Dorian Godon Explained
Dorian Godon (born 25 May 1996) is a French cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam .[3]
Career
After riding as a stagiaire the previous season, Godon turned professional with UCI WorldTeam in 2017. He took his first professional win the year after, taking the prologue of the Boucles de la Mayenne.
He repeated this result the year after, after having moved teams to . In 2019, he also entered his first Grand Tour: the Vuelta a España, where he placed third on stage six.[4] The following year, he won Paris–Camembert and again competed in the Vuelta.[5] Godon took three victories in 2021, taking the Tour du Doubs and defending his title at Paris–Camembert. In the process, he captured the overall title for the French Road Cycling Cup, and also competed in his first Tour de France.[6]
In April 2023, he took the biggest win of his career, winning the Brabantse Pijl in a two-man sprint against Ben Healy, becoming the fifth Frenchman to win in the race.[7] In October, he won another UCI ProSeries event, taking the Giro del Veneto in a six-man sprint finish.
A year later, he won his first UCI WorldTour race in a one-two finish with teammate Andrea Vendrame on stage one of the Tour de Romandie.[8] He won again on the fifth and final stage, also taking the points classification in the process.[9]
Major results
- 2014
4th Overall Tour du Valromey
4th Road race, National Junior Road Championships
- 2016
2nd Trofeo Almar
- 2017
2nd Ronde van Limburg 2018 (1 pro win)
7th Overall Boucles de la Mayenne
1st Prologue
9th Overall Tour du Haut Var
- 2019 (1)
6th Overall Boucles de la Mayenne
1st Young rider classification
1st Prologue
10th Tour du Finistère
10th Grand Prix d'Isbergues
- 2020 (1)
1st Paris–Camembert
- 2021 (3)
1st Overall French Road Cycling Cup
1st Paris–Camembert
1st Tour du Doubs
1st Stage 2 Tour de Limousin
3rd Classic Loire Atlantique
4th Grand Prix de Wallonie
4th Cholet-Pays de la Loire
4th Polynormande
5th Faun-Ardèche Classic
5nd Grand Prix du Morbihan
6th Royal Bernard Drôme Classic
10th Tour de Vendée
- 2022
2nd Route Adélie
5th Tour du Jura
- 2023 (2)
1st Brabantse Pijl
1st Giro del Veneto
10th La Drôme Classic
- 2024 (2)
Tour de Romandie
1st Points classification
1st Stages 1 & 5
7th Overall Boucles de la Mayenne
8th La Flèche Wallonne
10th La Drôme ClassicGrand Tour general classification results timeline
Legend| — | Did not compete |
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Notes and References
- News: Les premières photos du stage de l'équipe Cofidis en Espagne. French. The first photos of the Cofidis team in Spain. 8 December 2017. 9 January 2018. Frédéric. Retsin. La Voix du Nord. Groupe Rossel.
- News: Official presentation of the AG2R LA MONDIALE professional cycling team 2020. . Groupe AG2R La Mondiale. 10 December 2019. 1 January 2020.
- Web site: AG2R Citroën Team. UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. 1 January 2021. https://archive.today/20210101022611/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15234/1001084/279. 1 January 2021.
- Web site: 2019: 74th La Vuelta ciclista a España . 23 August 2019 . ProCyclingStats.
- Web site: Paris-Camembert : Classement. directvelo.com. 22 September 2020.
- Web site: CLASSEMENT GENERAL INDIVIDUEL. French. Individual General Classification. French Cycling Federation. 17 October 2021. 17 October 2021.
- Web site: Farrand . Stephen . Brabantse Pijl: Dorian Godon seizes victory in Overijse . cyclingnews.com . 14 April 2023 . en . 12 April 2023.
- Web site: Tour de Romandie: Godon and Vendrame go 1-2 for Decathlon AG2R on stage 1 . . 24 April 2024 . Frattini, Kirsten.
- Web site: Tour de Romandie: Carlos Rodríguez wins overall . . 28 April 2024 . 28 April 2024.
