David Gaudu

David Gaudu (born 10 October 1996) is a French professional cyclist who rides for UCI WorldTeam.

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.

In July 2018, he was named in the start list for the 2018 Tour de France. In October 2020, he was named in the startlist for the 2020 Vuelta a España. 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.

On stage 3 of the 2022 Critérium du Dauphiné Gaudu was five or six riders deep as the sprint for the finish line began. Wout Van Aert overpowered all the other riders and as the finish approached began to celebrate when he noticed Gaudu flying past him out of the corner of his eye and immediately lowered his hands knowing he had been bested. Gaudu slowed to a stop a few hundred meters past the finish line and celebrated with his teammates.

Prior to the start of the 2022 Tour de France Gaudu signed a contract extension through 2025 with. He said that he just could not see himself riding for any other colours. During the Tour he had the requisite first week luck and throughout the second week stayed with the majority of the elite GC contenders. He was also in a battle with respected veteran Romain Bardet for the highest placed French rider, although he did essentially say that being the best French rider shouldn't be the goal if French riding wants to regain the top step of the Tour podium. Gaudu survived the final climbs of Peyragudes and Hautacam as the heavy climbing ended in the Pyrenees. He was in position to finish top 5 overall going into the final ITT. He rode strong enough during the time trial to enter Paris in 4th place overall.

Major results

 * 2014
 * 1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Aubel–Thimister–La Gleize
 * 1st Stage 3
 * 6th Overall Ronde des Vallées


 * 2016
 * 1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Tour de l'Avenir
 * 1st Stage 6
 * 1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Course de la Paix U23
 * 1st Jersey green.svg Points classification
 * 1st Stage 2
 * 3rd Road race, National Amateur Road Championships
 * 5th Overall Tour de l'Ain
 * 9th Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan


 * 2017 (1 pro win)
 * 2nd Overall Tour de l'Ain
 * 1st Jersey white.svg 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 (1)
 * 3rd Overall UAE Tour
 * 1st Jersey white.svg Young rider classification
 * 4th Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli
 * 5th Overall Tour de Romandie
 * 1st Jersey white.svg Young rider classification
 * 1st Stage 3
 * 5th Milano–Torino
 * 6th Overall Tour La Provence
 * 1st Jersey green.svg Young rider classification
 * 6th Liège–Bastogne–Liège


 * 2020 (2)
 * 4th Overall UAE Tour
 * 8th Overall Vuelta a España
 * 1st Stages 11 & 17
 * 10th Overall Tour de la Provence


 * 2021 (3)
 * 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 Jersey white.svg 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 Jersey white.svg Young rider classification
 * Jersey red number.svg Combativity award Stage 18 Tour de France


 * 2022 (2)
 * 1st Stage 3 Critérium du Dauphiné
 * 3rd Mercan'Tour Classic
 * 4th Overall Tour de France
 * 5th Overall Volta ao Algarve
 * 1st Stage 2
 * 5th Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal


 * 2023
 * 2nd Overall Paris–Nice
 * 2nd Faun-Ardèche Classic
 * 4th Overall Tour of the Basque Country
 * 4th La Drôme Classic
 * 7th Overall Tour des Alpes-Maritimes et du Var
 * 1st Jersey red.svg Mountains classification
 * 9th Overall Tour de France


 * 2024 (1)
 * 1st Tour du Jura
 * 3rd Classic Grand Besançon Doubs
 * 6th Classic Var