Kévin Vauquelin (born 26 April 2001) is a French professional racing cyclist who rides for UCI WorldTeam . Professional since 2022, Vauquelin has most notably won a stage of the 2024 Tour de France.
Career
Arkéa
His first professional win was a stage of and the overall title of the 2023 Tour des Alpes-Maritimes et du Var.
In February 2024, he won the stage five time trial and finished second overall in the ÃÂtoile de Bessèges. Two months later, he placed second to Stephen Williams at the La Flèche Wallonne. In late June, Vauquelin took his biggest success to date, winning stage two of the Tour de France via a solo win from the breakaway. This also marked 's first ever stage win in the race.
Vauquelin took part in the 2025 Tour de Suisse, taking the overall race lead on Stage 5 and holding onto the lead until the final stage, when he was overtaken by João Almeida to finish second overall. In the 2025 Tour de France, Vauquelin took the white jersey after Stage 2. In the Time Trial on Stage 5, he lost the jersey to Remco Evenepoel but moved into third position overall as a result of finishing ahead of Jonas Vingegaard and Matteo Jorgenson. He lost time on Stage 10, falling to sixth in the General Classification, and finished the Tour in seventh place overall.
Ineos Grenadiers
In October 2025 announced that Vauquelin would join them from the 2026 season.
Major results
Road
2018
1st Time trial, National Junior Championships
4th Chrono des Nations Juniors
4th
2019
National Junior Championships
:1st Road race
:3rd Time trial
6th Overall Grand Prix Rüebliland
6th
2020
2nd
National Under-23 Championships
:3rd Time trial
:4th Road race
2021
1st Time trial, National Under-23 Championships
2nd Overall Etoile d'Or
3rd
9th Overall Tour d'Eure-et-Loir
2022
1st Young rider classification, Tour of Belgium
2nd Overall Tour de Luxembourg
2nd Overall Tour Poitou-Charentes en Nouvelle-Aquitaine
:1st Young rider classification
4th Route Adélie
6th Overall Tour of Oman
6th Overall Arctic Race of Norway
7th Time trial, UEC European Championships
7th Overall Vuelta a Asturias
7th Ronde van Drenthe
2023 <small>(3 pro wins)</small>
1st Overall Tour des Alpes-Maritimes et du Var
:1st Young rider classification
:1st Stage 1
1st Tour du Jura
2nd Route Adélie de Vitré
4th Overall ÃÂtoile de Bessèges
5th Overall Tour du Limousin
6th Overall Région Pays de la Loire Tour
9th Tour du Doubs
2024 <small>(2)</small>
1st Stage 2 Tour de France
2nd Time trial, National Championships
2nd Overall ÃÂtoile de Bessèges
:1st Young rider classification
:1st Stage 5 (ITT)
2nd La Flèche Wallonne
3rd Grand Prix La Marseillaise
8th Overall Tour of the Basque Country
10th Overall TirrenoâÂÂAdriatico
2025 <small>(5)</small>
1st Overall ÃÂtoile de Bessèges
:1st Points classification
:1st Stages 4 & 5 (ITT)
1st Overall Région Pays de la Loire Tour
:1st Stage 4
National Championships
:2nd Time trial
:3rd Road race
2nd Overall Tour de Suisse
:1st Young rider classification
2nd La Flèche Wallonne
2nd Grand Prix du Morbihan
4th Classic Var
7th Overall Tour de France
:Held after Stages 2âÂÂ4
10th Tro-Bro Léon
2026
4th Overall ParisâÂÂNice
:1st Stage 3 (TTT)
5th Overall Volta ao Algarve
General classification results timeline
Track
2018
2nd Team pursuit, UCI World Junior Championships
2019
UCI World Cup
:1st Team pursuit, Milton
:3rd Madison, Brisbane (with Morgan Kneisky)
UCI World Junior Championships
:2nd Points race
:2nd Team pursuit
:3rd Madison (with Clément Petit)
References
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