Introduction
Warren Barguil (French: [waʁɛn baʁgil]; born 28 October 1991) is a French cyclist from Brittany. He has been a member of the team Team Sunweb since 2013. He is best known for winning two mountain stages and the Mountains Classification of the 2017 Tour de France; the latter of those stage victories was earned at the finish line on Col d'Izoard.
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. 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. He placed 14th overall in his first Tour de France.
2016
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.
Barguil finished in 6th position in the Liège–Bastogne–Liège one-day classic.
2017
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. 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.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 min 45 sec 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.
Career achievements
Major results
General classification results timeline
| Grand Tour general classification results timeline | |||||
| Grand Tour | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Giro d'Italia |
— | — | — | — | — |
 Tour de France |
— | — | 14 | 23 | 10 |
 Vuelta a España |
38 | 8 | — | DNF | |
| Major stage race general classification results timeline | |||||
| Race | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
| Paris–Nice |
72 | — | DNF | — | 8 |
 Tirreno–Adriatico |
— | — | — | — | — |
 Volta a Catalunya |
— | 9 | 17 | 22 | — |
| Tour of the Basque Country |
DNF | 20 | — | DNF | 16 |
| Tour de Romandie |
— | — | — | — | DNF |
 Critérium du Dauphiné |
18 | — | — | — | 30 |
| Tour de Suisse |
— | 30 | 12 | 3 | — |
Classics results timeline
| Monument | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milan–San Remo | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tour of Flanders | — | — | — | — | — |
| Paris–Roubaix | — | — | — | — | — |
| Liège–Bastogne–Liège | — | 29 | 34 | 6 | 38 |
| Giro di Lombardia | 47 | 36 | 20 | 8 | |
| Classic | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
| Strade Bianche | — | 8 | — | — | — |
| Amstel Gold Race | — | — | 72 | 15 | 45 |
| La Flèche Wallonne | DNF | 23 | 26 | 9 | 6 |
| Clásica de San Sebastián | — | — | 9 | 54 | |
| Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec | — | — | 9 | — | |
| Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal | — | — | 27 | — |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |