Kévin Vauquelin

Kévin Vauquelin (born 26 April 2001) is a French cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Arkéa–B&B Hotels.^[2] Professional since 2022, Vauquelin has most notably won a stage of the 2024 Tour de France.

Kévin Vauquelin

Vauquelin at the 2024 Tour of the Basque Country
Personal information
Born	(2001-04-26) 26 April 2001 (age 24) Bayeux, France
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	69 kg (152 lb)
Team information
Current team	Arkéa–B&B Hotels
Discipline	Road Track
Role	Rider
Rider type	Rouleur Time trialist
Amateur teams
2020–2021	VC Rouen 76
2020	Arkéa–Samsic (stagiaire)
2021	Arkéa–Samsic (stagiaire)[1]
Professional team
2022–	Arkéa–Samsic
Major wins
Grand Tours Tour de France 1 individual stage (2024)
Medal record Men's track cycling Representing  France UCI Junior Track World Championships 2018 Aigle Team pursuit 2019 Frankfurt Points race 2019 Frankfurt Team pursuit 2019 Frankfurt Madison

Career

His first professional win was a stage of and the overall title of the 2023 Tour des Alpes-Maritimes et du Var.^[3]

In February 2024, he won the stage five time trial and finished second overall in the Étoile de Bessèges. Two months later, he placed second to Stephen Williams at the La Flèche Wallonne.^[4] 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.^[5] This also marked Arkéa–B&B Hotels's first ever stage win in the race.

Major results

Road

2018

1st Time trial, National Junior Championships

4th Chrono des Nations Juniors

4th Classique des Alpes Juniors

2019

National Junior Championships

1st Road race

3rd Time trial

6th Overall Grand Prix Rüebliland

6th Classique des Alpes Juniors

2020

2nd Trio Normand

National Under-23 Championships

3rd Time trial

4th Road race

2021

1st Time trial, National Under-23 Championships

2nd Overall Etoile d'Or

3rd Annemasse-Bellegarde et retour

9th Overall Tour d'Eure-et-Loir

2022

1st Young rider classification, Tour of Belgium

2nd Overall Tour Poitou-Charentes en Nouvelle-Aquitaine

1st Young rider classification

2nd Overall Tour de Luxembourg

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 (3 pro wins)

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 Étoile de Bessèges

5th Overall Tour du Limousin

6th Overall Région Pays de la Loire Tour

9th Tour du Doubs

2024 (2)

1st Stage 2 Tour de France

2nd Time trial, National Championships

2nd Overall Étoile 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 Tirreno–Adriatico

2025 (5)

1st Overall Étoile de Bessèges

1st Points classification

1st Stages 4 & 5 (ITT)

1st Overall Région Pays de la Loire Tour

1st Stage 4

2nd La Flèche Wallonne

2nd Grand Prix du Morbihan

4th Classic Var

10th Tro-Bro Léon

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour	2023	2024	2025
Giro d'Italia	—	—
Tour de France	—	91
Vuelta a España	DNF	—

Legend

—	Did not compete
DNF	Did not finish

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)