Kaden Groves

Kaden Groves (born 23 December 1998) is an Australian cyclist who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam. Groves is a sprinter with speed on flat races, but who can also climb better than most sprinters.

Career
Groves was the 2016 winner of the junior race at the Australian National Road Race Championships. In 2017, Groves finished runner-up in the prologue stage of the Tour de Kumano. He won stage 3 of the Tour of Fuzhou.

In August 2019, Groves joined UCI WorldTeam as a stagiaire for the second half of the season, before joining the team permanently in 2020. In 2022, he won his first Grand Tour stage, when he won stage 11 of the Vuelta a España in a sprint finish. In 2023 he won stage 5 of the Giro d'Italia.

Major results



 * 2016
 * 1st MaillotAustralia.PNG Road race, National Junior Road Championships


 * 2017 (1 pro win)
 * 1st Stage 3 Tour of Fuzhou
 * 1st Team time trial, Queensland State Road Championships


 * 2018 (2)
 * 1st Stage 13 Tour of Qinghai Lake
 * 1st Stage 5 Tour of Fuzhou
 * 1st Stage 1 Tour of Quanzhou Bay
 * 3rd Overall Tour of China II
 * 1st Jersey green.svg Points classification


 * 2019
 * Le Triptyque des Monts et Châteaux
 * 1st Stages 1 & 3
 * 1st Stage 1 Ronde de l'Isard
 * 2nd Eschborn–Frankfurt Under-23
 * 4th Overall Circuit des Ardennes
 * 1st Jersey green.svg Points classification
 * 1st Stages 1 & 4
 * 8th Liège–Bastogne–Liège Espoirs
 * 10th Brussels Cycling Classic


 * 2020 (2)
 * Herald Sun Tour
 * 1st Stages 3 & 5
 * 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Czech Cycling Tour
 * 4th Race Torquay


 * 2021 (1)
 * 1st MaillotAustralia.PNG Criterium, National Road Championships
 * 1st Prologue Okolo Slovenska


 * 2022 (3)
 * 1st Stage 11 Vuelta a España
 * Volta a Catalunya
 * 1st Jersey blue lines volta.svg Points classification
 * 1st Stage 2
 * 1st Stage 2 Tour of Turkey
 * 3rd Overall Tour of Estonia
 * 1st Points classification


 * 2023 (7)
 * 1st Volta Limburg Classic
 * Vuelta a España
 * 1st Points classification
 * 1st Stages 4, 5 & 21
 * 1st Stage 5 Giro d'Italia
 * Volta a Catalunya
 * 1st Stages 4 & 6
 * 2nd Münsterland Giro
 * 2nd Famenne Ardenne Classic
 * 3rd Schwalbe Classic


 * 2024
 * 3rd Brussels Cycling Classic
 * 10th Circuit Franco-Belge