Warren Barguil
Warren Barguil (French: [waʁɛn baʁgil];[6] born 28 October 1991) is a French cyclist, who rides for UCI ProTeam Arkéa–Samsic.[7] He is best known for winning two mountain stages and the mountains classification of the 2017 Tour de France.
Warren Barguil during the teams presentation at Dunkerque. Tour de France 2022, stage 4. | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Warren Barguil |
| Nickname | Wawa[1] |
| Born | 28 October 1991 Hennebont, France |
| Height | 1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)[2] |
| Weight | 61 kg (134 lb; 9 st 8 lb)[2] |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Arkéa–Samsic |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Climber |
| Amateur teams | |
| 2010–2011 | AC Lanester 56 |
| 2011 | Bretagne–Schuller (stagiaire) |
| 2012 | CC Étupes |
| 2012 | Argos–Shimano (stagiaire) |
| Professional teams | |
| 2013–2017 | Argos–Shimano[3] |
| 2018– | Fortuneo–Samsic[4][5] |
| Major wins | |
Grand Tours
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Career
Early career
Born in Hennebont, Brittany, Barguil began his professional career in 2011 when he rode for Bretagne–Schuller as a stagiaire. He won stage 8 of the Tour de l'Avenir, and finished 5th overall, riding for the French national team. The following year, he rode also as a stagiaire for Argos–Shimano. This was a successful season for the cyclist, as he won the Tour de l'Avenir and was second overall in the Tour des Pays de Savoie.
Argos–Shimano (2013–2017)
For the 2013 season, Barguil joined the team as a regular rider, and booked his largest victories up to that point of his career, when he won stages 13 and 16 of the Vuelta a España. Barguil took no other wins this season, but placed 4th in the Rund um Köln and 8th in the Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise.
2014 season
The first top 10 result of Barguil's 2014 season came at La Drôme Classic where he finished 8th. One week after that, he finished 8th again, this time in Strade Bianche. His first overall top 10 finish in a major stage race came at the Volta a Catalunya where he finished in 9th position. Barguil wanted to race the Tour de France, but the team wanted Barguil to do the Vuelta a España once again, but to focus on the general classification. Barguil finished in 8th position overall at the Vuelta a España, with his best stage result coming on Stage 20 with a 6th position atop the Puerto Ancares. He took his form with him to China, where he raced the Tour of Beijing, and finished in 6th position overall.
2015 season
The 2015 season was the first season with Barguil's main focus on the Tour de France. Barguil struggled with fitness during the spring season, but finished 12th in the Tour de Suisse as his warm up race for the Tour de France. One week after the Tour de Suisse, he finished 4th at the French National Road Race Championships. Barguil opened the Tour de France with a great first week, finishing 13th atop the Mûr-de-Bretagne and was in 8th position overall after that stage. He struggled in the third week, and dropped out of top 10 in the last few stages; he ended up finishing his first Tour de France in 14th overall.
2016 season
On 23 January 2016, Barguil was one of the six members of the Team Giant–Alpecin who were hit by a motorist who drove into on-coming traffic while they were training in Spain. All riders were in stable condition.[8]
Barguil finished in 6th position in the Liège–Bastogne–Liège one-day classic. In the mid-week leading up to "La Doyenne" he finished in 9th position in La Flèche Wallonne. Barguil finished 3rd on Stage 7 of the Tour de Suisse to Sölden, and therefore took the yellow leader's jersey before heading in to the last two stages. He lost the lead the following day however, due to his 21st position in the stage eight individual time trial. Barguil showed excellent form at the start of the Tour de France, and was 4th overall at his best in the first week. However, during the race his form dropped, and he ended up finishing 23rd overall. He went to the Olympic Games but abandoned the road race. He also abandoned the Vuelta a España on Stage 3. His best result at the fall classics was 8th at Il Lombardia.
2017 season
Barguil finished 8th overall at Paris–Nice, and later went on to finish 6th in La Flèche Wallonne during the spring campaign. After a crash during the Tour de Romandie, Barguil fractured his pelvis.[9] He was ruled out for some weeks before making his comeback at Critérium du Dauphiné where he had no success. Barguil took the polka dot jersey after Stage 9 of the Tour de France; he was beaten into second position by a whisker at the stage's finishing line in Chambéry by Rigoberto Urán in a thrilling photo finish.[10] He won Stage 13 in a sprint finish from a four-man breakaway in Foix, beating Nairo Quintana, Alberto Contador and Mikel Landa; that was the first Tour de France stage win of his career and made him the first Frenchman to win a Tour de France stage on Bastille Day since David Moncoutié's Stage 12 victory in 2005.[11][12][13] Barguil also won Stage 18 that finished on the hors catégorie Col d'Izoard after surging clear of lone stage leader Darwin Atapuma – who had been leading the stage solo by 1:45 with 5 kilometres (3.1 miles) to go – 800 metres (2,600 feet) from the finishing line. After his Stage 18 win, Barguil had an insurmountable 89-point lead over second-placed Primož Roglič at the top of the mountains classification.[14][15]
Barguil was thrown out the Vuelta a España by Team Sunweb prior to Stage 8. He was 13th in the general classification after the end of Stage 7, 1:43 behind the general classification leader Chris Froome. The reasons given by Team Sunweb for Barguil's ejection from the race were: his disagreement with the team over race goals and tactics; he wanted a free role to work for himself in the mountain stages and that this had created several disagreements within the team, and his refusal to obey team orders by not waiting for Wilco Kelderman, after he had a punctured tyre on stage 7 and lost time as a result of it.[16][17]
Fortuneo–Samsic (2018–present)
2018 season
For the 2018 season, Barguil joined UCI Professional Continental team Fortuneo–Samsic, signing a three-year contract with the French team.[18] Barguil opened his season at the Tour La Provence, and finished 32nd overall. His first World Tour race of the season was Paris–Nice where he finished 17th overall. A few weeks later he finished 15th overall at the Volta a Catalunya. At the Critérium du Dauphiné he attacked on stage 6 but was later brought back by the group of race favourites. At the Tour de France, Barguil made his first attack on the first mountain stage but it was without any luck. On the following two stages, he went into the breakaway and collected points for the polka dot jersey. He finished 2nd overall in the Mountains classification and 17th overall in the race. His first top 10 result of the year came, at the Deutschland Tour where he finished 6th overall. His best result at the season was in September where he rode Grand Prix de Wallonie and finished 3rd.
2019 season
After a rough beginning to 2019, Barguil won the French National Road Race Championships, in a sprint finish. He had previously considered retiring from the sport due to his lack of success.[19] Barguil entered the Tour de France as usual, again with the goal of getting stage wins.[19] He attacked on several mountain stages, showing good form, but was unable to win any stages. He did however finish 10th overall. After the Tour de France, Barguil confirmed that he would remain with Arkéa–Samsic for another season, despite being contacted by several UCI WorldTeams.[20]
Major results
- 2009
- 1st Road race, National Junior Road Championships
- 4th Tour de Vallées
- 8th Overall Le Trophée Centre Morbihan
- 2010
- 3rd La Melrandaise
- 2011
- 4th Overall Coupe des nations Ville Saguenay
- 5th Overall Tour de l'Avenir
- 1st Stage 8
- 8th Paris–Tours Espoirs
- 10th Overall Tour de l'Ain
- 2012
- 1st Overall Tour de l'Avenir
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Mountains classification
- 1st Stage 4
- 2nd Overall Tour des Pays de Savoie
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Mountains classification
- 1st Young rider classification
- 1st Stage 2
- 2nd Paris–Tours Espoirs
- 3rd Overall Tour Alsace
- 1st Young rider classification
- 2013
- Vuelta a España
- 1st Stages 13 & 16
- 4th Rund um Köln
- 8th Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise
- 9th Amstel Curaçao Race
- 2014
- 6th Overall Tour of Beijing
- 8th Overall Vuelta a España
- 8th La Drôme Classic
- 8th Strade Bianche
- 9th Overall Volta a Catalunya
- 2015
- 4th Road race, National Road Championships
- 8th International Road Cycling Challenge
- 9th Clásica de San Sebastián
- 9th Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec
- 2016
- 3rd Overall Tour de Suisse
- 6th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
- 8th Giro di Lombardia
- 9th La Flèche Wallonne
- 10th Milano–Torino
- 2017
- 6th La Flèche Wallonne
- 8th Overall Paris–Nice
- 10th Overall Tour de France
- 1st Mountains classification
- 1st Stages 13 & 18
- Combativity award Stage 9 & Overall
- 2018
- 3rd Grand Prix de Wallonie
- 6th Overall Deutschland Tour
- 10th Coppa Sabatini
- 10th Memorial Marco Pantani
- 2019
- 1st Road race, National Road Championships
- 2nd Overall Arctic Race of Norway
- 3rd La Drôme Classic
- 6th Coppa Agostoni
- 9th Trofeo Campos, Porreres, Felanitx, Ses Salines
- 9th Trofeo Andratx–Lloseta
- 9th Giro della Toscana
- 10th Overall Tour de France
- 2020
- 2nd La Drôme Classic
- 4th La Flèche Wallonne
- 4th Classic Sud-Ardèche
- 5th Brabantse Pijl
- 5th Paris–Tours
- 7th Overall Route d'Occitanie
- 9th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné
- 9th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
- 2021
- 1st Overall Tour du Limousin
- 2nd Grand Prix de Wallonie
- 4th Road race, National Road Championships
- 5th La Flèche Wallonne
- 8th Overall Arctic Race of Norway
- 9th Royal Bernard Drôme Classic
- 2022
- 1st GP Miguel Induráin
- 1st Stage 5 Tirreno–Adriatico
- 3rd Brabantse Pijl
- 4th Road race, National Road Championships
- 7th Vuelta a Murcia
- 7th Clásica Jaén Paraíso Interior
- 8th Faun-Ardèche Classic
- 8th Trofeo Serra de Tramuntana
- 9th La Flèche Wallonne
- 9th La Drôme Classic
- 10th Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec
- 10th Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal
- 10th Grand Prix de Wallonie
- Combativity award Stage 11 Tour de France
- 2023
- 9th Clásica Jaén Paraíso Interior
- 10th La Flèche Wallonne
General classification results timeline
| Grand Tour general classification results | |||||||||||
| Grand Tour | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Giro d'Italia | Did not enter | in progress | |||||||||
| Tour de France | — | — | 14 | 23 | 10 | 17 | 10 | 14 | DNF | DNF | – |
| Vuelta a España | 38 | 8 | — | DNF | DNF | — | — | — | — | — | – |
| Major stage race general classification results | |||||||||||
| Race | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
| Paris–Nice | 72 | — | DNF | — | 8 | 17 | DNF | DSQ | 14 | — | |
| Tirreno–Adriatico | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 20 | |
| Volta a Catalunya | — | 9 | 17 | 22 | — | 15 | DNF | NH | — | — | |
| Tour of the Basque Country | DNF | 20 | — | DNF | 16 | — | — | — | — | ||
| Tour de Romandie | — | — | — | — | DNF | — | — | — | — | ||
| Critérium du Dauphiné | 18 | — | — | — | 30 | 19 | 13 | 9 | 38 | 24 | |
| Tour de Suisse | — | 30 | 12 | 3 | — | — | — | NH | — | — | |
Classics results timeline
| Monument | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milan–San Remo | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 44 | — | 40 |
| Tour of Flanders | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 36 | — | — |
| Paris–Roubaix | Has not contested during his career | ||||||||||
| Liège–Bastogne–Liège | — | 29 | 34 | 6 | 38 | 53 | — | 9 | 26 | 15 | |
| Giro di Lombardia | 47 | 36 | 20 | 8 | 34 | 26 | — | — | — | 12 | |
| Classic | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
| Strade Bianche | — | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 27 | 20 |
| Brabantse Pijl | — | — | — | — | — | 21 | — | 5 | — | 3 | 17 |
| Amstel Gold Race | — | — | 72 | 15 | 45 | — | — | NH | 25 | 21 | 35 |
| La Flèche Wallonne | DNF | 23 | 26 | 9 | 6 | 45 | — | 4 | 5 | 9 | 10 |
| Clásica de San Sebastián | — | — | 9 | 54 | 13 | — | — | NH | 44 | — | |
| Bretagne Classic | — | — | 56 | — | — | — | 12 | — | 20 | 13 | |
| Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec | — | — | 9 | — | — | — | — | Not held | 10 | ||
| Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal | — | — | 27 | — | — | — | — | 10 | |||
| Paris–Tours | 70 | — | — | 171 | — | — | — | 5 | — | — | |
Major championships timeline
| Event | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olympic Games | Road race | Not Held | DNF | Not Held | — | NH | |||||
| World Championships | Road race | DNF | 19 | — | — | 37 | DNF | — | — | — | |
| National Championships | Road race | 14 | 12 | 4 | 33 | — | 7 | 1 | 27 | 4 | 4 |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
References
- ^ Fotheringham, William (13 July 2015). "Will anyone stop Chris Froome winning the Tour de France again?". theguardian.com. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
- ^ a b "WARREN BARGUIL - Arkea-Samsic". Retrieved 5 July 2019.
- ^ "Warren Barguil » Team Sunweb". Retrieved 22 July 2014.
- ^ "Arkéa-Samsic". Directvelo (in French). Association Le Peloton. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
- ^ "Franck Bonnamour et Romain Le Roux avec Arkéa-Samsic en 2020" [Franck Bonnamour and Romain Le Roux with Arkéa-Samsic in 2020]. Arkéa–Samsic (in French). Pro Cycling Breizh. 14 October 2019. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
- ^ "Tour de France : la victoire de Warren Barguil". 14 July 2017. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
- ^ "Team Arkea - Samsic". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 7 January 2021. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
- ^ "John Degenkolb and Warren Barguil among six Giant-Alpecin cyclists hospitalised after being hit by a car". Irish Independent. 23 January 2016.
- ^ "Warren Barguil | Injury history". www.procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 24 October 2018.
- ^ "Tour de France: Uran wins stage 9 in photo finish". www.cyclingnews.com. 9 July 2017.
- ^ "Tour de France: Barguil victorious in short, chaotic stage to Foix". www.cyclingnews.com. 14 July 2017.
- ^ "Tour de France 2017: Chris Froome stays second as France's Barguil wins on Bastille Day". BBC. 14 July 2017.
- ^ "Tour de France 2017, stage 13: Warren Barguil triumphs for France on Bastille Day while Fabio Aru holds onto yellow jersey". The Daily Telegraph. 14 July 2017.
- ^ "Tour de France: Barguil wins on the Izoard - Froome survives final mountain test in yellow, Bardet gets over Uran". www.cyclingnews.com. 20 July 2017.
- ^ "Tour de France 2017: Chris Froome in control, Warren Barguil wins stage 18". BBC. 20 July 2017.
- ^ "Vuelta a Espana 2017: Warren Barguil ejected by Team Sunweb". BBC. 26 August 2017.
- ^ "Sunweb send Barguil home from Vuelta after disagreements over tactics". ww.cylcingnews.com. 26 August 2017.
- ^ "Barguil signs for Fortuneo-Oscaro". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 2 August 2017. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
- ^ a b "New French road race champion Barguil: I thought about quitting cycling". Cycling News. 1 July 2019. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
- ^ "Warren Barguil to remain at Arkea-Samsic for another season". CyclingPub.com. 30 July 2019. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
External links
- Warren Barguil at Cycling Archives
- Warren Barguil at CQ Ranking
- Warren Barguil at ProCyclingStats