.jpg) Groves at 2022 Rund um Köln | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Kaden Groves |
| Nickname | Skip |
| Born | (1998-12-23) 23 December 1998 (age 25) 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 |
| 2023– | Alpecin–Deceuninck |
| Major wins | |
Grand Tours
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Kaden Groves (born 23 December 1998) is an Australian cyclist who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Alpecin–Deceuninck. Groves is a sprinter with speed on flat races, but who can also climb better than most sprinters.
Career
Groves was the 2016 winner of the junior race at the Australian National Road Race Championships. In 2017, Groves finished runner-up in the prologue stage of the Tour de Kumano. He won stage 3 of the Tour of Fuzhou.
In August 2019, Groves joined UCI WorldTeam Mitchelton–Scott as a stagiaire for the second half of the season, 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
- 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 Points classification
- 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 Criterium, National Road Championships
- 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 Points classification
- 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 Points classification
- 1st Stages 2, 14 & 17
- 1st
- 3rd Brussels Cycling Classic
- 10th Circuit Franco-Belge
Grand tour general classification results timeline
| Grand Tour | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Giro d'Italia
|
— | — | — | — | DNF | 91 |
 Tour de France
|
— | — | — | — | — | — |
 Vuelta a España
|
— | — | — | 113 | 122 | 100 |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
| DSQ | Disqualified |
| NH | Not held |
| IP | In progress |
References
- "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
- Kaden Groves at UCI
- Kaden Groves at Cycling Archives (archived)
- Kaden Groves at ProCyclingStats
- Kaden Groves at Cycling Quotient
- Kaden Groves at CycleBase