John Gadret
John Gadret (born 22 April 1979) is a French former professional racing cyclist in cyclo-cross and road racing, currently racing for the USO Bruay-la-Buissière amateur team. He became a stagiaire for Cofidis in 2003 before turning professional with the Vlaanderen–T Interim team in 2004.
 Gadret riding in the 2011 Giro d'Italia | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | John Gadret |
| Born | 22 April 1979 Épernay, France |
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) |
| Weight | 58 kg (128 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | USO Bruay-la-Buissière |
| Discipline | Road Cyclo-cross |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Climber |
| Amateur teams | |
| 1999–2003 | VC Roubaix |
| 2003 | Cofidis (stagiaire) |
| 2016 | Cross Team By G4 |
| 2016– | USO Bruay-la-Buissière |
| Professional teams | |
| 2004–2005 | Vlaanderen–T Interim |
| 2006–2013 | AG2R Prévoyance |
| 2014–2015 | Movistar Team |
| Major wins | |
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Career
In 2004 he became national cyclo-cross champion of France for the first time. At this stage he was specialized in the cyclo-cross discipline but was beginning to perform well in stage races such as the Deutschland Tour.[1] Gadret won again the French cyclo-cross championships. In the 2006 Giro d'Italia Gadret showed great potential in the mountains by finishing 7th, 6th and 5th on the three mountain stages. He crashed on the 18th stage and was forced to abandon with a broken collarbone.[2] Despite these promising results on the road, Gadret was back in the 2006–2007 cyclo-cross season where he challenged the domination of Belgian Sven Nys in the Koppenbergcross[3] and finished 8th in the UCI World Cyclo-cross Championships.[4] Returning to the road with the aim of competing in his first Tour de France, Gadret took his first road victory at the Grand Prix of Aargau Canton.[5] After the 2007 Tour de France Gadret won the third stage and took the leader's jersey in the Tour de l'Ain which he won the following day.[6]
On Stage 15 of the 2010 Tour de France Gadret caused controversy when he refused to give his wheel to his team leader, Nicolas Roche, following a puncture on the final climb of the day and then began attacking the group ahead of Roche.[7] He later finished 19th overall.
He has won a race against a horse in a charity event.[8]
In the 2011 Giro d'Italia, Gadret finished 3rd overall with a victory on stage 11. He finished 3' 54" behind race winner Michele Scarponi.
After eight seasons with Ag2r–La Mondiale, Gadret left the squad at the end of the 2013 season, and joined the Movistar Team for 2014. He was unable to secure a professional contract after the 2015 season, and returned to the amateur ranks.
Career achievements
Cyclo-cross
- 1996–1997
- 3rd National Junior Championships
- 1998–1999
- 2nd National Under-23 Championships
- 2001–2002
- 3rd National Championships
- 2002–2003
- 2nd National Championships
- 2003–2004
- 1st
National Championships - 2004–2005
- 2nd National Championships
- 2005–2006
- 1st National Championships
- 2006–2007
- 2nd National Championships
- Superprestige
- 3rd Gavere
- 2007–2008
- 2nd National Championships
- 2010–2011
- 2nd National Championships
- 2012–2013
- 3rd National Championships
- 2015–2016
- 3rd National Championships
- 2016–2017
- 3rd National Championships
Road
- 2005
- 3rd Grand Prix de Villers-Cotterêts
- 4th Tro-Bro Léon
- 9th Grand Prix de Wallonie
- 10th Trophée des Grimpeurs
- 2007
- 1st
Overall Tour de l'Ain
- 1st
Mountains classification - 1st Stage 3
- 1st
- 1st Grand Prix of Aargau Canton
- 7th Overall Volta a Catalunya
- 8th La Flèche Wallonne
- 2008
- 1st Stage 4 Tour de l'Ain
- 8th Overall Tour de Romandie
- 10th La Flèche Wallonne
- 2009
- 8th Overall Tour de l'Ain
- 2010
- 6th Overall Route du Sud
- 2011
- 3rd Overall Giro d'Italia
- 1st Stage 11
- 6th Tour du Doubs
- 7th Overall Tour de l'Ain
- 2013
- 3rd Overall Route du Sud
- 3rd Overall Tour de l'Ain
- 10th Overall Critérium International
- 10th Overall Tour of the Basque Country
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
| Grand Tour | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Giro d'Italia |
DNF | — | DNF | — | — | — | 13 | 3 | 11 | — | — |
| Tour de France |
— | — | — | 54 | DNF | — | 18 | DNF | — | 22 | 19 |
 / Vuelta a España |
— | — | — | — | 18 | DNF | — | — | DNF | — | — |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
References
- "Palmarès de John GADRET". Ag2r prevoyance cyclisme. Archived from the original on 2009-01-22. Retrieved 2007-08-15.
- "2006 Giro d'Italia stage 18 results, report and photos". cyclingnews. Retrieved 2007-08-15.
- "Koppenberg cross 2006 results, report and photos". cyclingnews. Retrieved 2007-08-15.
- "UCI World Championships Cyclo-cross 2006–2007". Cyclingnews. Retrieved 2007-08-15.
- "2007 Grand Prix of Aargau Canton results and report". Cyclingnews. Retrieved 2007-08-15.
- "Gadret wins and leads in Tour de l'Ain". Cyclingpost. Archived from the original on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2007-08-15.
- Roche, Nicolas (2010-07-20). "I wanted to smash his head in. I couldn't stand to be near him". Independent.ie. Retrieved 2010-07-20.
- "Voeckler Loses Out To Trotting Horse". Cyclingnews.com. 2011-08-18. Retrieved 2012-07-12.
External links
- John Gadret at Cycling Archives
- Palmares at Trap-Friis
- Palmares at Cycling Base (French) Archived 2012-03-11 at the Wayback Machine