Ben Gastauer (born 14 November 1987) is a Luxembourgish former professional road cyclist, who rode professionally for the AG2R Citroën Team between 2010 and 2021.[3]
_-_Kampioenschap_van_Vlaanderen,_18_september_2015_(B33).JPG) Gastauer at the 2015 Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Ben Gastauer |
| Nickname | Benny |
| Born | 14 November 1987 Dudelange, Luxembourg |
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) |
| Weight | 72 kg (159 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Retired |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | All-rounder |
| Amateur teams | |
| 1993–2006 | LP07 Schifflange |
| 2007–2008 | FidiBC.com–VC Arbedo |
| 2009 | Chambéry CF |
| 2009 | Ag2r–La Mondiale (stagiaire) |
| Professional team | |
| 2010–2021 | Ag2r–La Mondiale[1][2] |
| Major wins | |
| One-day races and Classics | |
He took three professional victories during his career: the Luxembourgish National Time Trial Championships in 2012, and the general classification and a stage at the 2015 Tour du Haut Var. He was part of the Ag2r–La Mondiale squad that won the team classification and delivered Jean-Christophe Péraud to the podium at the 2014 Tour de France, and part of those which assisted Romain Bardet to podium finishes at the 2016 Tour de France and the 2017 Tour de France. In August 2021 the AG2R Citroën Team announced that Gastauer would retire from competition at the end of the season due to a problem with his pelvic floor, finishing his career at the 2021 Tour de Luxembourg the following month.[4]
Major results
editSource:[5]
- 2005
- 1st
Time trial, National Junior Road Championships - 2nd Classique des Alpes
- 10th Overall Grand Prix Rüebliland
- 2006
- 1st Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships
- 2007
- 1st Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships
- 5th Overall Grand Prix du Portugal
- 2008
- 1st Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships
- 1st Ruota d'Oro
- 9th Overall Flèche du Sud
- 2009
- National Under-23 Road Championships
- 1st Road race
- 1st Time trial
- 1st
- 1st
Overall Tour des Pays de Savoie
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Stage 1
- 2nd Overall Flèche du Sud
- 9th Giro del Mendrisiotto
- 2010
- 3rd Road race, National Road Championships
- 6th Overall Paris–Corrèze
- 2012
- National Road Championships
- 1st Time trial
- 2nd Road race
- 1st
- 2013
- 3rd Time trial, National Road Championships
- 2014
- National Road Championships
- 2nd Road race
- 4th Time trial
- 2015
- 1st
Overall Tour du Haut Var
- 1st Stage 1
- National Road Championships
- 2nd Road race
- 4th Time trial
- 2016
- 1st
Mountains classification, Tour du Haut Var - 4th Road race, National Road Championships
- 2017
- National Road Championships
- 3rd Road race
- 4th Time trial
- 2019
- 4th Time trial, National Road Championships
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
edit| Grand Tour | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Giro d'Italia
|
88 | 67 | 51 | — | — | — | 29 | — | 79 | DNF |
 Tour de France
|
— | — | — | 21 | DNF | 61 | 37 | — | — | — |
 Vuelta a España
|
— | 81 | 65 | — | — | — | — | 36 | — | — |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
References
edit- ^ "Official presentation of the AG2R LA MONDIALE professional cycling team 2020". AG2R La Mondiale. Groupe AG2R La Mondiale. 10 December 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
- ^ "AG2R Citroën Team". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- ^ "Ben Gastauer beendet seine Karriere bei der Tour de Luxembourg" [Ben Gastauer retires after the Tour de Luxembourg]. Tageblatt (in German). Editpress. 5 August 2021. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
- ^ "Ben Gastauer to retire at the end of the 2021 season". AG2R Citroën Team. 5 August 2021. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
- ^ "Ben Gastauer". FirstCycling.com. FirstCycling AS. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
External links
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Media related to Ben Gastauer at Wikimedia Commons
- Ben Gastauer at UCI
- Ben Gastauer at ProCyclingStats
- Ben Gastauer at Cycling Archives (archived)
- Ben Gastauer profile at Ag2r-La Mondiale
