Romain Bardet
Nationality: French
Date of birth: 9 November 1990
Height: 185cm
Weight: 65kg
Team: AG2R La Mondiale
Twitter: @Romainbardet (opens in new tab)
Bardet is one of France's greatest hopes for a French grand tour win. He has finished on the TdF podium twice, with a 2nd in 2016 and a 3rd in 2017.
A much touted "new hope" for French cycling, Romain Bardet's career has been under scrutiny ever since finishing sixth in his second ever Tour de France in 2014, where he also won the award for most combative rider. The young rider solidified his will to attack with a stage victory in the 2015 edition where he soloed his way to victory on stage 18 with some impeccable descending. His title of the next French Tour de France hope were secured even more after finishing second in the 2016 iteration behind Chris Froome.
A strong climber, Bardet can go toe to toe with the likes of Quintana and Froome when the gradient starts to ramp. However, the AG2R La Mondiale rider will need to up his time trialling if he is to succeed against the likes of future GC contenders like Tom Dumoulin and Bob Jungels.
Bardet turned pro in 2012 and has ridden for AG2R La Mondiale since. Significant wins include stage wins in the TdF, podiums in Strade Bianche, Critérium du Dauphiné and Liége-Bastogne-Liége.
Latest
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Romain Bardet is heading back to the Tour de France for the first time since 2020
Frenchman will return to his home Grand Tour with Team DSM after leaving the Giro d'Italia early due to illness
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'It's horrible for us. He is a great champion' — Team DSM react to Romain Bardet leaving Giro d'Italia
Frenchman forced to leave race after falling ill
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Bad day for Bardet as illness rules Romain out of the Giro d'Italia
Frenchman was flying high in 4th on general classification
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Romain Bardet sees himself, Mikel Landa and Richard Carapaz as maybe the 'three best' at the Giro d'Italia
Team DSM's Frenchman sits in third overall on second rest day
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Romain Bardet says leaving DSM riders' comments 'not easy to understand' after 'Soviet regime' remarks
Multiple riders have broken their contracts over the years with an unnamed rider calling it a "Soviet regime"
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Romain Bardet resurgent as he wins summit finish stage 14 of Vuelta a España
The Frenchman took the victory from the day's breakaway
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Vuelta a España 2021: Romain Bardet out of GC after heavy crash on stage five
The Frenchman was well placed and was looking in good form heading into the mountains
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Romain Bardet solos to first victory in three years
The Frenchman attacked away on the final climb of the Picón Blanco and held on to the finish despite crash on descent
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Who will lead the men’s French Olympic squad? Romain Bardet joins Julian Alaphilippe in skipping Tokyo Games
Both riders said they prefer to focus on other goals this season
