Mathieu Ladagnous

Matthieu Ladagnous

Ladagnous at the 2007 Tour de France
Personal information
Full name	Mathieu Ladagnous
Born	(1984-12-12) 12 December 1984 (age 36) Pau, France
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	73 kg (161 lb)
Team information
Current team	Groupama–FDJ
Disciplines	Road Track
Role	Rider
Rider type	Rouleur
Professional team
2006–	Française des Jeux[1][2]

Matthieu Ladagnous (born 12 December 1984) is a French road and track racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Groupama–FDJ.^[3]

Career[]

Born in Pau, Ladagnous became junior world champion at the madison in Melbourne, Australia in 2002 with his partner . In 2003 he won the French national title at the points race for the under-23 level. He also won a bronze medal at the individual sprint (under-23) and a silver medal at the madison with Fabien Patanchon in the elite class. Later that year he and Patanchon became European champions at the under-23 track cycling championships. A year later he won the bronze medal at the scratch in the 2003 under-23 championships. He improved his bronze national individual pursuit manager into a gold, while his points race gold was changed in a silver in 2004. In the elite class he won the madison gold, again alongside Patanchon.

In 2005 he first continued as a track cyclist and added another national under-23 silver to his palmarès at the individual pursuit. A silver medal in the elite class was added at the madison where he teamed up with Patanchon again. At the team pursuit he, Anthony Langella, Fabien Sanchez and won the gold medal and became national elite champions. At the 2005 European championships in Fiorenzuola he won a silver medal at the points race. In 2005 he also made his first road cycling appearance. He immediately won the prologue in the Mainfranken-Tour (under-23) and the overall classification. He decided to focus mainly at the road for the 2006 season, but won another team pursuit gold with Mickael Delage, . and . He booked his first road race win in 2006, when he won the fifth stage of the Tour Méditerranéen. The following year he won the fifth stage and the general classification of the Four Days of Dunkirk.

He was named in the start list for the 2017 Giro d'Italia.^[4]

Personal life[]

He is the brother of French rugby union international Caroline Ladagnous.^[5]

Major results[]

Grand Tour general classification results timeline[]

Grand Tour	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Giro d'Italia	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	97	DNF	—	—
Tour de France	112	—	—	93	—	85	—	76	71	DNF	—	—	126	94
/ Vuelta a España	—	89	63	—	—	—	—	—	—	98	—	—	—	DNF

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External links[]

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