Romain Bardet

Romain Bardet is a professional French racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam AG2R La Mondiale. Bardet is known for his climbing ability which makes him one of the top contenders in Grand Tours. So far in his career, his best results has come on home soil. He has won three stages in the Tour de France in three separate years running from 2015 to 2017. He has also finished on the podium in the Tour de France twice, second overall in 2016 and third overall in 2017. He has also won the combativity Award, a prize given in the Tour de France for the most combative rider overall during the race.

Bardet turned professional in 2012. In 2014, Bardet finished sixth overall in the 2014 Tour de France. He also wore the Young rider classification white jersey for several days, ultimately placing second to Thibaut Pinot (FDJ) in the final young rider classification.

On Stage 19 of the 2016 Tour de France, Bardet and his team mate Mikaël Cherel attacked together on a wet descent before the penultimate climb. Bardet caught the breakaway survivor with 7 km to go, dropped him on the steepest pitches of the final climb with 3.2 km remaining and won the stage by 23 seconds over second-placed Joaquim Rodríguez. He was the first and only Frenchman to win a stage in the 2016 Tour de France. After winning Stage 19, Bardet rose from fifth to second overall in the general classification. He finished the 2016 Tour de France in the second position in the final general classification, 4:05 behind Chris Froome.

Bardet was selected to represent France at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the individual road race. He finished the road race in 24th position.