Mathieu Burgaudeau will leave TotalEnergies to join Burgos Burpellet BH for the 2027 season, bringing an end to a long association with the French team as uncertainty continues over its future. The 27-year-old has spent his entire professional career within the Vendée-based organisation, developing into a rider capable of winning from breakaways and competing in demanding one-day races.
The move will reunite Burgaudeau with TotalEnergies team-mates Mattéo Vercher and Thomas Bonnet, who have also agreed to join the Spanish UCI ProTeam. Burgos have been active in the transfer market, recruiting established international riders alongside younger talent as they strengthen their squad for next season.
Burgaudeau arrives with five professional victories to his name, including a Paris–Nice stage win in 2022 and four successes during 2024. Although his results have been more modest over the past two seasons, he remains an experienced attacker whose strengths could prove valuable in the team’s stage-hunting plans.
From Paris–Nice breakthrough to Tour de France near misses
Burgaudeau’s breakthrough came on stage six of Paris–Nice in March 2022, when he held off the chasing peloton to claim his first professional victory in Aubagne.
The result established him as a rider capable of making the most of opportunities on rolling terrain, particularly when attacking before the strongest teams could organise a chase.
He subsequently became a familiar presence in breakaways at the Tour de France. During the 2023 edition, Burgaudeau twice reached the podium on individual stages, including a second-place finish. He also placed second at the Bretagne Classic that August, finishing behind Valentin Madouas in Plouay.
Those performances demonstrated that he could compete in major races without needing to follow the conventional approach of a general classification contender. His strength has generally been in identifying the right move and retaining enough energy to contest the finish.
Four victories during his strongest season
The 2024 campaign provided the most productive spell of Burgaudeau’s professional career.
He won the final stage of the Tour du Limousin in August, ending a wait of more than two years since his Paris–Nice victory. The following month, he travelled to Turkey and won two stages of the Tour of Istanbul before securing the overall classification.
Four victories in a single season represented a considerable return for a rider whose opportunities often depended on the tactical circumstances of individual races.
His results have been less consistent since then. In 2025, he remained active at the Tour de France and finished eighth on one stage, but did not add another victory.
The 2026 season followed a similar pattern. He finished fourth at the Clásica Castilla y León, eighth at the Circuito de Getxo and ninth at the Clàssica Terres de l’Ebre. He also took 21st at Amstel Gold Race, while recording 17th-place finishes at both Coppa Sabatini and the GP Industria & Artigianato in September.
Those results suggest that Burgaudeau remains competitive in selective one-day races, even if he has not reproduced the winning form of 2024.
Burgos strengthen with another experienced French rider
For Burgos Burpellet BH, the signing adds another option for races where a strong breakaway or a reduced-group finish is likely to decide the outcome.
The arrival of Mattéo Vercher is particularly interesting. Vercher won the 2025 Tour du Doubs and enjoyed an excellent 2026 campaign, finishing second overall at the Tour de Luxembourg and third at the Tour du Limousin. His climbing ability complements Burgaudeau’s more explosive characteristics on rolling terrain.
Thomas Bonnet provides another familiar face as Burgos build a growing French contingent within the squad.
The recruitment also reflects the changing circumstances around TotalEnergies. Uncertainty over the team’s future has left riders looking for security elsewhere, with several moving to rival ProTeams ahead of 2027.
Burgaudeau has known only one professional team since stepping up from the Vendée development structure in 2019. Moving to Spain therefore represents a substantial change in his career, although he will have the benefit of familiar team-mates around him.
For Burgos, the attraction is straightforward. Burgaudeau has already won a WorldTour stage, contested finishes at the Tour de France and demonstrated an ability to convert breakaways into victories. The challenge in 2027 will be finding the consistency to make those qualities count more regularly.
