Mathieu Ladagnous

Mathieu Ladagnous

Ladagnous at the 2007 Tour de France
Personal information
Full name Mathieu Ladagnous
Born (1984-12-12) 12 December 1984
Pau, France
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 73 kg (161 lb)
Team information
Current team FDJ
Discipline Road and track
Role Rider
Rider type Rouleur
Professional team(s)
2006– Française des Jeux
Infobox last updated on
2 January 2014

Mathieu Ladagnous (born 12 December 1984) is a French road racing cyclist who rides for FDJ.[1] He also competes as a track cyclist.

Career

Born in Pau, Ladagnous became junior world champion at the madison in Melbourne, Australia in 2002 with his partner Tom Thiblier. In 2003 he won the French national title at the points race for the under-23 level. He also won a bronze medal at the individual sprint (under-23) and a silver medal at the madison with Fabien Patanchon in the elite class. Later that year he and Patanchon became European champions at the under-23 track cycling championships. A year later he won the bronze medal at the scratch in the 2003 under-23 championships. He improved his bronze national individual pursuit manager into a gold, while his points race gold was changed in a silver in 2004. In the elite class he won the madison gold, again alongside Patanchon.

In 2005 he first continued as a track cyclist and added another national under-23 silver to his palmarès at the individual pursuit. A silver medal in the elite class was added at the madison where he teamed up with Patanchon again. At the team pursuit he, Anthony Langella, Fabien Sanchez and Mickaël Mallie won the gold medal and became national elite champions. At the 2005 European championships in Fiorenzuola he won a silver medal at the points race. In 2005 he also made his first road cycling appearance. He immediately won the prologue in the Mainfranken-Tour (under-23) and the overall classification. He decided to focus mainly at the road for the 2006 season, but won another team pursuit gold with Mickael Delage, Jonathan Mouchel. Mikaël Preau and Sylvain Blanquefort. He booked his first road race win in 2006, when he won the fifth stage of the Tour Méditerranéen. Earlier that year he won the fifth stage and the general classification of the Four Days of Dunkirk.

Palmarès

2002
1st Madison, UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Junior
2003
National Track Championships
1st Under-23 points race
2nd Madison
3rd Under-23 Individual pursuit
1st Madison, European Track Championships – U23
2004
National Track Championships
1st Madison
1st Under-23 individual pursuit
2nd Points race
3rd Scratch, European Track Championships U23
3rd Scratch, UCI Track World Cup, Sydney
2005
National Track Championships
1st Team pursuit
2nd Madison
2nd Under-23 individual pursuit
2nd UIV Cup, Rotterdam – U23
1st Overall Mainfranken-Tour – U23
1st Prologue
2nd Points race, European Track Championships – U23
9th Mediterranean Games Road Race
2006
1st Stage 5, Tour Méditerranéen
1st Team pursuit, National Track Championships – Elite
2007
1st Stage 5, Four Days of Dunkirk
1st Overall Four Days of Dunkirk
2009
1st Overall, La Tropicale Amissa Bongo Ondimbo
1st Stage 1
1st, Polynormande
2011
1st Stage 1, Tour de Wallonie
2nd Overall Tour du Limousin
1st Stages 3 & 4
2012
5th Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan
6th Overall Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen
7th E3 Harelbeke
8th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
2013
1st Boucles de l'Aulne
1st Stage 3 Tour du Limousin
5th Tour of Flanders
6th Gent–Wevelgem
6th Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan
8th Overall Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen
8th Gran Premio Nobili Rubinetterie
2015
4th Overall Tour du Haut Var[2]
5th Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan
2016
2nd Overall La Méditerranéenne
1st Stage 1 (TTT)
10th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad

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