Rudy Molard (born 17 September 1989) is a French

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, who currently rides for

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Career

Molard spent 5 years with before moving to in 2017. During his five year stint with , Molard won a Stage at the 2015 Tour du Limousin. He also rode the

Tour de France The Tour de France () is an annual men's multiple-stage bicycle race primarily held in France, while also occasionally passing through nearby countries. Like the other Grand Tours (the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a España), it consist ...

twice, finishing 73rd in

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. and 51st in

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FDJ (2017–present)

2017

Molard finished 16th overall at

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, and 24th at

Tour of the Basque Country The Tour of the Basque Country (Officially: ''Itzulia Basque Country'', es, Vuelta al País Vasco, links=no, eu, Euskal Herriko Itzulia) is an annual road cycling stage race held in the Spanish Basque Country in April. It is one of the races th ...

in his first season with . He had a great form during the spring classics, finishing 8th at La Flèche Wallonne, and 17th at

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. He was included in the team at the 100th Giro d'Italia, and the

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

, in which he managed to win Stage 6 from

Sisteron Sisteron (; , oc, label= Mistralian norm, Sisteroun; from oc, label=Old Occitan, Sestaron) is a commune in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, southeastern France. Sisteron is situated on the banks of the r ...

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

. As a preparation for the

, he rode the Critérium du Dauphiné, and then the French National Road Race Championships, where he finished 6th. His best result during the

, was 14th on Stage 16. A week after the Tour de France, he finished 11th at

Clásica de San Sebastián The Donostia-Donostia Klasikoa — Clásica San Sebastián-San Sebastián (San Sebastián Classic) is a one-day professional men's bicycle road race in northern Spain that has been held every summer since 1981 in San Sebastián. It is the mo ...

. At the end of August, he started the

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, 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

;2011 : 3rd

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, National Under-23 Road Championships : UEC European Under-23 Road Championships ::6th Road race ::9th Time trial : 10th

, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships ;2012 : 1st Jersey polkadot

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

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::1st

Young rider classification : 9th Paris–Troyes ;2015 : 3rd Overall Tour du Limousin ::1st Stage 3 : 3rd Tour du Doubs : 5th Overall

: 6th La Drôme Classic : 9th Grand Prix de la Somme : 9th

Grand Prix de Wallonie The Grand Prix de Wallonie is an annual road bicycle race held annually in Wallonia, Belgium. Since 2005, the race has been organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. It has a profile similar to the Ardennes classics The Ardennes classics a ...

;2017 : 8th La Flèche Wallonne ;2018 : 1st Stage 6

: 3rd Overall Tour La Provence : 3rd Overall Tour du Haut Var :

::Held

after Stages 5–8 ;2019 : 5th Overall

Tour de la Provence The Tour de la Provence is an early-season bicycle stage race in the Provence region of France. It is organized by southern French newspaper La Provence, which serves as the race's title sponsor for its first three years. It is held in February, ...

: 7th Overall

: 9th Overall Tour du Haut Var : 10th Giro di Lombardia ;2020 : 7th Overall

: 10th

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;2021 : 2nd

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, 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 :

::Held

after Stage 5 ;2023 : 2nd

, National Road Championships : 4th Overall Tour de l'Ain : Jersey red number

Combativity award Stage 1 Giro d'Italia

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Molard, Rudy 1989 births Living people People from Gleizé Cyclists from Rhône (department) French male cyclists