Christophe Moreau

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Christophe Moreau (born April 12, 1971 in Vervins) is a French cyclist.

Debuting as a professional in 1995 with the Festina team, beginning in 2001 Moreau rode for the French team Crédit Agricole until July 22, 2005, when he announced that he would be leaving for the AG2R Prévoyance team. A perennial French hope for a high placement in the Tour de France, Moreau had some excellent results early in his career. In 2003 and 2004, he was again the highest placed French finisher after having had a run of bad luck for several years in a row. After a series of crashes, Moreau was forced to abandon three consecutive tours. A good time-trialist and a competent climber, Moreau generally had the lowest times in Crédit Agricole.

Moreau is known as "Le Chien" - French for "The Dog", as he always has his tongue out when under pressure.

Contents 1 Career achievements 1.1 1995 (Festina) 1.2 1996 (Festina) 1.3 1998 (Festina) 1.4 1999 (Festina) 1.5 2000 (Festina) 1.6 2001 (Crédit Agricole) 1.7 2002 (Crédit Agricole) 1.8 2003 (Crédit Agricole) 1.9 2004 (Crédit Agricole) 1.10 2005 (Crédit Agricole) 1.11 2006 (AG2R Prévoyance)

[edit] Career achievements

[edit] 1995 (Festina)

• 2nd overall - Tour de l'Avenir

[edit] 1996 (Festina)

• 1st overall - Tour du Chili
• 1st prologue - Tour l'Avenir
• 7th overall - Tour de France

[edit] 1998 (Festina)

• 1st, 2 stages - Route du Sud
• 2nd prologue - Dauphiné Libéré

Has admitted use of EPO among with a couple of other Festina riders.

[edit] 1999 (Festina)

• 1st, 1 stage - Route du Sud (clm)
• 1st overall - Tour Poitou Charente
• 1st, 1 stage - Tour Poitou Charente

[edit] 2000 (Festina)

• 1st stage - Grand Prix Midi Libre
• 2nd - Trophée des Grimpeurs
• 3rd - French National Cycling Championships
• 4th overall - Tour de France
• 6th overall - Dauphiné Libéré

[edit] 2001 (Crédit Agricole)

• 1st Prologue - Tour de France
• 1st overall - Dauphiné Libéré
• 1st - GP Breitling
• 1st - GP Voegeli
• 2nd - French National Cycling Championships
• 3rd overall - Grand Prix du Midi Libre
• 3rd, 5th stage - Tour de France

[edit] 2002 (Crédit Agricole)

• 1st, 4th Stage - Four Days of Dunkirk
• 2nd, 6th Stage - Dauphiné Libéré
• 3rd overall - Dauphiné Libéré
• 4th overall - Grand Prix du Midi Libre
• 2nd, 5th Stage - Grand Prix du Midi Libre

[edit] 2003 (Crédit Agricole)

• 1st overall - Four Days of Dunkirk
• 1st, 4th stage - Four Days of Dunkirk
• 4th ,4th Stage - Dauphiné Libéré
• 5th overall - Dauphiné Libéré
• 8th overall - Tour de France
• 9th - La Flèche Wallonne

[edit] 2004 (Crédit Agricole)

• 1st overall - Tour du Languedoc-Roussillon
• 1st overall - Trophée des Grimpeurs
• 12th overall - Tour de France

[edit] 2005 (Crédit Agricole)

• 11th overall - Tour de France

The following month, Moreau was accused in the Armstrong affair of being positive alongside with Alex Zülle and Abraham Olano. The accusation was later proven to be false.

[edit] 2006 (AG2R Prévoyance)

• 2nd overall in Dauphiné Libéré
• winner of the King of the Mountains Dauphiné Libéré
• winner of the Final Combined Classification Standings (Maillot bleu) Dauphiné Libéré
• winner of the King of the Mountains in Volta a Catalunya 2006
• 8th overall in Tour de France

Riders on AG2R Prévoyance
José Luis Arrieta | Sylvain Calzati | Philip Deignan | Cyril Dessel | Renaud Dion | Samuel Dumoulin | Hubert Dupont | Martin Elmiger | John Gadret | Simon Gerrans | Stéphane Goubert | Yuriy Krivtsov | Julien Loubet | Rene Mandri | Laurent Mangel | Lloyd Mondory | Christophe Moreau | Carl Naibo | David Navas | Jean-Patrick Nazon | Rinaldo Nocentini | Stéphane Poulhies | Christophe Riblon | Nicolas Rousseau | Blaise Sonnery | Ludovic Turpin |  Alexandre Usov
Manager
Vincent Lavenu