Kaden Groves (born 23 December 1998) is an Australian cyclist who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Alpecin–Deceuninck.[3] Groves is a sprinter with speed on flat races, but who can also climb better than most sprinters.[4]
 Groves at 2022 Rund um Köln | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Kaden Groves |
| Nickname | Skip[citation needed] |
| Born | 23 December 1998 Gympie |
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) |
| Weight | 76 kg (168 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Alpecin–Deceuninck |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Sprinter |
| Professional teams | |
| 2017–2018 | St George Continental Cycling Team |
| 2018 | Mitchelton–BikeExchange |
| 2019 | SEG Racing Academy |
| 2019 | Mitchelton–Scott (stagiaire) |
| 2020–2022 | Mitchelton–Scott[1][2] |
| 2023– | Alpecin–Deceuninck |
| Major wins | |
Grand Tours
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Career
editGroves was the 2016 winner of the junior race at the Australian National Road Race Championships.[5] In 2017, Groves finished runner-up in the prologue stage of the Tour de Kumano.[6] He won stage 3 of the Tour of Fuzhou.[7][8]
In August 2019, Groves joined UCI WorldTeam Mitchelton–Scott as a stagiaire for the second half of the season,[9] before joining the team permanently in 2020. In 2022, he won his first Grand Tour stage, when he won stage 11 of the Vuelta a España in a sprint finish. In 2023 he won stage 5 of the Giro d'Italia.
Major results
edit- 2016
- 1st
Road race, National Junior Road Championships
- 2017 (1 pro win)
- 1st Stage 3 Tour of Fuzhou
- 1st Team time trial, Queensland State Road Championships
- 2018 (2)
- 1st Stage 13 Tour of Qinghai Lake
- 1st Stage 5 Tour of Fuzhou
- 1st Stage 1 Tour of Quanzhou Bay
- 3rd Overall Tour of China II
- 1st
Points classification
- 1st
- 2019
- Le Triptyque des Monts et Châteaux
- 1st Stages 1 & 3
- 1st Stage 1 Ronde de l'Isard
- 2nd Eschborn–Frankfurt Under-23
- 4th Overall Circuit des Ardennes
- 1st
- 1st Stages 1 & 4
- 1st
- 8th Liège–Bastogne–Liège Espoirs
- 10th Brussels Cycling Classic
- 2020 (2)
- Herald Sun Tour
- 1st Stages 3 & 5
- 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Czech Cycling Tour
- 4th Race Torquay
- 2021 (1)
- 1st
- 1st Prologue Okolo Slovenska
- 2022 (3)
- 1st Stage 11 Vuelta a España
- Volta a Catalunya
- 1st
Points classification
- 1st Stage 2
- 1st
- 1st Stage 2 Tour of Turkey
- 3rd Overall Tour of Estonia
- 1st
- 1st
- 2023 (7)
- 1st Volta Limburg Classic
- Vuelta a España
- 1st
Points classification
- 1st Stages 4, 5 & 21
- 1st
- 1st Stage 5 Giro d'Italia
- Volta a Catalunya
- 1st Stages 4 & 6
- 2nd Münsterland Giro
- 2nd Famenne Ardenne Classic
- 3rd Schwalbe Classic
- 2024 (3)
- Vuelta a España
- 1st
- 1st Stages 2, 14 & 17
- 1st
- 3rd Brussels Cycling Classic
- 10th Circuit Franco-Belge
Grand tour general classification results timeline
edit| Grand Tour | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | — | — | DNF | 91 | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| — | — | — | 113 | 122 | 100 |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
| DSQ | Disqualified |
| NH | Not held |
| IP | In progress |
References
edit- ^ "Wins from January to October: Mitchelton-Scott men confirm roster and goals for 2020". Mitchelton–Scott. New Global Cycling Services. 11 December 2019. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
- ^ "GreenEDGE Cycling". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- ^ "Alpecin–Deceuninck". UCI. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
- ^ "Favorites for the green jersey in the Vuelta a Espana 2023 | Points classification as the main prize or by-product?". IDLprocycling.com. 24 August 2023. Retrieved 28 August 2023.
- ^ Gympie cycling star Kaden Groves set for global spin | Gympie Times
- ^ Tour of Fuzhou: terza tappa a Kaden Groves, Mykhaylo Kononenko allunga - Cicloweb
- ^ Tour of Fuzhou 2017: Stage 3 Results | Cyclingnews.com
- ^ Australian cyclist Groves wins stage 3 of Tour of Fuzhou - Xinhua | English.news.cn
- ^ "Mitchelton - Scott". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 3 August 2019. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
External links
edit- Kaden Groves at UCI
- Kaden Groves at Cycling Archives
- Kaden Groves at ProCyclingStats
- Kaden Groves at Cycling Quotient
- Kaden Groves at CycleBase