Rider Profile
Kaden Groves
Alpecin-Deceuninck
Personal Details:
Teams history:
- 2024 - Alpecin-Deceuninck
- 2023 - Alpecin-Deceuninck
- 2022 - Team BikeExchange-Jayco
- 2021 - Team BikeExchange
- 2020 - Mitchelton-Scott
- 2018 - St George Continental Cycling Team
Biography:
Australian Kaden Groves is a sprint specialist who began his career with Mitchelton-Scott after success in the under-23 ranks. A former junior national champion, Groves won the points classification at the Tour of China, Circuit des Ardennes before his entrance to the WorldTour in 2020. He also won stages in the Tour of Qinghai Lake, Tour of Fuzhou, and the Jayco Herald Sun Tour.
His first major success came in 2022 when he won the points classification and one stage at the Volta a Catalunya, and he followed that up with a stage in the Vuelta a España.
He transferred to Alpecin-Deceuninck in 2023 and enjoyed even more success, winning to stages in Catalunya, a stage of the Giro d'Italia and then three stages of the Vuelta and the overall points classification.
Groves has a contract with the team through 2024.
Key results
4x stages Vuelta a España (1 in 2022, 3 in 2023)
Points classification in Vuelta a España (2023)
1x stage Giro d'Italia (2023)
3x stages Volta a Catalunya (2022, 2023)
Volta Limburg Classic (2023)
Related Articles
Alpecin-Deceuninck announce 7 new riders to complete roster for 2024
By James Moultrie published
News 'Van der Poel wins the Tour of Flanders and Philipsen Paris-Roubaix' clear ambitions for team next season
Kaden Groves pulls off superb third Vuelta stage win after breakaway thriller finale
By Alasdair Fotheringham published
News Australian takes small group sprint victory in Madrid in teeth of peloton
Kaden Groves on precipice of becoming first Australian winner of Vuelta a España green jersey
By Sophie Smith published
Premium 'It’s starting to feel real, as long as we can have a really good final week'
Altitude build-up helps Kaden Groves hit sprint jackpot at Vuelta a España
By Alasdair Fotheringham published
News Groves continues Alpecin-Deceuninck's three-year run of Grand Tour stage wins in Spain
Groves navigates crash, late chase on the way to Giro d'Italia stage victory
By Alasdair Fotheringham published
News Race leader Leknessund also caught behind but manages to regain contact
Cavendish, Evenepoel, Roglic sent sprawling on rainy Giro d'Italia stage 5
By Laura Weislo, Daniel Ostanek published
News Evenepoel falls twice as Vlasov, Carthy, Roglic also caught up in mass crashes in final 10km
'In sprinting this move happens 100 times' – Groves defends Giro d'Italia stage 2 elbow
By Daniel Ostanek, Alasdair Fotheringham published
News 'It was unfortunate, but I hope that everyone is recovering okay and can start today' Groves says about chain-reaction crash
Evenepoel blames Groves for Giro d'Italia crash, Alpecin defend Australian sprinter
By Alasdair Fotheringham published
News Kaden Groves ‘did not feel he did anything wrong’ say team after stage 2 pileup disrupted finish
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