David Gaudu has ended his season premature away; medical examinations confirm “a state of significant fatigue”.

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David Gaudu has ended his season premature away; medical examinations confirm “a state of significant fatigue”.

Groupama-FDJ United has announced on this Thursday, via a press release, that David Gaudu prematurely ended his season several some weeks ago. The Breton rider is suffering from the significant fatigue.

David Gaudu has not competed since the month of August 16th till now, when he abandoned the Polynormande race. This was the last race of his season competition, as announced on this Thursday by his team, Groupama-FDJ United, in a press release.

As announced on August, David Gaudu has been undergone a series of additional tests to better understand the difficulties he has been facing for several months.

These examinations, conducted at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB),the result confirmed a significant state of fatigue requiring a prolonged recovery period of time. This situation follows several seasons marked by injuries, which have led to sometimes complex preparation and recovery stage, with a progressive accumulation of various factors affecting his recovery capacity.

As a result, David and the team have decided in recent weeks to end his 2026 season race comepetition. David is now observing a period of rest in order to fully recover before considering the 2027 season competitions again,” the French team explains.

An 8th position finish as the best World Tour result in 2026

Third in Liège-Bastogne-Liège competition in 2021, fourth in the Tour de France competition in 2022, and second in Paris-Nice in 2023, the Breton rider has since endured a series of difficult in years, plagued by numerous crashes. In 2025, he managed to win a stage in the Vuelta a España . However, in the year 2026, David Gaudu’s best result in the World Tour races was eighth place (fourth stage of Paris-Nice), with a fifth-position finish in the Boucles de l’Aulne as his best result in the game so far.

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