Damien Gaudin

{{Infobox cyclist

| name = Damien Gaudin

| image = 2015 UEC Track Elite European Championships 213.JPG

| caption = Gaudin at the 2015 UEC European Track Championships

| fullname = Damien Gaudin

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1986|8|20|df=y}}

| birth_place = Beaupréau, France

| height = 1.90 m

| weight = {{convert|79|kg|lb stlb|0|abbr=on}}

| currentteam = Retired

| disciplines = {{ubl|Road|Track}}

| role = Rider

| ridertype = {{ubl|Time trialist|Classics specialist}}

| amateuryears1 = 2005–2007

| amateurteam1 = Vendée U

| proyears1 = 2008–2013

| proteam1 = {{UCI team code|BBO|2008}}

| proyears2 = 2014–2016

| proteam2 = {{UCI team code|ALM|2014}}{{cite news|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/turgot-and-gaudin-sign-with-ag2r-la-mondiale-for-three-years|title=Turgot and Gaudin sign with Ag2r-La Mondiale for three years|work=Cyclingnews.com|publisher=Future plc|date=28 August 2013|access-date=28 August 2013}}

| proyears3 = 2017

| proteam3 = {{UCI team code|ADT|2017}}

| proyears4 = 2018–2021

| proteam4 = {{UCI team code|TDE|2018}}{{cite web|url=https://www.directvelo.com/equipe/2734/direct-energie#riders-2019|title=Direct Énergie|language=fr|access-date=14 January 2019|work=Directvelo|publisher=Association Le Peloton}}{{cite web|url=https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/14019/1000640/266|title=Total Direct Énergie|work=UCI.org|publisher=Union Cycliste Internationale|access-date=12 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200112014526/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/14019/1000640/266|archive-date=12 January 2020}}{{cite web|url=https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15263/1000640/280|title=Total Direct Energie|work=UCI.org|publisher=Union Cycliste Internationale|access-date=7 January 2021|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210107141554/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15263/1000640/280|archive-date=7 January 2021}}

| majorwins =

}}

Damien Gaudin (born 20 August 1986) 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.{{cite Sports-Reference}}

Gaudin left {{UCI team code|EUC|2013}} at the end of the 2013 season, and joined {{UCI team code|ALM|2014|nolink=yes}} for the 2014 season. He was named in the start list for the 2015 Tour de France{{cite web |url=http://velonews.competitor.com/2015/06/news/preliminary-start-list-2015-tour-de-france_375043 |title=2015 Tour de France start list |access-date=2 July 2015 |work=Velo News}} and won two combativity awards in the 2018 Tour de France.

Major results

;2003

: 1st Chrono des Nations Juniors

;2004

: 3rd Chrono des Nations Juniors

;2006

: 1st 20px Madison, National Track Championships (with Thibaut Mace)

: National Under-23 Track Championships

::1st 20px Individual pursuit

::1st 20px Points race

;2007

: National Under-23 Track Championships

::1st 20px Individual pursuit

::2nd Team pursuit

: 1st Paris–Roubaix Espoirs

: 2nd Madison, National Track Championships (with Thibaut Mace)

: 2nd Overall Tour du Haut-Anjou

: 9th Overall Ronde de l'Oise

;2008

: 1st 20px Madison, National Track Championships (with Sébastien Turgot)

;2009

: National Track Championships

::1st 20px Individual pursuit

::2nd Madison (with Jérôme Cousin)

;2010

: National Track Championships

::1st 20px Individual pursuit

::1st 20px Madison (with Benoît Daeninck)

;2011

: 4th Overall Danmark Rundt

: 6th Overall Tour du Poitou-Charentes

;2012

: 5th Overall Danmark Rundt

: 5th Duo Normand (with Sébastien Turgot)

: 8th Grote Prijs Jef Scherens

;2013

: 1st Cholet-Pays de Loire

: 1st Prologue Paris–Nice

: 5th Paris–Roubaix

;2015

: 4th Grand Prix de la Somme

: 5th Overall Four Days of Dunkirk

;2016

: 7th Overall Four Days of Dunkirk

;2017

: 1st Tro-Bro Léon

: 1st Stage 6 Tour de Normandie

: 1st Stage 4 Tour de Bretagne

: 1st Prologue Tour de Luxembourg

: 1st Prologue Volta a Portugal

: 9th Overall Tour du Poitou-Charentes

;2018

: 1st Prologue Tour de Luxembourg

: 2nd Tro-Bro Léon

: 3rd Overall La Tropicale Amissa Bongo

: 3rd Le Samyn

: Tour de France

::20px Combativity award Stages 6 & 9

;2019

: 9th Overall Tour Poitou-Charentes en Nouvelle-Aquitaine

;2020

: 8th Overall La Tropicale Amissa Bongo

;2021

: 2nd Nokere Koerse

=Grand Tour general classification results timeline=

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scope="col" \| Grand Tour ! scope="col" \| 2009 ! scope="col" \| 2010 ! scope="col" \| 2011 ! scope="col" \| 2012 ! scope="col" \| 2013 ! scope="col" \| 2014 ! scope="col" \| 2015 ! scope="col" \| 2016 ! scope="col" \| 2017 ! scope="col" \| 2018
style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" \| File:Jersey pink.svg Giro d'Italia \|— \| 136 \|— \|— \|— \|— \|— \|— \|— \|—
style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" \| File:Jersey yellow.svg Tour de France \|— \|— \|— \|— \|— \|— \| 146 \|— \|— \| 140
style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" \| File:Jersey red.svg Vuelta a España \| 139 \|— \|— \|— \|— \| 132 \|— \|— \|— \|—

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scope="col" | Grand Tour

! scope="col" | 2009

! scope="col" | 2010

! scope="col" | 2011

! scope="col" | 2012

! scope="col" | 2013

! scope="col" | 2014

! scope="col" | 2015

! scope="col" | 2016

! scope="col" | 2017

! scope="col" | 2018