Matthieu Ladagnous (born 12 December 1984) is a French road and track racing cyclist, who rides for

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. Riding entirely for the team and its succeeding iterations since his début in 2006, Ladagnous has taken eleven victories during his professional career, including victories in the 2007

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and 2009

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stage races.

Career

Born in Pau, Ladagnous became junior world champion at the madison in

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, Australia in 2002 with his partner Tom Thiblier. In 2003 he won the French national title at the points race for the under-23 level. He also won a bronze medal at the individual sprint (under-23) and a silver medal at the madison with

Fabien Patanchon Fabien Patanchon (born 14 June 1983 in Bordeaux) is a French professional road bicycle racer who is currently unattached Palmarès * Paris–Tours U23 (2005) * Track Championships ** 1st, Madison (2004-with Mathieu Ladagnous Matthieu Lad ...

in the elite class. Later that year he and Patanchon became European champions at the under-23 track cycling championships. A year later he won the bronze medal at the scratch in the 2003 under-23 championships. He improved his bronze national individual pursuit manager into a gold, while his points race gold was changed in a silver in 2004. In the elite class he won the madison gold, again alongside Patanchon. In 2005 he first continued as a track cyclist and added another national under-23 silver to his palmarès at the individual pursuit. A silver medal in the elite class was added at the madison where he teamed up with Patanchon again. At the team pursuit he, Anthony Langella,

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and Mickaël Mallie won the gold medal and became national elite champions. At the 2005 European championships in Fiorenzuola d'Arda he won a silver medal at the points race. In 2005 he also made his first road cycling appearance. He immediately won the prologue in the

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(under-23) and the overall classification. He decided to focus mainly at the road for the 2006 season, but won another team pursuit gold with Mickaël Delage, Jonathan Mouchel,

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and Sylvain Blanquefort. He booked his first road race win in 2006, when he won the fifth stage of the

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. The following year he won the fifth stage and the general classification of the

. He was named in the start list for the 2017 Giro d'Italia. In January 2023, entering his eighteenth season as a professional – all with and its preceding iterations – Ladagnous announced that he would retire from the sport at the end of the year.

Personal life

He is the brother of French

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international Caroline Ladagnous.

Major results

Track

;2002 : 1st Jersey rainbow

Madison,

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;2003 : 1st UEC Champion Jersey

Madison, UEC European Under-23 Track Championships :

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::1st

Under-23 points race ::2nd Madison ::3rd Under-23 individual pursuit ;2004 :

::1st

Madison ::1st MaillotFra

Under-23 individual pursuit ::2nd Points race : 3rd Bronze medal europe

Scratch, UEC European Under-23 Track Championships : 3rd Bronze medal blank

Scratch, UCI Track World Cup Classics, Sydney ;2005 :

::1st

Team pursuit ::2nd Madison ::2nd Under-23 individual pursuit : 2nd Silver medal europe

Points race, UEC European Under-23 Track Championships : 2nd UIV Cup,

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;2006 : 1st MaillotFra

Team pursuit,

Road

Source: ;2005 : 1st Jersey yellow

Overall

Under-23 ::1st Prologue : 1st Overall Kreiz Breizh Elites ::1st Stages 2a & 3 : 5th Overall

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: 9th Road race,

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;2006 : 1st Stage 5

: 6th Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan : 6th

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: 7th Le Samyn ;2007 : 1st Jersey pink

Overall

::1st

Young rider classification ::1st Stage 5 : 4th Overall

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::1st

Young rider classification ;2009 : 1st Jersey yellow

Overall

::1st Stage 1 : 1st

Polynormande The Polynormande is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in August in the region of Normandy, France. Between 1980 and 2002 it was a criterium. Since 2003, the race is organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour, also being part of ...

: 2nd

: 4th Overall Tour du Haut Var : 4th Overall Tour de Wallonie : 7th Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne : 9th Overall Étoile de Bessèges : 10th Overall

: 10th

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;2010 : 2nd Overall Étoile de Bessèges : 2nd

Cholet-Pays de Loire Grand Prix Cholet-Pays de la Loire is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in March in Cholet, France. Since 2005, the race is organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle rac ...

: 4th

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;2011 : 1st Stage 1 Tour de Wallonie : 2nd Overall

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::1st Stages 3 & 4 : 4th

: 5th Overall Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen : 7th

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: 8th

;2012 : 5th Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan : 6th Overall Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen : 7th

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: 8th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad ;2013 : 1st Boucles de l'Aulne : 1st Stage 3

: 5th

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: 6th

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: 6th Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan : 8th Overall Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen : 8th Gran Premio Nobili Rubinetterie ;2014 : 7th

;2015 : 4th Overall Tour du Haut Var : 5th Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan ;2016 : 2nd Overall

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::1st Stage 1 ( TTT) : 4th Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan : 6th Overall

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: 10th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad ;2018 : 7th

Paris–Camembert Paris–Camembert (also Paris–Camembert Trophée Lepetit or Paris–Camembert Lepetit) is a semi classic held annually in April. Since 2005, the race is organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. The route of the race has varied over t ...

: 8th La Roue Tourangelle : 8th

: 8th

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;2020 :

Combativity award Stage 11

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;2022 : 10th

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

References

External links

* * * * * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ladagnous, Matthieu 1984 births Living people French male cyclists French track cyclists Olympic cyclists for France Cyclists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques Competitors at the 2005 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games competitors for France Cyclists from Nouvelle-Aquitaine