Damien Gaudin

Damien Gaudin
Personal information
Full nameDamien Gaudin
Born (1986-08-20) 20 August 1986 (age 38)
Beaupréau, France
Height1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight79 kg (174 lb; 12 st 6 lb)
Team information
Current teamRetired
Disciplines
  • Road
  • Track
RoleRider
Rider type
  • Time trialist
  • Classics specialist
Amateur team
2005–2007Vendée U
Professional teams
2008–2013Bouygues Télécom
2014–2016Ag2r–La Mondiale[1]
2017Armée de Terre
2018–2021Direct Énergie[2][3][4]

Damien Gaudin (born 20 August 1986 in Beaupréau) is a French former road bicycle racer, who competed as a professional from 2008 to 2021. He competed for France at the 2008 Summer Olympics.[5]

Gaudin left Team Europcar at the end of the 2013 season, and joined Ag2r–La Mondiale for the 2014 season.[1] He was named in the start list for the 2015 Tour de France[6] and won two combativity awards in the 2018 Tour de France.

  1. ^ a b "Turgot and Gaudin sign with Ag2r-La Mondiale for three years". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 28 August 2013. Retrieved 28 August 2013.
  2. ^ "Direct Énergie". Directvelo (in French). Association Le Peloton. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
  3. ^ "Total Direct Énergie". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 12 January 2020. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
  4. ^ "Total Direct Energie". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 7 January 2021. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  5. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Damien Gaudin". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
  6. ^ "2015 Tour de France start list". Velo News. Retrieved 2 July 2015.