Rudy Molard
 Molard at the 2014 Tour of Belgium. | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Rudy Molard |
| Born | 17 September 1989 Gleizé, France |
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) |
| Weight | 62 kg (137 lb; 9 st 11 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Groupama–FDJ |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Climber |
| Amateur teams | |
| 2008–2010 | CR4C Roanne |
| 2011 | CC Étupes |
| Professional teams | |
| 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
- 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
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
Young rider classification
- 1st
- 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
after Stages 5–8
- Held
- 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 after Stage 5
- Held
- 2023
- 2nd Road race, National Road Championships
- 4th Overall Tour de l'Ain
Combativity award Stage 1 Giro d'Italia- 2024
- 3rd Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec
- 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Giro d'Italia
|
— | — | — | — | — | 44 | — | — | — | 37 | — | 69 | — | |
 Tour de France
|
— | 73 | 51 | — | — | 36 | 38 | 33 | 39 | — | — | — | ||
| 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 | |
| Paris–Nice
|
— | — | — | — | — | 16 | 15 | 7 | 7 | — | — | 17 | — | |
 Tirreno–Adriatico
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 16 | — | — | — | |
 Volta a Catalunya
|
— | 64 | 52 | 44 | 41 | — | — | — | NH | — | DNF | — | — | |
| Tour of the Basque Country
|
— | — | — | 26 | 44 | 24 | DNF | 30 | — | 32 | — | — | ||
| Tour de Romandie
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | 29 | — | — | 25 | — | 36 | ||
 Critérium du Dauphiné
|
— | 64 | — | — | 83 | — | 29 | 21 | — | — | 37 | — | — | |
| Tour de Suisse
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | NH | — | — | — | — | |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
References
- ^ "Cofidis, Solutions Credits (COF) - FRA". UCI Continental Circuits. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 31 January 2014.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Groupama-FDJ confirm 28 riders for 2019". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 15 November 2018. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
- ^ "Groupama - FDJ". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 2 January 2020. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
- ^ "Groupama - FDJ". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- ^ "Profile". Tour de France. Amaury Sport Organisation. Archived from the original on 3 July 2013. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
- ^ "Giro d'Italia 2017 Startlist". www.procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 2018-08-31.
External links
- Rudy Molard at ProCyclingStats
- Rudy Molard at Cycling Archives (archived)
