Laurent Brochard
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Laurent Brochard (born on March 26, 1968 in Le Mans, France) is a professional male cyclist from France. In 1997 he won a stage of the Tour de France and became World Road Racing Champion in San Sebastian, Spain.
Brochard was a competitive runner and only started cycling competitively at age 19. He started his career with team Castorama and eventually became part of the Festina team. His role within Festina was often called that of the super-domestique, supporting the better-known stars within the team such as Richard Virenque but able to ride competitively for himself when given the chance to. He was implicated in the Festina scandal in the 1998 Tour de France.
After serving his suspension, Brochard joined Ag2r Prévoyance as a team leader and has had successes in many races such as Critérium International and Etoile de Béssèges. More recently, he moved to team Bouygues Télécom.
Brochard is known for his longevity, and for his hairdo. In the past he rode Cyfac frames exclusively, since his brother works for the company. He is a big fan of French comic character Marsupilami, often seen wearing Marsupilami logo and clothing at the races.
The 16th March 2007, he declared at the free paper Sport he will vote for Jean-Marie Le Pen at the présidentials elections
[edit] Major achievements
- 2007 – Bouygues Télécom
- Points competition – Tour Down Under
- 2006 – Bouygues Télécom
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- 2005 – Bouygues Télécom
- Paris-Camembert
- 5th overall – Tirreno-Adriatico
- 2004 – Ag2r Prévoyance
- Overall and 1 stage win – Etoile de Béssèges
- Stage win – Circuit de la Sarthe
- 2003 – Ag2r Prévoyance
- 3rd overall – Danmark Rundt
- Paris-Camembert
- Overall and 1 stage win – Critérium International
- Stage win – Trophée Castille et Leon
- 2002 – Ag2r Prévoyance
- Overall and 1 stage win – Tour de Pologne
- Overall and 1 stage win – Regio Tour
- Stage win – GP Midi Libre
- 2001 – Jean Delatour
- Paris-Camembert
- GP Villers-Coterets
- Stage win – Circuit de la Sarthe
- 2000 – Jean Delatour
- Paris-Bourges
- Stage win – Critérium International
- 1999 – Festina
- Stage win – Vuelta a España
- 1998 – Festina
- 1 stage win – GP Midi Libre
- 1997 – Festina
- World Road Race Cycling Champion
- Stage 9 – Tour de France
- 3 stage wins – GP Midi Libre
- 1996 – Festina
- Overall and 2 stage wins – Tour du Limousin
- 1995 – Festina
- 3 stage wins – Tour de l'Ain
- 1994 – Castorama
- Overall – Tour du Haut-Var
- Overall and 1 stage win – Reggio Tour
- 1993 – Castorama
- Stage win – Tour Méditerranéen
- 1992 – Castorama
- Stage win – Tour Méditerranéen
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| Preceded by Johan Museeuw |
World Road Racing Champion 1997 |
Succeeded by Oskar Camenzind |
| Riders on Bouygues Télécom |
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Julien Belgy | Giovanni Bernaudeau | Olivier Bonnaire | Franck Bouyer | Laurent Brochard | Dimitri Champion | Mathieu Claude | Stef Clement | Aurélien Clerc | Nicolas Crosbie | Pierre Drancourt | Pierrick Fédrigo | Andy Flickinger | Xavier Florencio | Yohann Gene | Anthony Geslin | Saïd Haddou | Vincent Jerome | Arnaud Labbe | Yoann Le Boulanger | Laurent Lefevre | Rony Martias | Alexandre Pichot | Jérôme Pineau | Erki Pütsep | Franck Renier | Didier Rous | Matthieu Sprick | Johann Tschopp | Thomas Voeckler |
| Manager |
| Jean-René Bernaudeau |
