John Gadret

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John Gadret
File:2011 Giro - John Gadret.jpg
Gadret riding in the 2011 Giro d'Italia
Personal information
Full name John Gadret
Born (1979-04-22) 22 April 1979 (age 45)
Épernay, France
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight 58 kg (128 lb)
Team information
Discipline Road
Cyclo-cross
Role Rider
Rider type Climber
Amateur team(s)
2003 Cofidis (stagiaire)
Professional team(s)
2004–2005 Vlaanderen–T Interim
2006–2013 AG2R Prévoyance
2014–2015 Movistar Team
Major wins
Grand Tours
Giro d'Italia
1 individual stage (2011)

Stage races

Tour de l'Ain (2007)

Other

National cyclo-cross championships (2004, 2006)
Infobox last updated on
15 January 2016

John Gadret (born 22 April 1979) is a retired French professional racing cyclist in cyclo-cross and road racing. He became a stagiaire for Cofidis in 2003 before turning professional with the Vlaanderen–T Interim team in 2004.

Career

In 2004 he became national cyclo-cross champion of France for the first time. At this stage he was specialized in the cyclo-cross discipline but was beginning to perform well in stage races such as the Deutschland Tour.[1] Gadret won again the French cyclo-cross championships. In the 2006 Giro d'Italia Gadret showed great potential in the mountains by finishing 7th, 6th and 5th on the three mountain stages. He crashed on the 18th stage and was forced to abandon with a broken collar bone.[2] Despite these promising results on the road, Gadret was back in the 2006–2007 cyclo-cross season where he challenged the domination of Belgian Sven Nys in the Koppenbergcross[3] and finished 8th in the UCI World Cyclo-cross Championships.[4] Returning to the road with the aim of competing in his first Tour de France, Gadret took his first road victory at the Grand Prix of Aargau Canton.[5] After the 2007 Tour de France Gadret won the third stage and took the leaders jersey in the Tour de l'Ain which he won the following day.[6]

On Stage 15 of the 2010 Tour de France Gadret caused controversy when he refused to give his wheel to his team leader, Nicolas Roche, following a puncture on the final climb of the day and then began attacking the group ahead of Roche.[7] He later finished 19th overall

He has won a race against a horse in a charity event.[8]

In the 2011 Giro d'Italia, Gadret finished 3rd overall with a victory on stage 11. He finished 3'54" behind race winner Michele Scarponi.

After eight seasons with Ag2r–La Mondiale, Gadret left the squad at the end of the 2013 season, and joined the Movistar Team for 2014. He retired at the end of 2015.

Palmarès

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2005
3rd Grand Prix de Villers-Cotterêts
4th Tro-Bro Léon
9th GP Wallonie
2007
1st Grand Prix of Aargau Canton
1st Overall and 1 stage Tour de l'Ain
7th Overall Volta a Catalunya
8th Flèche Wallonne
2008
1 stage Tour de l'Ain
8th Overall Tour of Romandie
10th Flèche Wallonne
2011
3rd Overall Giro d'Italia
1st Stage 11
2013
3rd Overall Route du Sud
3rd Overall Tour de l'Ain
10th Overall Critérium International
10th Overall Tour of the Basque Country

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Pink jersey Giro WD - WD - - - 13 3 11 -
Yellow jersey Tour - - - 54 WD - 18 WD - 22
red jersey Vuelta - - - - 18 - - - WD -

WD = Withdrew; IP = In Progress

Cyclo-Cross Palmares

  • 1st, National  France Cyclo-Cross Championship (2004–2005),(2006–2007)
    • 2nd (2003–2004, 2005–2006, 2007–2008, 2011–2012)

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1999
5th, World Championship
2002
3rd, French National championship
9th, World Cup
2003
1st, national championship
2 Manches du Challenge national
10th, World Cup
2004
1st, national championship, France
1 Manche du Challenge national
10th, World Cup
2005
1 Manche du Challenge national
12th World Championships
2006
1 Manche du Challenge national
2007
8th, World Championships
10th, Superprestige
2008
9th, World Championships

References

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External links

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