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| Full name | Charly Mottet | ||||||||||||
| Nickname | Petit Charly | ||||||||||||
| Born | 16 December 1962 Valence, Drôme, France |
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| Current team | Retired | ||||||||||||
| Discipline | Road | ||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||
| Rider type | Allround | ||||||||||||
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| 1983-1985 1986-1988 1989-1992 1993-1994 |
Renault Systeme U RMO Novemail |
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| Infobox last updated on 21 August 2007 |
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Charly Mottet (born 16 December 1962 in Valence, Drôme) is a French former professional cyclist (1983 to 1994).
He was one of the best French road cyclists of his era, Mottet won a total of 67 races, including the Tour de Romandie in 1990, and has 8 participations in the Tour de France. His best results in the Tour de France were the 4th positions in 1987 and 1991. He has 3 stage wins, 1 in 1990 (Stage 15 : Millau - Revel) and 2 in 1991 (Stage 11 : Quimper - Saint-Herblain and Stage 12 : Pau - Jaca). He also finished 2nd on the podium of the 1990 Giro d'Italia.
During his professional cycling career, Mottet had a reputation within the peloton as being a totally clean rider who never used performance enhancing drugs.[1][2]