Rudy Molard


Rudy Molard is a French road bicycle racer, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam.

Career

Molard spent 5 years with before moving to in 2017. During his five year stint with, Molard won a Stage at the 2015 Tour du Limousin. He also rode the Tour de France twice, finishing 73rd in 2013. and 51st in 2014.

FDJ (2017–present)

2017

Molard finished 16th overall at Paris–Nice, and 24th at Tour of the Basque Country in his first season with. He had a great form during the spring classics, finishing 8th at La Flèche Wallonne, and 17th at Liège–Bastogne–Liège. He was included in the team at the 100th Giro d'Italia, and the Tour de France.

2018

Molard opened his 2018 season off by finishing 3rd overall at both the Tour La Provence, and the Tour du Haut Var. His next race was Paris–Nice, in which he managed to win Stage 6 from Sisteron to Vence. He attacked inside the final kilometer, and managed to get away from the front group. Molard went on to finish 15th overall. He rode the spring classics, and continued his form; he finished 15th at the Amstel Gold Race, 13th at La Flèche Wallonne and 26th at Liège–Bastogne–Liège.
As a preparation for the Tour de France, he rode the Critérium du Dauphiné, and then the French National Road Race Championships, where he finished 6th. His best result during the Tour de France, was 14th on Stage 16. A week after the Tour de France, he finished 11th at Clásica de San Sebastián. At the end of August, he started the Vuelta a España, and managed to get the Leaders Jersey on Stage 5, after being in the breakaway all day. He had the leaders jersey in 4 days before losing it on stage 9.

Career achievements

Major results

;2011
;2012
;2013
;2014
;2015
;2017
;2018
;2019
;2020

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

—Did not compete
DNFDid not finish