Dorian Godon (born 25 May 1996) is a French cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Decathlon–AG2R La Mondiale.[3]

Dorian Godon
Godon in 2019
Personal information
Born (1996-05-25) 25 May 1996 (age 28)
Vitry-sur-Seine, France
Height1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight77 kg (170 lb)
Team information
Current teamDecathlon–AG2R La Mondiale
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Amateur team
2015–2016Vulco–VC Vaulx-en-Velin
Professional teams
2016Cofidis (stagiaire)
2017–2018Cofidis[1]
2019–AG2R La Mondiale[2]
Major wins
One-day races and Classics
Brabantse Pijl (2023)
Giro del Veneto (2023)

Career

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After riding as a stagiaire the previous season, Godon turned professional with UCI WorldTeam Cofidis 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 AG2R La Mondiale. 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

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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
6th Bretagne Classic
7th Overall Boucles de la Mayenne
8th La Flèche Wallonne
8th Coppa Bernocchi
10th La Drôme Classic

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

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Grand Tour 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
  Giro d'Italia
  Tour de France 75
  Vuelta a España 77 38 51
Legend
Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

References

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  1. ^ Retsin, Frédéric (8 December 2017). "Les premières photos du stage de l'équipe Cofidis en Espagne" [The first photos of the Cofidis team in Spain]. La Voix du Nord (in French). Groupe Rossel. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  2. ^ "Official presentation of the AG2R LA MONDIALE professional cycling team 2020". AG2R La Mondiale. Groupe AG2R La Mondiale. 10 December 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
  3. ^ "AG2R Citroën Team". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  4. ^ "2019: 74th La Vuelta ciclista a España". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
  5. ^ "Paris-Camembert : Classement". directvelo.com. 22 September 2020.
  6. ^ "CLASSEMENT GENERAL INDIVIDUEL" [Individual General Classification] (PDF) (in French). French Cycling Federation. 17 October 2021. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
  7. ^ Farrand, Stephen (12 April 2023). "Brabantse Pijl: Dorian Godon seizes victory in Overijse". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
  8. ^ Frattini, Kirsten. "Tour de Romandie: Godon and Vendrame go 1-2 for Decathlon AG2R on stage 1". Cycling News. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
  9. ^ "Tour de Romandie: Carlos Rodríguez wins overall". Cycling News. 28 April 2024. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
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