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Damien Gaudin

    Key Stats

    Nationality: French
    Born: August 20, 1986
    Hometown: Beaupréau, France
    Height: 6-foot-1
    Weight: 174 pounds
    Strengths: budding classics specialist, track racing
    Turned Pro: 2007

    Palmares

    Career Highlights:

    2007
    1st, Paris-Roubaix under-23
    1st, French pursuit championship
    1st, Deux Jours de Machecoul

    Biography

    A confident rider with a bright classics future, Marco Pantani and Laurent Jalabert were his idols. He became only the second rider in a Vendée-U jersey to win the espoirs edition of Paris-Roubaix last season. Team brass says he could be France’s next big cobblestone specialist.