Romain Bardet facts for kids
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Bardet at the 2019 Tour de France
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| Full name | Romain Bardet | ||
| Born | 9 November 1990 Brioude, France |
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| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft +1⁄2 in) | ||
| Weight | 65 kg (143 lb; 10 st 3 lb) | ||
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| Current team | Team dsm–firmenich PostNL | ||
| Discipline | Road | ||
| Role | Rider | ||
| Rider type | Climber | ||
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Romain Bardet (born 9 November 1990) is a French professional cyclist. He rides for the Team dsm–firmenich PostNL team. Bardet is famous for his amazing skills in climbing and going downhill. This makes him one of the best riders in big races like the Grand Tours.
So far in his career, he has done very well in races in France. He has won four stages in the famous Tour de France in different years (2015, 2016, 2017, and 2024). He also finished in the top ten overall for five years in a row (2014 to 2018). He even stood on the podium twice, finishing second in 2016 and third in 2017. He has also worn the white jersey for best young rider. In 2019, he won the polka dot jersey for being the best climber. In 2015, he won the Combativity Award for being the most aggressive rider. Outside of France, he won a stage at the 2021 Vuelta a España and won the overall 2022 Tour of the Alps.
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Professional Cycling Career
Starting Out (2012–2013)
Bardet became a professional cyclist in 2012. He quickly showed his talent at the 2012 Tour of Turkey. In a tough mountain stage, he attacked many times and finished fifth. He also finished fifth overall in that race.
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The next year, Bardet rode his first Tour de France. He also got his first professional win at the Tour de l'Ain.
Climbing to the Top (2014–2017)
2014: First Big Wins
Bardet won his first one-day race, La Drôme Classic, in 2014. He finished fourth overall at the 2014 Volta a Catalunya. He also rode his first 2014 Critérium du Dauphiné and finished fifth overall. In the 2014 Tour de France, Bardet was a team leader. He reached third place overall after two weeks. He even wore the white jersey for a short time. He finished sixth overall in the Tour.
2015: Tour de France Stage Winner
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In 2015, Bardet was seen as a strong rider for the 2015 Tour de France. Before the Tour, he won a stage at the 2015 Critérium du Dauphiné. He attacked on a downhill section and then climbed to win the stage by himself.
During the Tour de France, Bardet lost time early on. But he kept fighting. On July 23, 2015, he won Stage 18 after a solo attack in the mountains. This was his first Tour de France stage victory! The next day, he wore the polka dot jersey for being the best climber. He finished ninth overall and won the combativity award for his fighting spirit.
2016: Second Place in the Tour
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In 2016, Bardet finished second overall in the 2016 Tour of Oman. He also finished second overall in the 2016 Critérium du Dauphiné.
On Stage 19 of the 2016 Tour de France, Bardet attacked on a wet downhill. He rode away from the other top riders. He caught the leader and then rode solo to win the stage. This win moved him from fifth to second place overall. He finished the Tour in second place, which was a huge achievement for a French rider. He also raced for France in the Olympic road race.
2017: Another Tour de France Podium
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In 2017, Bardet won stage 12 of the 2017 Tour de France. He made a strong attack near the finish line in the Pyrenees mountains. He finished third overall in the Tour de France, behind Chris Froome and Rigoberto Urán. This was his second time on the Tour de France podium!
2018: World Championships Silver
In 2018, Bardet won the Classic Sud-Ardèche. He also finished second in the tough 2018 Strade Bianche race, which has gravel roads. At 2018 Liège–Bastogne–Liège, he finished third, his first time on the podium in a "Monument" race.
In the 2018 Tour de France, Bardet had some bad luck early on. But he fought back in the mountains. He finished sixth overall in the Tour, his fifth time in a row in the top ten.
In September, Bardet won a silver medal at the Road Race World Championships. He attacked with other strong riders and finished second.
2019: King of the Mountains
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Bardet started 2019 by finishing second overall at the 2019 Tour du Haut Var. In the 2019 Tour de France, he lost a lot of time on stage 14. This meant he couldn't win the overall race. But he then focused on winning stages from breakaways. He took the lead in the mountains classification and wore the polka-dot jersey for the rest of the race. This showed he was the best climber that year!
2020: Moving On
In 2020, Bardet finished second overall at the 2020 Tour des Alpes-Maritimes et du Var. He had to stop racing in the 2020 Tour de France after a crash that caused a head injury. After this season, he decided to join a new team.
Team DSM (2021–Present)
In August 2020, Bardet signed a contract to join the Team dsm–firmenich PostNL team starting in 2021.
2021: Giro and Vuelta Success
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Bardet raced in the 2021 Giro d'Italia for the first time. He slowly moved up in the overall standings. He finished seventh overall in the race. He also won a stage at the 2021 Vuelta a Burgos, his first win in over three years.
In the 2021 Vuelta a España, Bardet had some crashes early on and lost a lot of time. But he didn't give up! On stage 14, he joined a breakaway group. He rode alone to the finish line to win the stage. He also held the mountains classification jersey for a few days.
2022: Tour of the Alps Winner
Before the 2022 Giro d'Italia, Bardet won the overall title at the 2022 Tour of the Alps. This was his first overall win in a stage race since 2013. He had to leave the Giro d'Italia early because he got sick.
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His next big race was the 2022 Tour de France. He finished in the top three on stage 11, which moved him up to second place overall. He finished sixth overall in the Tour de France that year.
2023: Consistent Finishes
In 2023, Bardet had many top-ten finishes in stage races. He was eighth overall at the 2023 Tour des Alpes-Maritimes et du Var and seventh at 2023 Paris–Nice. He also finished ninth at 2023 La Flèche Wallonne. He finished seventh overall at the 2023 Tour de Romandie and fifth overall at the 2023 Tour de Suisse.
2024: Another Tour Stage Win
Bardet started 2024 with a third-place finish in the Classic Var. In April, he finished second to Tadej Pogačar in 2024 Liège–Bastogne–Liège. He then raced in the 2024 Giro d'Italia, finishing ninth overall.
In late June, Bardet won his fourth career Tour de France stage. He held off the chasing group by five seconds on the very first day of the race.
Personal Life
Romain Bardet lives in Clermont-Ferrand, France. While being a professional cyclist, he also studied business. He attended the Grenoble School of Management, which has a special program for high-level athletes.
Career Achievements
Major Results
Source:
- 2009
- 5th Overall Tour des Pays de Savoie
- 2010
- 6th Overall Tour de l'Avenir
- 8th Overall Tour des Pays de Savoie
- 8th Overall Giro delle Regioni
- 9th Overall Ronde de l'Isard
- 1st Stage 4
- 10th Piccolo Giro di Lombardia
- 2011
- 1st Stage 5 Tour de l'Avenir
- 2nd Overall Tour des Pays de Savoie
- 1st Stages 2 & 3
- 2nd Liège–Bastogne–Liège Espoirs
- 4th UCI Under 23 Nations' Cup
- 4th Overall Ronde de l'Isard
- 6th Overall Giro della Regione Friuli Venezia Giulia
- 9th Gran Premio Palio del Recioto
- 2012
- 5th Overall Tour of Turkey
- 2013 (1 pro win)
- 1st
Overall Tour de l'Ain
- 1st
Points classification
- 1st
- 3rd Les Boucles du Sud Ardèche
- 4th Overall Route du Sud
- 5th Overall Tour of Beijing
- 1st
Young rider classification
- 1st
- 7th Overall Étoile de Bessèges
Combativity award Stage 9 Tour de France- 2014 (1)
- 1st La Drôme Classic
- 1st Young rider classification, Tour of Oman
- 2nd Overall Tour de l'Ain
- 4th Overall Volta a Catalunya
- 4th Classic Sud-Ardèche
- 5th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné
- 5th Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal
- 6th Overall Tour de France
- Held after Stages 10–15
- Combativity award Stage 17
- Held
- 10th Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise
- 10th Paris–Camembert
- 10th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
- 2015 (2)
- 3rd International Road Cycling Challenge
- 5th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía
- 6th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné
- 1st Stage 5
- 6th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
- 7th Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal
- 9th Overall Giro del Trentino
- 9th Overall Tour de Romandie
- 9th Overall Tour de France
- 1st Stage 18
- Combativity award Stage 18 & Overall
- Held
after Stage 19
- 2016 (1)
- 2nd Overall Tour de France
- 1st Stage 19
- 2nd Overall Tour of Oman
- 2nd Overall Critérium du Dauphiné
- 2nd Giro dell'Emilia
- 4th Giro di Lombardia
- 5th Classic Sud-Ardèche
- 6th Overall Volta a Catalunya
- 6th Overall Giro del Trentino
- 8th UCI World Tour
- 8th La Drôme Classic
- 9th Overall Paris–Nice
- 9th Milano–Torino
- 2017 (1)
- 3rd Overall Tour de France
- 1st Stage 12
- 6th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné
- 6th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
- 10th Overall Volta a Catalunya
Combativity award Stage 11 Vuelta a España- 2018 (1)
- 1st Classic de l'Ardèche
- 2nd
Road race, UCI Road World Championships - 2nd Strade Bianche
- 2nd Tour du Finistère
- 2nd Giro della Toscana
- 3rd Overall Critérium du Dauphiné
- 3rd Liège–Bastogne–Liège
- 6th Overall Tour de France
- 6th Giro dell'Emilia
- 8th Overall Deutschland Tour
- 8th La Drôme Classic
- 8th Grand Prix La Marseillaise
- 9th La Flèche Wallonne
- 2019
- 1st Mountains classification, Tour de France
- 2nd Overall Tour du Haut Var
- 2nd Mont Ventoux Dénivelé Challenge
- 4th Classic Sud-Ardèche
- 5th Overall Paris–Nice
- 7th La Drôme Classic
- 9th Amstel Gold Race
- 10th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné
- 2020
- 2nd Overall Tour des Alpes-Maritimes et du Var
- 6th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné
- 7th Paris–Tours
- 8th Overall Route d'Occitanie
- 2021 (2)
- Vuelta a España
- 1st Stage 14
- Held
after Stage 14–17
- 5th Overall Giro di Sicilia
- 6th Overall Vuelta a Burgos
- 1st
Mountains classification - 1st Stage 3
- 1st
- 7th Overall Giro d'Italia
- 8th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
- 8th Giro di Lombardia
- 9th Overall Tour of the Alps
- 2022 (1)
- 1st Overall Tour of the Alps
- 6th Overall Tour de France
- 8th Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal
- 9th Overall UAE Tour
- 9th Giro di Lombardia
- 2023
- 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Vuelta a España
- 5th Overall Tour de Suisse
- 7th Overall Paris–Nice
- 7th Overall Tour de Romandie
- 8th Overall Tour des Alpes-Maritimes et du Var
- 9th La Flèche Wallonne
- 2024 (1)
- Tour de France
- 1st Stage 1
- Held after Stage 1
- 2nd Liège–Bastogne–Liège
- 3rd Classic Var
- 5th Overall Tour of the Alps
- 9th Overall Giro d'Italia
- Combativity award Stage 8
- 10th Road race, UCI Road World Championships
Grand Tour Results
This table shows Romain Bardet's overall results in the three biggest cycling races: the Giro d'Italia, Tour de France, and Vuelta a España.
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| Grand Tour | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
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 Giro d'Italia |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7 | DNF | — | 9 |
| Tour de France |
— | 15 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 15 | DNF | — | 6 | DNF | 30 |
| Vuelta a España |
— | — | — | — | — | 17 | — | — | — | 25 | — | 21 | — |
Major Stage Race Results
This table shows Romain Bardet's overall results in other important stage races.
| Race | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
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| Paris–Nice |
— | 27 | 36 | 14 | 9 | DSQ | — | 5 | 19 | — | — | 7 | — |
 Tirreno–Adriatico |
— | — | — | — | — | — | 13 | — | — | 8 | 12 | — | DNF |
 Volta a Catalunya |
40 | — | 4 | DNF | 6 | 10 | — | DNF | NH | — | — | DNF | — |
| Tour of the Basque Country |
— | 53 | — | — | — | 15 | 13 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Tour de Romandie |
— | — | — | 9 | 27 | — | — | — | — | — | 7 | — | |
 Critérium du Dauphiné |
— | — | 5 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 6 | — | — | — | — |
| Tour de Suisse |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | NH | — | — | 5 | — |
Classic Race Results
This table shows Romain Bardet's results in important one-day races, known as "Classics" or "Monuments."
| Monument | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
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| Milan–San Remo | — | 17 | — | — | — | — | — | 50 | — | 27 | — | — | — |
| Tour of Flanders | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 25 | — | — | — | — |
| Paris–Roubaix | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | NH | — | — | — | — |
| Liège–Bastogne–Liège | — | 13 | 10 | 6 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 21 | — | — | DNF | 15 | 2 |
| Giro di Lombardia | 29 | — | 11 | 17 | 4 | — | DNF | — | — | 8 | 9 | 11 | |
| Classic | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
| Strade Bianche | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | 20 | — | — | 17 |
| Brabantse Pijl | — | — | — | 20 | — | — | — | — | 27 | — | — | — | — |
| Amstel Gold Race | 25 | 48 | 33 | — | — | — | — | 9 | NH | — | — | — | — |
| La Flèche Wallonne | 29 | 111 | 35 | — | — | 13 | 9 | 13 | — | — | — | 9 | — |
| Clásica de San Sebastián | 33 | 20 | 18 | 84 | — | — | — | — | NH | — | — | 38 | DNF |
| Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec | 56 | 107 | 24 | 35 | 22 | — | — | — | Not held | 20 | — | 90 | |
| Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal | 22 | 16 | 5 | 7 | 20 | — | — | — | 8 | — | 11 | ||
| Milano–Torino | 43 | — | — | 11 | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Paris–Tours | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7 | — | — | — | |
Championship Results
This table shows Romain Bardet's results in major championships, like the Olympics and World Championships.
| Event | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |
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 Olympic Games |
Road race | — | Not held | 24 | Not held | — | Not held | — | ||||||
 World Championships |
Road race | — | 28 | 62 | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | 22 | — | 10 |
 National Championships |
Road race | 74 | 34 | 37 | 11 | 10 | — | — | — | 10 | — | — | — | — |
| — | Did not compete |
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| DNF | Did not finish |
| DSQ | Disqualified |
| IP | In progress |
| NH | Not held |
Awards
- Vélo d'Or français: 2016, 2017
See also
In Spanish: Romain Bardet para niños
