Ben Gastauer (born 14 November 1987) is a Luxembourgish former professional road cyclist, who rode professionally for the between 2010 and 2021.
He took three professional victories during his career: the Luxembourgish National Time Trial Championships in 2012, and the general classification and a stage at the 2015 Tour du Haut Var. He was part of the squad that won the team classification and delivered Jean-Christophe Péraud to the podium at the 2014 Tour de France, and part of those which assisted Romain Bardet to podium finishes at the 2016 Tour de France and the 2017 Tour de France. In August 2021 the announced that Gastauer would retire from competition at the end of the season due to a problem with his pelvic floor, finishing his career at the 2021 Tour de Luxembourg the following month.
Major results Source:
2005 1st Time trial, National Junior Road Championships 2nd Classique des Alpes 10th Overall Grand Prix Rüebliland 2006 1st Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships 2007 1st Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships 5th Overall Grand Prix du Portugal 2008 1st Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships 1st Ruota d'Oro 9th Overall Flèche du Sud 2009 National Under-23 Road Championships 1st Road race 1st Time trial 1st Overall Tour des Pays de Savoie 1st Points classification 1st Stage 1 2nd Overall Flèche du Sud 9th Giro del Mendrisiotto 2010 3rd Road race, National Road Championships 6th Overall Paris–Corrèze 2012 National Road Championships 1st Time trial 2nd Road race 2013 3rd Time trial, National Road Championships 2014 National Road Championships 2nd Road race 4th Time trial 2015 1st Overall Tour du Haut Var 1st Stage 1 National Road Championships 2nd Road race 4th Time trial 2016 1st Mountains classification, Tour du Haut Var 4th Road race, National Road Championships 2017 National Road Championships 3rd Road race 4th Time trial 2019 4th Time trial, National Road Championships
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
Grand Tour 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Giro d'Italia 88 67 51——— 29— 79 DNF Tour de France——— 21 DNF 61 37——— Vuelta a España— 81 65———— 36——
+ Legend — Did not compete DNF Did not finish
References
External links
Ben Gastauer profile at Ag2r-La Mondiale