Warren Barguil

Early career

Barguil began his professional career in 2011 when he rode for Bretagne–Schuller as a trainee. While riding for this team, he won stage 8 of the Tour de l'Avenir, and finished 5th overall. The following year, he rode also as a trainee 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.

2013

For the 2013 season, Barguil joined the team as a regular rider. The then 21 year old 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

The first top 10 result of Barguil's 2014 season came at the Drome Classic where he finished 8th. One week after that, he finished 8th again, this time in the 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 at the 2014 season but the team wanted Barguil to do the Vuelta once again, but to focus on the general classification. Barguil finished in 8th position overall at the Vuelta, with his best stage result coming on Stage 20 with a 6th position a top 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

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. 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. Barguil ended up finishing his first Tour de France in 14th overall.

2016

Barguil at the 2016 Tour de France

On 23 January 2016, Barguil was one of the six members of the Team Giant–Alpecin who were hit by a car which drove into on-coming traffic while they were training in Spain. All riders were in stable condition.^[5]

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 leaders jersey before heading in to the last two stages. He lost the leaders jersey on Stage 8 however, because of his 21st position in the Time Trial on Stage 8. Barguil showed excellent form at the start of the Tour de France, and was 4th overall at his best in the 1st week. However during the tour his form dropped, and he ended up finishing 23rd overall. He went to Olympic Games but abandoned the Road Race. He also abandoned the Vuelta a España already on Stage 3. His best result at the fall classics was 8th at Il Lombardia.

2017

Barguil won the polka dot jersey at the 2017 Tour de France

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.^[6] 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.^[7][8][9] Barguil also won Stage 18 (it finished on the hors catégorie Col d'Izoard) after surging clear of lone stage leader Darwin Atapuma (who was leading the stage solo by 1:45 with five kilometres to go) 800 metres 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.^[10][11]

Barguil was thrown out the 2017 Vuelta a España by Team Sunweb after the end of Stage 7 and before the start of 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 2017 Vuelta a España were: his disagreement with the team over race goals and tactics; he wanted a free role to work for himself in the mountain stages (of the 2017 Vuelta a España) and that this had created several disagreements within the team; his refusal to obey team orders by not waiting for Wilco Kelderman after the Dutchman had a punctured tyre on stage 7 and lost time as a result of it.^[12][13]

2018

For the 2018 season, Barguil joined UCI Professional Continental team Fortuneo–Samsic, signing a three-year contract with the French team. Barguil opened his season at the Tour Cycliste International La Provence, and finished 32nd overall. He then finished 12th & 13th in the Faun Environment - Classic de l'Ardèche Rhône Crussol & Royal Bernard Drome Classic. At the Paris-Nice he finished 17th overall and 15th overall at the Volta a Catalunya. He finished 19th in the overall classification and 6th in the mountains classification at the Critérium du Dauphiné. He went in the breakaway on stage 6, and showed that he had gotten his form back.

After the first week of the Tour de France, Barguil was in 18th overall and 2 minutes 37 seconds behind race leader Van Avermaet. On stage 10, he attacked from the peloton, but eventually dropped back to the peloton, purposefully losing some time so he would be allowed a chance to go into the breakaway on the following stages. On stage 11, Barguil entered the breakaway from the start of the stage, but was caught on the final climb. On the following day, Barguil went into the breakaway once again and managed to pick up points for the Mountains classification however it was not enough to take the Jersey from Alaphillippe. Barguil finished 17th overall in the race, and 2nd overall in the Mountains classification.

After the Tour de France, Barguil rode the Arctic Race of Norway and finished 18th on the 1st Stage, however he was held back after a crash in the Sprint. He did not finish the 2nd Stage of the norwegian stage race, but went to Germany to ride the Deutschland Tour. He was sitting in 8th overall position after the pen-ultimate stage, and advanced in the general classification on the final stage to Stuttgart. He finished 8th on the Stage and 6th in the general classification.

Major results

General classification results timeline

Grand Tour general classification results timeline
Grand Tour	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
Giro d'Italia	—	—	—	—	—	—
Tour de France	—	—	14	23	10	17
Vuelta a España	38	8	—	DNF	DNF	—
Major stage race general classification results timeline
Race	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
Paris–Nice	72	—	DNF	—	8	17
Tirreno–Adriatico	—	—	—	—	—	—
Volta a Catalunya	—	9	17	22	—	15
Tour of the Basque Country	DNF	20	—	DNF	16	—
Tour de Romandie	—	—	—	—	DNF	—
Critérium du Dauphiné	18	—	—	—	30	19
Tour de Suisse	—	30	12	3	—	—

Classics results timeline

Major championships timeline

Event		2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
Olympic Games	Time trial	Not Held			—	Not Held
	Road race				DNF
World Championships	Time trial	—	—	—	—	—	—
	Road race	DNF	19	—	—	37	DNF
National Championships	Time trial	28	—	—	—	—	—
	Road race	14	12	4	33	—	7