Valentin Madouas
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Personal information | |
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Born | Brest, France | 12 July 1996
Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) |
Weight | 71 kg (157 lb) |
Team information | |
Current team | Groupama–FDJ |
Discipline | Road |
Role | Rider |
Rider type | Puncheur, Classics specialist |
Amateur teams | |
2012–2014 | BIC 2000 Junior |
2015–2016 | BIC 2000 |
2015 | Bretagne–Séché Environnement (stagiaire) |
2017 | Team UC Nantes Atlantique |
2017 | FDJ (stagiaire) |
Professional team | |
2018– | FDJ[1][2] |
Major wins | |
One-day races and Classics |
Valentin Madouas (born 12 July 1996) is a French cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Groupama–FDJ.[3]
Career[edit]
Described as a puncheur, Madouas has seen success in one-day classic races as well as having strong climbing abilities. In May 2019, he was named in the startlist for the 2019 Giro d'Italia, which was his first Grand Tour.[4] In August 2020, he was named in the startlist for the 2020 Tour de France, finishing 27th overall.[5] He saw his first top 10 in a Grand Tour at the 2022 Tour de France, placing 10th. He obtained his first podium place in a classic with a third place at the 2022 Tour of Flanders. In 2023, he won the French National Road Race Championships and finished second in the Strade Bianche.
Personal life[edit]
His father is Laurent Madouas who was also a professional cyclist, riding from 1989 until 2001.[6]
Major results[edit]
- 2014
- 2nd Overall GP Général Patton
- 1st Stage 1
- 3rd Overall Ronde des Vallées
- 1st Stage 2 (ITT)
- 4th Paris–Roubaix Juniors
- 2016
- 1st Road race, National Amateur Road Championships
- 1st Stage 2 Kreiz Breizh Elites
- 7th Overall ZLM Tour
- 2017
- 8th Overall Ronde de l'Isard
- 2018 (1 pro win)
- 1st Paris–Bourges
- 2nd Paris–Camembert
- 4th Overall Tour du Haut Var
- 5th Paris–Tours
- 6th Grand Prix d'Isbergues
- 7th Overall Four Days of Dunkirk
- 7th Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise
- 8th Overall Route d'Occitanie
- 8th Bretagne Classic
- 2019
- 2nd Classic Sud-Ardèche
- 2nd La Drôme Classic
- 5th Road race, National Road Championships
- 8th Overall Étoile de Bessèges
- 8th Amstel Gold Race
- 2020
- 2nd Grand Prix La Marseillaise
- 4th Paris–Tours
- 10th Mont Ventoux Dénivelé Challenge
- 2021 (1)
- 1st Polynormande
- 2nd Boucles de l'Aulne
- 2nd Classic Loire Atlantique
- 3rd Tour du Jura
- 5th Tour du Doubs
- 7th Overall Tour des Alpes-Maritimes et du Var
- 8th Bretagne Classic
- 2022 (3)
- 1st Tour du Doubs
- 1st Mountains classification, Paris–Nice
- 3rd Overall Tour de Luxembourg
- 1st Stages 1 & 5
- 3rd Tour of Flanders
- 4th Overall Tour du Limousin
- 4th Overall Tour des Alpes-Maritimes et du Var
- 7th E3 Saxo Bank Classic
- 10th Overall Tour de France
- 2023 (2)
- 1st Road race, National Road Championships
- 1st Bretagne Classic
- 2nd Strade Bianche
- 4th Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal
- 4th Vuelta a Murcia
- 4th Paris–Camembert
- 5th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
- 8th E3 Saxo Classic
- 2024
- 5th Vuelta a Murcia
- 6th Amstel Gold Race
- 7th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
Grand Tour general classification results timeline[edit]
Grand Tour | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
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Giro d'Italia | 13 | — | — | — | — |
Tour de France | — | 27 | 42 | 10 | 20 |
Vuelta a España | — | — | — | — | — |
Classics results timeline[edit]
Monument | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
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Milan–San Remo | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Tour of Flanders | — | — | 14 | 39 | 3 | DNF | 16 |
Paris–Roubaix | — | — | NH | — | 34 | — | — |
Liège–Bastogne–Liège | 129 | 31 | 25 | 83 | 34 | 5 | 7 |
Giro di Lombardia | — | 97 | — | — | — | 27 | |
Classic | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
Strade Bianche | 20 | — | — | 21 | — | 2 | 15 |
E3 Saxo Bank Classic | — | — | NH | — | 7 | 8 | 43 |
Dwars door Vlaanderen | — | — | 117 | 11 | 28 | 13 | |
Brabantse Pijl | — | — | — | 14 | — | — | — |
Amstel Gold Race | 64 | 8 | NH | 27 | 14 | 11 | 6 |
La Flèche Wallonne | DNF | 40 | 11 | 86 | — | 24 | 15 |
Bretagne Classic | 8 | 24 | — | 8 | 15 | 1 | |
Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec | 49 | 24 | Not held | — | 32 | ||
Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal | 12 | 48 | — | 4 | |||
Paris–Tours | 5 | — | 4 | 22 | — | — |
Major championships timeline[edit]
Event | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | |
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World Championships | Road race | — | — | 34 | 13 | 29 | 15 |
European Championships | Road race | — | — | — | DNF | — | — |
National Championships | Road race | 38 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 64 | 1 |
— | Did not compete |
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DNF | Did not finish |
NH | Not held |
References[edit]
- ^ "Groupama-FDJ confirm 28 riders for 2019". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 15 November 2018. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
- ^ "Groupama - FDJ". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 2 January 2020. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
- ^ "Groupama - FDJ". Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- ^ "2019: 102nd Giro d'Italia: Start List". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
- ^ "107th Tour de France: Startlist". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
- ^ "Valentin Madouas plus fort que son père". Retrieved 2024-01-15.
External links[edit]
- Valentin Madouas at UCI
- Valentin Madouas at Cycling Archives
- Valentin Madouas at ProCyclingStats
- Valentin Madouas at Cycling Quotient
- Valentin Madouas at CycleBase