Rudy Molard

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Rudy Molard
File:Diksmuide - Ronde van België, etappe 3, individuele tijdrit, 30 mei 2014 (A132).JPG
Molard at the 2014 Tour of Belgium.
Personal information
Full name Rudy Molard
Born (1989-09-17) 17 September 1989 (age 35)
Gleizé, France
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Weight 62 kg (137 lb; 9 st 11 lb)
Team information
Current team Groupama–FDJ
Discipline Road
Role Rider
Rider type Climber
Amateur team(s)
2008–2010 CR4C Roanne
2011 CC Étupes
Professional team(s)
2011 Cofidis (stagiaire)
2012–2016 Cofidis[1]
2017– FDJ[2][3]

Rudy Molard (born 17 September 1989) is a French road bicycle racer, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Groupama–FDJ.[4]

Career

Molard spent 5 years with Cofidis before moving to FDJ in 2017. During his five year stint with Cofidis, Molard won a Stage at the 2015 Tour du Limousin. He also rode the Tour de France twice, finishing 73rd in 2013.[5] 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 FDJ. 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 FDJ team at the 100th Giro d'Italia, and the Tour de France.[6]

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

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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
1st Jersey polkadot.svg Mountains classification, Tour de l'Ain
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
1st Jersey white.svg Young rider classification
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
Held Jersey red.svg after Stages 5–8
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
Held Jersey red.svg after Stage 5
2023
2nd Road race, National Road Championships
4th Overall Tour de l'Ain
Jersey red number.svg Combativity award Stage 1 Giro d'Italia
2024
5th Overall Tour de l'Ain
9th Overall Tour de Wallonie

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
A pink jersey Giro d'Italia — — — — — 44 — — — 37 — 69 —
A yellow jersey Tour de France — 73 51 — — 36 38 33 39 — — —
A red jersey Vuelta a España 113 — — — 30 — 14 — — DNF 30 29
Major stage race general classification results
Race 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Jersey yellow.svg Paris–Nice — — — — — 16 15 7 7 — — 17 —
[[File:|20px|link=]] Tirreno–Adriatico — — — — — — — — — 16 — — —
MaillotVolta.png Volta a Catalunya — 64 52 44 41 — — — NH — DNF — —
Jersey yellow.svg Tour of the Basque Country — — — 26 44 24 DNF 30 — 32 — —
Jersey yellow.svg Tour de Romandie — — — — — — 29 — — 25 — 36
Jersey yellow-bluebar.svg Critérium du Dauphiné — 64 — — 83 — 29 21 — — 37 — —
Jersey yellow.svg Tour de Suisse — — — — — — — — NH — — — —
Legend
— Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

References

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External links

  • Rudy Molard profile at ProCyclingStats
  • Rudy Molard at Cycling ArchivesLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).

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