David Gaudu

David Gaudu
	Gaudu in 2017.
Personal information
Full name	David Gaudu
Born	10 October 1996 (age 25); Landivisiau, France
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	53 kg (117 lb; 8 st 5 lb)
Team information
Current team	Groupama–FDJ
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	Climber
Amateur team
2015–2016	Cotes d'Armor–Marie Morin
Professional teams
2016	FDJ (stagiaire)
2017–	FDJ
Major wins
	Grand Tours Vuelta a España 2 individual stages (2020) One-day races and Classics Classic Sud-Ardèche (2021)

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

Career[]

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.

Major results[]

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

5th Overall Tour de l'Ain

9th Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan

2017

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

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

4th Overall UAE Tour

8th Overall Vuelta a España

1st Stages 11 & 17

10th Overall Tour de la Provence

2021

1st Classic Sud-Ardèche

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

General classification results timeline[]

Grand Tour	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Grand Tour general classification results
Giro d'Italia	—	—	—	—	—
Tour de France	—	34	13	DNF	11
Vuelta a España	—	—	—	8	—
Major stage race general classification results
Race	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Paris–Nice	—	—	—	—	DNF
Tirreno–Adriatico	—	—	—	—	—
Volta a Catalunya	38	12	—	NH	—
Tour of the Basque Country	—	—	18		5
Tour de Romandie	39	20	5		—
Critérium du Dauphiné	DNF	45	40	—	9
Tour de Suisse	—	—	—	NH	—