John Gadret

John Gadret (born 22 April 1979) is a French former professional racing cyclist in cyclo-cross and road racing, currently racing for the USO Bruay-la-Buissière amateur team. He became a stagiaire for in 2003 before turning professional with the team in 2004.

Career

In 2004 he became national cyclo-cross champion of France for the first time. At this stage he was specialized in the cyclo-cross discipline but was beginning to perform well in stage races such as the Deutschland Tour. Gadret won again the French cyclo-cross championships. In the 2006 Giro d'Italia Gadret showed great potential in the mountains by finishing 7th, 6th and 5th on the three mountain stages. He crashed on the 18th stage and was forced to abandon with a broken collarbone. Despite these promising results on the road, Gadret was back in the 2006–2007 cyclo-cross season where he challenged the domination of Belgian Sven Nys in the Koppenbergcross and finished 8th in the UCI World Cyclo-cross Championships. Returning to the road with the aim of competing in his first Tour de France, Gadret took his first road victory at the Grand Prix of Aargau Canton. After the 2007 Tour de France Gadret won the third stage and took the leader's jersey in the Tour de l'Ain which he won the following day.

On Stage 15 of the 2010 Tour de France Gadret caused controversy when he refused to give his wheel to his team leader, Nicolas Roche, following a puncture on the final climb of the day and then began attacking the group ahead of Roche. He later finished 19th overall.

He has won a race against a horse in a charity event.

In the 2011 Giro d'Italia, Gadret finished 3rd overall with a victory on stage 11. He finished 3' 54" behind race winner Michele Scarponi.

After eight seasons with , Gadret left the squad at the end of the 2013 season, and joined the for 2014. He was unable to secure a professional contract after the 2015 season, and returned to the amateur ranks.

Career achievements Cyclo-cross

1996–1997 3rd National Junior Championships 1998–1999 2nd National Under-23 Championships 2001–2002 3rd National Championships 2002–2003 2nd National Championships 2003–2004

2004–2005 2nd National Championships 2005–2006

2006–2007 2nd National Championships Superprestige 3rd Gavere 2007–2008 2nd National Championships 2010–2011 2nd National Championships 2012–2013 3rd National Championships 2015–2016 3rd National Championships 2016–2017 3rd National Championships

Road

2005 3rd Grand Prix de Villers-Cotterêts 4th Tro-Bro Léon 9th Grand Prix de Wallonie 10th Trophée des Grimpeurs 2007

1st Stage 3 1st Grand Prix of Aargau Canton 7th Overall Volta a Catalunya 8th La Flèche Wallonne 2008 1st Stage 4 Tour de l'Ain 8th Overall Tour de Romandie 10th La Flèche Wallonne 2009 8th Overall Tour de l'Ain 2010 6th Overall Route du Sud 2011 3rd Overall Giro d'Italia 1st Stage 11 6th Tour du Doubs 7th Overall Tour de l'Ain 2013 3rd Overall Route du Sud 3rd Overall Tour de l'Ain 10th Overall Critérium International 10th Overall Tour of the Basque Country

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

+ Legend — Did not compete DNF Did not finish