Kévin Vauquelin Explained

Kévin Vauquelin
Birth Place:Bayeux, France
Height:1.76 m
Weight:69 kg
Role:Rider
Amateuryears1:2020–2021
Amateurteam1:VC Rouen 76
Amateuryears2:2020
Amateurteam2: (stagiaire)
Amateuryears3:2021
Amateurteam3: (stagiaire)[1]
Proyears1:2022–
Majorwins:Grand Tours

Tour de France

1 individual stage (2024)

Kévin Vauquelin (born 26 April 2001) is a French cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam .[2] Professional since 2022, Vauquelin has most notably won a stage of the 2024 Tour de France.

Career

His first professional win was a stage of and the overall title of the 2023 Tour des Alpes-Maritimes et du Var.[3]

In February 2024, he won the stage five time trial and finished second overall in the Étoile de Bessèges. Two months later, he placed second to Stephen Williams at the La Flèche Wallonne.[4] In late June, Vauquelin took his biggest success to date, winning stage two of the Tour de France via a solo win from the breakaway.[5] This also marked 's first ever stage win in the race.

Major results

Road

2018
  • 1st Time trial, National Junior Championships
  • 4th Chrono des Nations Juniors
  • 4th La Classique des Alpes Juniors
    2019
  • National Junior Championships
  • 1st Road race
  • 3rd Time trial
  • 6th Overall Grand Prix Rüebliland
  • 6th La Classique des Alpes Juniors
    2020
  • 2nd Trio Normand
  • National Under-23 Championships
  • 3rd Time trial
  • 4th Road race
    2021
  • 1st Time trial, National Under-23 Championships
  • 2nd Overall Etoile d'Or
  • 3rd Annemasse–Bellegarde et retour
  • 9th Overall Tour d'Eure-et-Loir
    2022
  • 1st Young rider classification, Tour of Belgium
  • 2nd Overall Tour Poitou-Charentes en Nouvelle-Aquitaine
  • 1st Young rider classification
  • 2nd Overall Tour de Luxembourg
  • 4th Route Adélie
  • 6th Overall Tour of Oman
  • 6th Overall Arctic Race of Norway
  • 7th Overall Vuelta a Asturias
  • 7th Time trial, UEC European Championships
  • 7th Ronde van Drenthe
    2023 (3 pro wins)
  • 1st Overall Tour des Alpes-Maritimes et du Var
  • 1st Young rider classification
  • 1st Stage 1
  • 1st Tour du Jura
  • 2nd Route Adélie de Vitré 4th Overall Étoile de Bessèges
  • 5th Overall Tour du Limousin
  • 6th Overall Région Pays de la Loire Tour
  • 9th Tour du Doubs
    2024 (2)
  • 1st Stage 2 Tour de France
  • 2nd Overall Étoile de Bessèges
  • 1st Young rider classification
  • 1st Stage 5 (ITT)
  • 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
  • 2nd La Flèche Wallonne
  • 3rd Grand Prix La Marseillaise
  • 8th Overall Tour of the Basque Country
  • 10th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico

    Grand Tour general classification results timeline

    Grand Tour20232024
    Giro d'Italia
    Tour de France91
    Vuelta a EspañaDNF

    Track

    2018
  • 2nd Team pursuit, UCI World Junior Championships
    2019
  • UCI World Cup
  • 1st Team pursuit, Milton
  • 3rd Madison (with Morgan Kneisky), Brisbane
  • UCI World Junior Championships
  • 2nd Points race
  • 2nd Team pursuit
  • 3rd Madison (with Clément Petit)

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: Team Arkea - Samsic. UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. 7 January 2021. https://archive.today/20210107032912/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15261/1001277/280. 7 January 2021.
    2. Web site: Les coureurs. French. The riders. . 13 February 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220213165513/https://www.team-arkea-samsic.fr/les-coureurs/. 13 February 2022.
    3. Web site: Vauquelin holds on to win the Tour des Alpes Maritimes et du Var. Daniel. Ostanek. CyclingNews. Future plc. 19 February 2023. 19 February 2023.
    4. Web site: La Flèche Wallonne: Stevie Williams dominates decisive Huy ascent for signature win. Dani. Ostanek. Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 17 April 2024. 17 April 2024.
    5. Web site: Tour de France: Tadej Pogačar moves into maillot jaune as Kévin Vauquelin solos to victory on stage 2. James. Moultrie. Cycling News. 30 June 2024. 30 June 2024.