — — — — — NH — — 5 — —

#### Classics results timeline

Monument 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Milan–San Remo — 17 — — — — — 50 — 27 — — — — Tour of Flanders — — — — — — — — 25 — — — — — Paris–Roubaix Did not contest during his career Liège–Bastogne–Liège — 13 10 6 13 6 3 21 — — DNF 15 2 82 Giro di Lombardia 29 — 11 17 4 — DNF — — 8 9 11 — — Classic 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Strade Bianche — — — — — — 2 — — 20 — — 17 — Brabantse Pijl — — — 20 — — — — 27 — — — — — Amstel Gold Race 25 48 33 — — — — 9 NH — — — — — La Flèche Wallonne 29 111 35 — — 13 9 13 — — — 9 — — Clásica de San Sebastián 33 20 18 84 — — — — NH — — 38 DNF — Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec 56 107 24 35 22 — — — Not held 20 — 90 — Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal 22 16 5 7 20 — — — 8 — 11 — Milano–Torino 43 — — 11 9 — — — — — — — — — Paris–Tours — — — — — — — — 7 — — — — —

#### Major championships timeline

Event 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 Olympic Games Road race — Not held 24 Not held — Not held — World Championships Road race — 28 62 — — — 2 — — — 22 — 10 National Championships Road race 74 34 37 11 10 — — — 10 — — — —

Legend — Did not compete DNF Did not finish DSQ Disqualified IP In progress NH Not held

### Awards

- [Vélo d'Or français](/source/V%C3%A9lo_d'Or_fran%C3%A7ais): 2016, 2017

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v t e Riders on Team Picnic PostNL Warren Barguil Frits Biesterbos Pavel Bittner Dillon Corkery Timo de Jong John Degenkolb Robbe Dhondt Matthew Dinham Nils Eekhoff Alexy Faure Prost Sean Flynn Mattia Gaffuri Chris Hamilton Fabio Jakobsen James Knox Bjoern Koerdt Gijs Leemreize Niklas Märkl Juan Guillermo Martínez Tim Naberman Oliver Peace Max Poole Henri-François Renard-Haquin Timo Roosen Julius van den Berg Frank van den Broek Casper van Uden Bram Welten Manager: Iwan Spekenbrink

v t e Tour de France mountains classification winners 1933: Vicente Trueba 1934: René Vietto 1935: Félicien Vervaecke 1936: Julián Berrendero 1937: Félicien Vervaecke 1938: Gino Bartali 1939: Sylvère Maes 1947: Pierre Brambilla 1948: Gino Bartali 1949: Fausto Coppi 1950: Louison Bobet 1951: Raphaël Géminiani 1952: Fausto Coppi 1953: Jesús Loroño 1954: Federico Bahamontes 1955–1956: Charly Gaul 1957: Gastone Nencini 1958–1959: Federico Bahamontes 1960–1961: Imerio Massignan 1962–1964: Federico Bahamontes 1965–1967: Julio Jiménez 1968: Aurelio González Puente 1969–1970: Eddy Merckx 1971–1972: Lucien Van Impe 1973: Pedro Torres 1974: Domingo Perurena 1975: Lucien Van Impe 1976: Giancarlo Bellini 1977: Lucien Van Impe 1978: Mariano Martínez 1979: Giovanni Battaglin 1980: Raymond Martin 1981: Lucien Van Impe 1982: Bernard Vallet 1983: Lucien Van Impe 1984: Robert Millar 1985: Luis Herrera 1986: Bernard Hinault 1987: Luis Herrera 1988: Steven Rooks 1989: Gert-Jan Theunisse 1990: Thierry Claveyrolat 1991–1992: Claudio Chiappucci 1993: Tony Rominger 1994–1997: Richard Virenque 1998: Christophe Rinero 1999: Richard Virenque 2000: Santiago Botero 2001–2002: Laurent Jalabert 2003–2004: Richard Virenque 2005–2006: Michael Rasmussen 2007: Mauricio Soler 2008: Carlos Sastre 2009: Egoi Martínez 2010: Anthony Charteau 2011: Samuel Sánchez 2012: Thomas Voeckler 2013: Nairo Quintana 2014: Rafał Majka 2015: Chris Froome 2016: Rafał Majka 2017: Warren Barguil 2018: Julian Alaphilippe 2019: Romain Bardet 2020–2021: Tadej Pogačar 2022: Jonas Vingegaard 2023: Giulio Ciccone 2024: Richard Carapaz 2025: Tadej Pogačar

v t e Tour de France combativity award winners Combativity classification 1956: André Darrigade 1957: Nicolas Barone 1958: Federico Bahamontes 1959: Gérard Saint 1960: Jean Graczyk 1961: Team West-Southwest 1962: Eddy Pauwels 1963: Rik Van Looy 1964: Henry Anglade 1965: Felice Gimondi 1966: Rudi Altig 1967: Désiré Letort 1968: Roger Pingeon 1969–1970: Eddy Merckx 1971: Luis Ocaña 1972: Cyrille Guimard 1973: Luis Ocaña 1974–1975: Eddy Merckx 1976: Raymond Delisle 1977: Gerrie Knetemann 1978: Paul Wellens 1979: Hennie Kuiper 1980: Christian Levavasseur 1981: Bernard Hinault 1982: Régis Clère 1983: Serge Demierre 1984: Bernard Hinault 1985: Maarten Ducrot 1986: Bernard Hinault 1987: Régis Clère 1988: Jérôme Simon 1989: Laurent Fignon 1990: Eduardo Chozas 1991–1992: Claudio Chiappucci 1993: Massimo Ghirotto 1994: Eros Poli 1995: Hernán Buenahora 1996–1997: Richard Virenque 1998–1999: Jacky Durand 2000: Erik Dekker 2001–2002: Laurent Jalabert Super-combativity award 2003: Alexander Vinokourov 2004: Richard Virenque 2005: Óscar Pereiro 2006: David de la Fuente 2007: Amets Txurruka 2008: Sylvain Chavanel 2009: None 2010: Sylvain Chavanel 2011: Jérémy Roy 2012: Chris Anker Sørensen 2013: Christophe Riblon 2014: Alessandro De Marchi 2015: Romain Bardet 2016: Peter Sagan 2017: Warren Barguil 2018: Dan Martin 2019: Julian Alaphilippe 2020: Marc Hirschi 2021: Franck Bonnamour 2022: Wout van Aert 2023: Victor Campenaerts 2024: Richard Carapaz 2025: Ben Healy

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