Valentin Madouas

Valentin Madouas (born 12 July 1996) is a French cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam.

Career
Described as a puncheur, Madouas has seen success in one-day classic races as well as having strong climbing abilities. He won his first pro race in 2018 at Paris–Bourges in his first season as a professional. In May 2019, competed in the Giro d'Italia, his first Grand Tour. In August 2020, he finished 27th overall in his first Tour de France. 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. That season, he also won two stages of the Tour de Luxembourg in addition to the one-day Tour du Doubs. In June 2023, he won the French National Road Race Championships after placing second in the Strade Bianche three months earlier. In September, he took his first UCI WorldTour level victory, winning a four-rider sprint at the Bretagne Classic.

Personal life
His father is Laurent Madouas who was also a professional cyclist, riding from 1989 until 2001.

Major results

 * 2014
 * 2nd Overall GP Général Patton
 * 1st Stage 1
 * 3rd Overall Ronde des Vallées
 * 1st Stage 2 (ITT)
 * 4th Paris–Roubaix Juniors


 * 2016
 * 1st MaillotFra.PNG 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
 * 1st Jersey white.svg Young rider classification
 * 8th Bretagne Classic


 * 2019
 * 2nd Classic Sud-Ardèche
 * 2nd La Drôme Classic
 * 5th Road race, National Road Championships
 * 8th Overall Étoile de Bessèges
 * 1st Jersey white.svg Young rider classification
 * 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 Jersey polkadot.svg Mountains classification, Paris–Nice
 * 3rd Overall Tour de Luxembourg
 * 1st Stages 1 & 5
 * 3rd Tour of Flanders
 * 4th Overall Tour du Limousin
 * 1st Jersey polkadot.svg Mountains classification
 * 4th Overall Tour des Alpes-Maritimes et du Var
 * 7th E3 Saxo Bank Classic
 * 10th Overall Tour de France


 * 2023 (2)
 * 1st MaillotFra.PNG 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