Rémi Cavagna (born 10 August 1995) is a French cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Movistar Team.[4]

Rémi Cavagna
Cavagna in 2013
Personal information
Full nameRémi Cavagna
NicknameTGV de Clermont-Ferrand (Clermont-Ferrand TGV)[1]
Born (1995-08-10) 10 August 1995 (age 29)
Clermont-Ferrand, France
Height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight78 kg (172 lb)
Team information
Current teamMovistar Team
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider type
Amateur teams
2012–2013VC Cournon d'Auvergne Junior
2014–2015Pro Immo Nicolas Roux
Professional teams
2016Klein Constantia
2017–2023Quick-Step Floors[2][3]
2024–Movistar Team
Major wins
Grand Tours
Vuelta a España
1 individual stage (2019)
Combativity award (2020)

One-day races and Classics

National Road Race Championships (2021)
National Time Trial Championships (2020, 2023)
Classic Sud-Ardèche (2020)
Medal record
Men's road bicycle racing
Representing  France
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2023 Glasgow Mixed team relay
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2023 Drenthe Mixed team relay
Silver medal – second place 2020 Plouay Time trial

Career

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Cavagna at the 2023 Tour de France

On 19 July 2016, UCI World Tour team Quick-Step Floors announced the signing of Cavagna for the 2017 season.[5] In May 2018, he was named in the startlist for the 2018 Giro d'Italia.[6] In August 2019, he was named in the startlist for the 2019 Vuelta a España.[7] In August 2020, he was named in the startlist for the 2020 Tour de France.[8]

At the 2021 tour of Poland, Remi won stage 6 of the race[9].

At the 2023 Tour of Slovakia, Remi won the opening stage of the race and finished the tour in first place[10]. Later in the year he won the French time trial championships ahead of Bruno Armirail[11].

In October 2023, Rémi was announced as one of seven new signings for Spanish team Movistar for 2024, alongsid Davide Formolo, leaving his current team Soudal Quick-Step, at the end of the 2023 season[12].

In June 2024, Cavagna said that "I came to the team to progress and I feel like I’ve taken a step backwards”[13]. It seemed that he was also struggling with a language barrier, with the team radios being in Spanish, and last minute changes to his programme were reasons for struggles during the season[14].

Cavagna will leave Movistar Team at the end of the 2024 season, due to having a bad relationship with them, despite signing a 3 year contract up until the end of 2026[15].

Major results

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2013
3rd Overall Trophée Centre Morbihan
1st Stage 2
3rd Time trial, UEC European Junior Road Championships
5th Chrono Champenois Juniors
2014
1st   Time trial, National University Championships
2nd Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships
2nd Chrono des Nations Espoirs
2015
1st   Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships
8th Time trial, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships
2016
1st   Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships
1st   Overall Tour de Berlin
1st Stage 3a
1st Stage 5 Volta ao Alentejo
1st Stage 1 Circuit des Ardennes
2nd Overall Paris–Arras Tour
1st   Young rider classification
1st Stage 3
2nd Stage Course de Solidarność et des Champions Olympiques
7th Duo Normand
8th Overall ZLM Roompot Tour
2017
2nd Overall Tour of Belgium
6th Binche–Chimay–Binche
2018 (1 pro win)
1st Dwars door West–Vlaanderen
4th Overall Tour of Guangxi
9th Overall Vuelta a San Juan
2019 (2)
Vuelta a España
1st Stage 19
  Combativity award Stage 19
1st Stage 3 Tour of California
5th Time trial, National Road Championships
2020 (2)
1st   Time trial, National Road Championships
1st Classic Sud-Ardèche
2nd   Time trial, UEC European Road Championships
7th Time trial, UCI Road World Championships
  Combativity award Stage 19 Tour de France
  Combativity award Vuelta a España Stage 16 & Overall
2021 (3)
1st   Road race, National Road Championships
1st Stage 5 (ITT) Tour de Romandie
1st Stage 6 (ITT) Tour de Pologne
9th Time trial, UEC European Road Championships
2022
2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
6th Overall Tour de Pologne
2023 (5)
UEC European Road Championships
1st   Team relay
8th Time trial
1st   Time trial, National Road Championships
1st   Overall Okolo Slovenska
1st Stage 1
Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
1st Stages 1 & 5 (ITT)
2nd   Team relay, UCI Road World Championships
4th Brabantse Pijl
4th Chrono des Nations
2024
4th Time trial, National Road Championships

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

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Grand Tour 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
  Giro d'Italia 115 68
  Tour de France 113 106
  Vuelta a España 52 84
Legend
Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

References

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  1. ^ "Cyclisme : le "TGV de Clermont-Ferrand" Rémi Cavagna s'impose sur la Classic de l'Ardèche" [Cycling: the "Clermont-Ferrand TGV" Rémi Cavagna wins the Classic de l'Ardèche]. France 3 (in French). 11 June 2020. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
  2. ^ Ryan, Barry (31 December 2019). "2020 Team Preview: Deceuninck-QuickStep". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  3. ^ "Deceuninck - Quick-Step". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  4. ^ "Movistar Team". UCI. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
  5. ^ "Three neo-pros join Etixx–Quick-Step for 2017". etixx-quickstep.com. 19 July 2016. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
  6. ^ "2018: 101st Giro d'Italia: Start List". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
  7. ^ "2019: 74th La Vuelta ciclista a España". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
  8. ^ "107th Tour de France: Startlist". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
  9. ^ "Rémi Cavagna wins Tour of Poland stage six time trial as João Almeida strengthens overall lead". Cycling Weekly. 2021-08-14. Retrieved 2024-10-09.
  10. ^ "Vader fourth in first stage of Tour of Slovakia". Team Visma | Lease a Bike. Retrieved 2024-10-09.
  11. ^ Cyclingnews (2023-06-22). "Rémi Cavagna retakes elite men's French time trial title with dominate ride". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2024-10-09.
  12. ^ James Moultrie (2023-10-20). "Remi Cavagna and Davide Formolo among seven Movistar signings for 2024". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2024-10-09.
  13. ^ "Rémi Cavagna explodes against Movistar: "I came to the team to progress and I feel like I've taken a step backwards"". CyclingUpToDate.com. 2024-06-22. Retrieved 2024-10-09.
  14. ^ Alasdair Fotheringham (2024-06-21). "'The race radio's all in Spanish' - France's Rémi Cavagna hits language barrier after move to Movistar". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2024-10-09.
  15. ^ "Remi Cavagna will leave Movistar after first year of a three-year contract". CyclingUpToDate.com. 2024-10-09. Retrieved 2024-10-09.
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