Rudy Molard

Rudy Molard (born 17 September 1989) is a French road bicycle racer, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam .

Career Molard spent 5 years with before moving to in 2017. During his five year stint with , Molard won a Stage at the 2015 Tour du Limousin. He also rode the Tour de France twice, finishing 73rd in 2013. and 51st in 2014.

FDJ (2017–present)

2017 Molard finished 16th overall at Paris–Nice, and 24th at Tour of the Basque Country in his first season with . He had a great form during the spring classics, finishing 8th at La Flèche Wallonne, and 17th at Liège–Bastogne–Liège. He was included in the team at the 100th Giro d'Italia, and the Tour de France.

2018 Molard opened his 2018 season off by finishing 3rd overall at both the Tour La Provence, and the Tour du Haut Var. His next race was Paris–Nice, in which he managed to win Stage 6 from Sisteron to Vence. He attacked inside the final kilometer, and managed to get away from the front group. Molard went on to finish 15th overall. He rode the spring classics, and continued his form; he finished 15th at the Amstel Gold Race, 13th at La Flèche Wallonne and 26th at Liège–Bastogne–Liège.

As a preparation for the Tour de France, he rode the Critérium du Dauphiné, and then the French National Road Race Championships, where he finished 6th. His best result during the Tour de France, was 14th on Stage 16. A week after the Tour de France, he finished 11th at Clásica de San Sebastián. At the end of August, he started the Vuelta a España, and managed to get the Leaders Jersey on Stage 5, after being in the breakaway all day. He had the leaders jersey in 4 days before losing it on stage 9.

Major results

2011 3rd Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships UEC European Under-23 Road Championships 6th Road race 9th Time trial 10th Time trial, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships 2012

3rd Overall Tour du Gévaudan Languedoc-Roussillon 2013 9th Grand Prix de la Ville de Lillers 10th Overall Tour du Gévaudan Languedoc-Roussillon 2014 4th Overall Tour de Luxembourg

9th Paris–Troyes 2015 3rd Overall Tour du Limousin 1st Stage 3 3rd Tour du Doubs 5th Overall Tour de Luxembourg 6th La Drôme Classic 9th Grand Prix de la Somme 9th Grand Prix de Wallonie 2017 8th La Flèche Wallonne 2018 1st Stage 6 Paris–Nice 3rd Overall Tour La Provence 3rd Overall Tour du Haut Var Vuelta a España

2019 5th Overall Tour de la Provence 7th Overall Paris–Nice 9th Overall Tour du Haut Var 10th Giro di Lombardia 2020 7th Overall Paris–Nice 10th Paris–Tours 2021 2nd Road race, National Road Championships 4th Overall Tour des Alpes-Maritimes et du Var 2022 3rd Overall Tour de l'Ain 8th Giro di Lombardia 8th Giro dell'Emilia 8th La Flèche Wallonne 9th Tour du Jura 9th Classic Grand Besançon Doubs Vuelta a España

2023 2nd Road race, National Road Championships 4th Overall Tour de l'Ain

2024 3rd Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec 3rd Tour du Finistère 5th Overall Tour de l'Ain 9th Overall Tour de Wallonie

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

+ Legend — Did not compete DNF Did not finish