Rider Profile
Romain Bardet
Team dsm-firmenich-PostNL
Personal Details:
Teams history:
- 2024 - Team dsm-firmenich-PostNL
- 2023 - Team dsm-firmenich
- 2022 - Team DSM
- 2021 - Team DSM
- 2020 - AG2R La Mondiale
- 2019 - AG2R La Mondiale
- 2018 - AG2R La Mondiale
- 2017 - AG2R La Mondiale
- 2016 - AG2R La Mondiale
- 2015 - AG2R La Mondiale
- 2014 - AG2R La Mondiale
- 2013 - AG2R La Mondiale
- 2012 - AG2R La Mondiale
Biography:
Romain Bardet has been a GC leader at two WorldTour teams - Team dsm-firmenich PostNL and AG2R La Mondiale - for 14 seasons. The Frenchman, born in Brioude on November 9, 1990, looks to compete for an 11th time at the Tour de France in 2024.
After turning heads at the age of 20 with stage wins at Tour de l’Avenir and Tour des Pays de Savoie, he signed with WorldTour-level AG2R La Mondiale in 2012, remaining there through 2020. It was there he carried the country’s Tour de France dreams along with Thibaut Pinot for the better part of a decade. Bardet had his best result with a second place at the 2016 Tour. He had six top 10s to his name as well as a top 10 at the 2021 Giro d'Italia.
Bardet has been one of the top stage racers of his generation and is frequently in the mix for wins at WorldTour level, though he's only won the overall at two stage races in his career – the 2013 Tour de l'Ain and the 2022 Tour of the Alps. With Team DSM, he was sixth at the Tour in 2022 and seventh at the Giro in 2021.
His palmarès also includes three stage wins at the Tour de France between 2015 and 2017, the mountains classification title at the 2019 Tour, a stage of the 2015 Critérium du Dauphiné, and a stage at the 2021 Vuelta a España, where he finished second in the mountain classification to then-teammate Michael Storer. At the Road World Championships in 2018, Bardet captured the silver medal for France.
Key Results
2023
🥈 One stage at Vuelta a España
🥉 One stage at Vuelta a España
2022
🥇 GC Tour of the Alpes
🥈 One stage at Tour de France
🥈 One stage at Giro d’Italia
🥈 Mountains classification at Deutschland Tour
2021
🥇 One stage at Vuelta a España
🥇 One stage and mountains classification at Vuelta a Burgos
🥈 Mountains classification at Vuelta a España
🥈 One stage at Giro d’Italia
2020
🥈 GC at Tour des Alpes Maritimes et du Var
2019
🥇 Mountains classification at Tour de France
🥈 One stage at Tour de France
🥈 One stage and GC at Tour Cycliste du Haut Var
2018
🥈 World Championships road race
🥈 Giro della Toscana
🥈 Strade Bianche
🥉 Two stages at Tour de France
🥉 One stage and GC at Critérium du Dauphiné
🥉 Liège-Bastogne-Liège
2017
🥇 One stage at Tour de France
🥉 One stage and GC at Tour de France
2016
🥇 One stage at Tour de France
🥈 GC at Tour de France
🥈 Giro dell’Emilia
🥈 GC at Critérium du Dauphiné
🥈 GC at Tour of Oman
2015
🥇 One stage at Tour de France
🥈 Youth classification at Tour de France
🥉 Two stages at Tour de France
2014
🥈 One stage and GC at Tour de l’Ain
🥈 Youth classification at Tour de France
2013
🥇 Points classification and GC at Tour de l’Ain
Related Articles
Romain Bardet: The five races that changed my life
By Daniel Benson published
Feature From the Tour de France to the mountain bike, Frenchman picks the races that mean the most to him
Bardet admits he is unsure of his future at AG2R La Mondiale
By Stephen Farrand, Patrick Fletcher published
News Frenchman rules out targeting overall victory at Tour de France
Team Sunweb interested in signing Romain Bardet for 2021
By Cyclingnews published
News German team among a number of suitors for French climber
Bardet sees a chance to ride Tour of Flanders and Paris-Roubaix
By Cyclingnews published
News 'It promises to be epic, with the wet and greasy pavé' says Frenchman
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Bardet: There won't be room for three Grand Tours in three months
By Cyclingnews published
News Frenchman plans for Tour de France rather than Giro d'Italia
Bardet switches plans to Tour de France
By Patrick Fletcher published
News Frenchman had intended to make Giro d'Italia debut
Bardet opposed to dispensation for pro riders to train outdoors during coronavirus lockdown
By Cyclingnews published
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