Ben Gastauer

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Ben Gastauer
Koolskamp (Ardooie) - Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen, 18 september 2015 (B33).JPG
Gastauer at the 2015 Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen
Personal information
Full nameBen Gastauer
NicknameBenny
Born (1987-11-14) 14 November 1987 (age 34)
Dudelange, Luxembourg
Height1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight72 kg (159 lb)
Team information
Current teamAG2R Citroën Team
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeAll-rounder
Amateur teams
1993–2006LP07 Schifflange
2007–2008FidiBC.com–VC Arbedo
2009Chambéry Cyclisme Formation
2009Ag2r–La Mondiale (stagiaire)
Professional team
2010–2021Ag2r–La Mondiale[1]
Major wins
One-day races and Classics
National Time Trial Championships (2012)

Ben Gastauer (born 14 November 1987) is a Luxembourgish former professional road cyclist, who spent the whole of his 12 year professional career riding for the UCI WorldTeam Ag2r–La Mondiale.[2] He took three professional victories during his career: the national time trial championship in 2012, and the general classification and a stage at the 2015 Tour du Haut Var. He was part of the AG2R squad that won the team classification and delivered Jean-Christophe Péraud to the podium at the 2014 Tour de France, and those which assisted Romain Bardet to podium finishes at the 2016 and 2017 Tours. In August 2021 the AG2R team announced that Gastauer would retire from competition at the end of the season due to a problem with his pelvic floor, finishing his career at the 2021 Tour de Luxembourg the following month.[3]

Major results[]

2005
1st MaillotLuxemburgo.PNG Time trial, National Junior Road Championships
2nd Classique des Alpes
2006
1st MaillotLuxemburgo.PNG Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships
2007
1st MaillotLuxemburgo.PNG Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships
5th Overall Grand Prix du Portugal
2008
1st MaillotLuxemburgo.PNG Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships
1st Ruota d'Oro
9th Overall Flèche du Sud
2009
National Under–23 Road Championships
1st MaillotLuxemburgo.PNG Road race
1st MaillotLuxemburgo.PNG Time trial
1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Tour des Pays de Savoie
1st Stage 1
2nd Overall Flèche du Sud
9th Giro del Mendrisiotto
2010
3rd Road race, National Road Championships
6th Overall Paris–Corrèze
2012
National Road Championships
1st MaillotLuxemburgo.PNG Time trial
2nd Road race
2013
3rd Time trial, National Road Championships
2014
National Road Championships
2nd Road race
4th Time trial
2015
1st Jersey orange.svg Overall Tour du Haut Var
1st Stage 1
National Road Championships
2nd Road race
4th Time trial
2016
1st Jersey red.svg Mountains classification Tour du Haut Var
4th Road race, National Road Championships
2017
National Road Championships
3rd Road race
4th Time trial
2019
4th Time trial, National Road Championships

Grand Tour general classification results timeline[]

Grand Tour 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
A pink jersey Giro d'Italia 88 67 51 — — — 29 — 79 DNF
A yellow jersey Tour de France — — — 21 DNF 61 37 — — —
A red jersey Vuelta a España — 81 65 — — — — 36 — —
Legend
— Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

References[]

  1. ^ "Official presentation of the AG2R LA MONDIALE professional cycling team 2020". AG2R La Mondiale. Groupe AG2R La Mondiale. 10 December 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
  2. ^ "AG2R Citroën Team". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  3. ^ "Ben Gastauer to retire at the end of the 2021 season". AG2R Citroën Team. 5 August 2021. Retrieved 7 November 2021.

External links[]

Media related to Ben Gastauer at Wikimedia Commons

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