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]

Kaden Groves
Groves at 2022 Rund um Köln
Personal information
Full nameKaden Groves
NicknameSkip[citation needed]
Born (1998-12-23) 23 December 1998 (age 25)
Gympie
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight76 kg (168 lb)
Team information
Current teamAlpecin–Deceuninck
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeSprinter
Professional teams
2017–2018St George Continental Cycling Team
2018Mitchelton–BikeExchange
2019SEG Racing Academy
2019Mitchelton–Scott (stagiaire)
2020–2022Mitchelton–Scott[1][2]
2023–Alpecin–Deceuninck
Major wins
Grand Tours
Giro d'Italia
1 individual stage (2023)
Vuelta a España
Points classification (2023, 2024)
7 individual stages (2022, 2023, 2024)

Career

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Groves 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

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Paris-Roubaix 2023 - Secteur pavé de Quiévy à Saint-Python - N° 24 Kaden Groves.
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
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
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 Stage 2 Tour of Turkey
3rd Overall Tour of Estonia
1st   Points classification
2023 (7)
1st Volta Limburg Classic
Vuelta a España
1st   Points classification
1st Stages 4, 5 & 21
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
3rd Brussels Cycling Classic
10th Circuit Franco-Belge

Grand tour general classification results timeline

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Grand Tour 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
  Giro d'Italia DNF 91
  Tour de France
  Vuelta a España 113 122 100
Legend
Did not compete
DNF Did not finish
DSQ Disqualified
NH Not held
IP In progress

References

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  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ "GreenEDGE Cycling". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  3. ^ "Alpecin–Deceuninck". UCI. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ Gympie cycling star Kaden Groves set for global spin | Gympie Times
  6. ^ Tour of Fuzhou: terza tappa a Kaden Groves, Mykhaylo Kononenko allunga - Cicloweb
  7. ^ Tour of Fuzhou 2017: Stage 3 Results | Cyclingnews.com
  8. ^ Australian cyclist Groves wins stage 3 of Tour of Fuzhou - Xinhua | English.news.cn
  9. ^ "Mitchelton - Scott". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 3 August 2019. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
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