Valentin Madouas

Valentin Madouas (born 12 July 1996) is a French cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam .

Career Described as a puncheur, Madouas has seen success in one-day classic races as well as having strong climbing abilities. He won his first pro race in 2018 at Paris–Bourges in his first season as a professional. In May 2019, competed in the Giro d'Italia, his first Grand Tour. In August 2020, he finished 27th overall in his first Tour de France. He saw his first top 10 in a Grand Tour at the 2022 Tour de France, placing 10th. He obtained his first podium place in a classic with a third place at the 2022 Tour of Flanders. That season, he also won two stages of the Tour de Luxembourg in addition to the one-day Tour du Doubs. In June 2023, he won the French National Road Race Championships after placing second in the Strade Bianche three months earlier. In September, he took his first UCI WorldTour level victory, winning a four-rider sprint at the Bretagne Classic. He won a silver medal in the road race at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

Personal life His father is Laurent Madouas who was also a professional cyclist, riding from 1989 until 2001.

Major results

2014 2nd Overall GP Général Patton 1st Stage 1 3rd Overall Ronde des Vallées 1st Stage 2 (ITT) 4th Paris–Roubaix Juniors 2016 1st Road race, National Amateur Road Championships 1st Stage 2 Kreiz Breizh Elites 7th Overall ZLM Tour 2017 8th Overall Ronde de l'Isard 2018 (1 pro win) 1st Paris–Bourges 2nd Paris–Camembert 4th Overall Tour du Haut Var 5th Paris–Tours 6th Grand Prix d'Isbergues 7th Overall Four Days of Dunkirk 7th Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise 8th Overall Route d'Occitanie 1st Young rider classification 8th Bretagne Classic 2019 2nd Classic Sud-Ardèche 2nd La Drôme Classic 5th Road race, National Road Championships 8th Overall Étoile de Bessèges 1st Young rider classification 8th Amstel Gold Race 2020 2nd Grand Prix La Marseillaise 4th Paris–Tours 10th Mont Ventoux Dénivelé Challenge 2021 (1) 1st Polynormande 2nd Boucles de l'Aulne 2nd Classic Loire Atlantique 3rd Tour du Jura 5th Tour du Doubs 7th Overall Tour des Alpes-Maritimes et du Var 8th Bretagne Classic 2022 (3) 1st Tour du Doubs 1st Mountains classification, Paris–Nice 3rd Overall Tour de Luxembourg 1st Stages 1 & 5 3rd Tour of Flanders 4th Overall Tour du Limousin 1st Mountains classification 4th Overall Tour des Alpes-Maritimes et du Var 7th E3 Saxo Bank Classic 10th Overall Tour de France 2023 (2) 1st Road race, National Road Championships 1st Bretagne Classic 2nd Strade Bianche 4th Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal 4th Vuelta a Murcia 4th Paris–Camembert 5th Liège–Bastogne–Liège 8th E3 Saxo Classic 2024

5th Vuelta a Murcia 6th Amstel Gold Race 7th Liège–Bastogne–Liège 9th Overall Tour du Limousin 2025 3rd Tro-Bro Léon

Grand Tour general classification results timeline Grand Tour 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Giro d'Italia 13 — — — — — — Tour de France — 27 4210 20 25 21 Vuelta a España — — — — — — —

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Major championships timeline

+ Legend — Did not compete DNF Did not finish NH Not held IP In progress