Romain Bardet

Romain Bardet

Bardet at the 2014 Tour de l'Ain
Personal information
Full name Romain Bardet
Born (1990-11-09) 9 November 1990
Brioude, France
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight 67 kg (148 lb; 10.6 st)
Team information
Current team AG2R La Mondiale
Discipline Road
Role Rider
Rider type Climber
Professional team(s)
2012– Ag2r–La Mondiale
Major wins

Grand Tours

Tour de France
1 individual stage (2015)
Combativity award (2015)
Infobox last updated on
26 July 2015

Romain Bardet (born 9 November 1990) is a professional French racing cyclist, currently riding for AG2R La Mondiale.

Professional career

Bardet at the 2013 Tour de France

Bardet turned professional in 2012.[1] He distinguished himself in the 2012 Tour of Turkey especially in the 3rd stage, which was a mountain affair, where he attacked relentlessly to finally take fifth place.[2] He also finished fifth overall in this stage race.[3]

In 2014, Bardet finished sixth overall in the Tour de France. He also wore the White jersey for several days, ultimately placing second to Thibaut Pinot (FDJ) in the Young rider classification.

In 2015, he took a mountain stage victory on the Critérium du Dauphiné, after attacking the leading group at the end of the penultimate climb of the day. He gained a minute on the technical descent, then went back up to Pra Loup to take the solo win.[4]

On 23 July 2015, after a solo breakaway, Bardet won stage 18 of the Tour de France. It was his first ever Tour de France stage victory.[5] The next day, he claimed the polka dot jersey for the first time, after finishing fifth on Stage 19.[6] However, he lost the polka dot jersey to Chris Froome on Stage 20. Bardet finished in ninth place overall, and was awarded the Super- Combativity award.

Personal life

Alongside his professional cycling career, Romain Bardet began business studies in 2011, in the Grande Ecole program adapted to high-level athletes in Grenoble School of Management.[7] He should obtain his Postgraduate diploma in Management in 2015.

Palmares

2009
5th Overall Tour des Pays de Savoie
2010
6th Overall Tour de l'Avenir
8th Overall Tour des Pays de Savoie
8th Overall Giro Delle Regioni
9th Overall Ronde de l'Isard
1st Stage 4
10th Piccolo Giro di Lombardia
2011
2nd Overall Tour des Pays de Savoie
1st Stages 2 & 3
Tour de l'Avenir
1st Stage 5
2nd Liège–Bastogne–Liège Espoirs
4th Overall Coppa delle Nazioni
6th Overall Giro del Friuli
9th GP Palio del Recioto
2012
5th Overall Tour of Turkey
2013
1st Overall Tour de l'Ain
1st Points classification
3rd Les Boucles du Sud Ardèche
4th Overall Route du Sud
5th Overall Tour of Beijing
1st Young rider classification
7th Overall Étoile de Bessèges
2014
1st La Drôme Classic
1st Young rider classification Tour of Oman
2nd Overall Tour de l'Ain[8]
4th Overall Volta a Catalunya
4th Classic Sud-Ardèche
5th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné
5th Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal
6th Overall Tour de France
Held after Stages 10–15
Combativity award Stage 17
10th Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise
10th Paris–Camembert
10th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
2015
3rd International Road Cycling Challenge
5th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía[9]
6th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné
1st Stage 5
6th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
7th Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal
9th Overall Giro del Trentino[10]
9th Overall Tour de Romandie
9th Overall Tour de France
1st Stage 18
Combativity award Stage 18 & Overall
Held after Stage 19
2016
2nd Overall Tour of Oman
5th Classic Sud-Ardèche
6th Overall Volta a Catalunya
6th Overall Giro del Trentino
8th La Drôme Classic
9th Overall Paris–Nice

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour 2013 2014 2015
Pink jersey Giro - - -
Yellow jersey Tour 15 6 9
red jersey Vuelta - -

WD = Withdrew; IP = In Progress

Other major stage races

Race 2012 2013 2014 2015
Paris–Nice  – 27 36 14
Tirreno–Adriatico  –  –  –  –
Volta a Catalunya 40 53 4  
Tour of the Basque Country  –  –  –  
Tour de Romandie  –  –  – 9
Critérium du Dauphiné  – 5 6
Tour de Suisse  –  –  –

References

  1. ↑ "Profile". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 30 April 2012.
  2. ↑ "Grabovski wins Tour of Turkey stage 3". Cyclingnews.com. 24 April 2012. Retrieved 19 May 2012.
  3. ↑ "Gabrovski wins 2012 Tour of Turkey". Cyclingnews.com. 26 April 2013. Retrieved 19 May 2012.
  4. ↑ "Bardet takes stage 5 at Dauphiné as van Garderen seizes yellow". VeloNews (Competitor Group, Inc.). 11 June 2015. Retrieved 11 June 2015.
  5. ↑ "Bardet solos to stage win in Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne". Cyclingnews.com. 23 July 2015. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
  6. ↑ "The shark is back in business". letour.fr. 24 July 2015. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
  7. ↑ "Révélation du Tour de France … et étudiant". grenoble-em.com. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
  8. ↑ "Lindeman wins Tour de L'Ain". cyclingnews.com. 16 August 2014. Retrieved 22 August 2014.
  9. ↑ "Vuelta a Andalucia: Lobato scorches to victory on final stage". cyclingnews.com. 22 February 2015. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
  10. ↑ Frattini, Kirsten (24 April 2015). "Richie Porte seals Giro del Trentino overall win". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 25 April 2015.

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