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John Gadret

Key Stats

Nationality: French
Born: April 22, 1979
Hometown: Epernay, France
Height: 5-foot-7
Weight: 132 pounds
Strengths: climbing, cyclocross
Turned Pro: 2003

Palmares

Career Highlights:

2009
10th, stage 4, Volta Ciclista a Catalunya

2007
1st, GP Kanton Aargau
1st overall and mountains competition, Tour de l’Ain

Biography

One of the leading French climbers for the future, Gadret hit his stride on the road after making the transition from cyclocross. A two-time national French cyclocross champion, things were going well for Gadret in the 2006 Giro d’Italia with a string of top 10 finishes in the mountains until he crashed out with a broken clavicle.