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]
Personal information | |
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Full name | Kaden Groves |
Nickname | Skip[citation needed] |
Born | 23 December 1998 |
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) |
Weight | 76 kg (168 lb) |
Team information | |
Current team | Alpecin–Deceuninck |
Discipline | Road |
Role | Rider |
Rider type | Sprinter |
Professional teams | |
2017–2018 | St George Continental Cycling Team |
2018 | Mitchelton–BikeExchange |
2019 | SEG Racing Academy |
2019 | Mitchelton–Scott (stagiaire) |
2020–2022 | Mitchelton–Scott[1][2] |
2023– | Alpecin–Deceuninck |
Major wins | |
Grand Tours
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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.
Grand Tour | 2022 | 2023 |
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Giro d'Italia | — | DNF |
Tour de France | — | — |
Vuelta a España | 113 | 122 |
— | Did not compete |
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DNF | Did not finish |