Ben Gastauer

Ben Gastauer (born 14 November 1987) is a Luxembourgish former professional road cyclist, who rode professionally for the AG2R Citroën Team between 2010 and 2021.[3]

Ben Gastauer
Gastauer at the 2015 Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen
Personal information
Full nameBen Gastauer
NicknameBenny
Born (1987-11-14) 14 November 1987
Dudelange, Luxembourg
Height1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight72 kg (159 lb)
Team information
Current teamRetired
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeAll-rounder
Amateur teams
1993–2006LP07 Schifflange
2007–2008FidiBC.com–VC Arbedo
2009Chambéry Cyclisme Formation
2009Ag2r–La Mondiale (stagiaire)
Professional team
2010–2021Ag2r–La Mondiale[1][2]
Major wins
One-day races and Classics
National Time Trial Championships (2012)

He took three professional victories during his career: the Luxembourgish National Time Trial Championships in 2012, and the general classification and a stage at the 2015 Tour du Haut Var. He was part of the Ag2r–La Mondiale squad that won the team classification and delivered Jean-Christophe Péraud to the podium at the 2014 Tour de France, and part of those which assisted Romain Bardet to podium finishes at the 2016 Tour de France and the 2017 Tour de France. In August 2021 the AG2R Citroën Team announced that Gastauer would retire from competition at the end of the season due to a problem with his pelvic floor, finishing his career at the 2021 Tour de Luxembourg the following month.[4]

Major results

Source: [5]

2005
1st Time trial, National Junior Road Championships
2nd Classique des Alpes
10th Overall Grand Prix Rüebliland
2006
1st Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships
2007
1st Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships
5th Overall Grand Prix du Portugal
2008
1st Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships
1st Ruota d'Oro
9th Overall Flèche du Sud
2009
National Under-23 Road Championships
1st Road race
1st Time trial
1st Overall Tour des Pays de Savoie
1st Points classification
1st Stage 1
2nd Overall Flèche du Sud
9th Giro del Mendrisiotto
2010
3rd Road race, National Road Championships
6th Overall Paris–Corrèze
2012
National Road Championships
1st Time trial
2nd Road race
2013
3rd Time trial, National Road Championships
2014
National Road Championships
2nd Road race
4th Time trial
2015
1st Overall Tour du Haut Var
1st Stage 1
National Road Championships
2nd Road race
4th Time trial
2016
1st Mountains classification, Tour du Haut Var
4th Road race, National Road Championships
2017
National Road Championships
3rd Road race
4th Time trial
2019
4th Time trial, National Road Championships

Grand Tour general classification results timeline
Grand Tour 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
A pink jersey Giro d'Italia 88 67 51 — — — 29 — 79 DNF
A yellow jersey Tour de France — — — 21 DNF 61 37 — — —
A red jersey Vuelta a España — 81 65 — — — — 36 — —
Legend
— Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

References
  1. "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.
  2. "AG2R Citroën Team". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  3. "Ben Gastauer beendet seine Karriere bei der Tour de Luxembourg" [Ben Gastauer retires after the Tour de Luxembourg]. Tageblatt (in German). Editpress. 5 August 2021. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
  4. "Ben Gastauer to retire at the end of the 2021 season". AG2R Citroën Team. 5 August 2021. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
  5. "Ben Gastauer". FirstCycling.com. FirstCycling AS. Retrieved 5 March 2023.

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