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French cyclist
Francis Moreau Full name Francis Moreau Born (1965-07-21 ) 21 July 1965 (age 58) Saint-Quentin , France Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) Weight 77 kg (170 lb) Discipline Road & Track Role Rider Veloclub Saint-Quentin 1989 Fagor-MBK 1990 Histor - Sigma 1991 Tonton Tapis - GB 1992 GB - MG Maglificio 1993–1996 GAN 1997–2000 Cofidis [1]
Francis Moreau (born 21 July 1965)[2] is a French former professional racing cyclist from Saint-Quentin . He turned professional in 1989 and retired 12 years later at the end of 2000.[3] A pursuit specialist, Moreau was a frequent medalist and the UCI Track Cycling World Championships , winning the pursuit in 1991. He was also part of the gold medal winning team at the 1996 Summer Olympics , who set a new Olympic record with a time of 4:05:930.
On the road, Moreau finished 132nd at the 1991 Tour de France and 113th in 1994 - despite the death of his father on 9 July; his father had said that he would not want his son to drop out in mourning.[4] In 1995 he finished 5th in the Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan and came 9th in the 1996 Paris–Roubaix .
Major results 1987 1st Stage 1, Circuit de la Sarthe 1988 2nd Segré 3rd Amiens - Beaurains, Amateurs, Beaurains 2nd Prix Frequence Nord, Amateurs 1990 2nd UCI Track Cycling World Championships - Men's Individual Pursuit 2nd Chrono des Herbiers 2nd Duo Normand 3rd Stage 3 Tour Méditerranéen, Marignane 1st Stage 1, Paris–Nice , Paris 1991 1st UCI Track Cycling World Championships - Men's Individual Pursuit 2nd UCI Track Cycling World Championships - Men's Points Race 1st Barentin 3rd Le Havre 3rd Amiens 1992 2nd Arpajon-sur-Cère (FRA) 1st Stage 3, Critérium International , Avignon 2nd Stage 3b, Tour of Luxembourg , Bettembourg 3rd Stage 4, Tour of Luxembourg, Diekirch 1993 3rd Pursuit, French National Track Championships 2nd Postgirot Open1st Stage 5, Postgirot Open, Burseryd 3rd General Classification Tour du Poitou-Charentes et de la Vienne 3rd Stage 1 Paris–Nice, Fonteney Sous Bois 2nd Amiens 1st Paris - Brussel 1994 2nd UCI Track Cycling World Championships - Men's Individual Pursuit 2nd Pursuit, French National Track Championships 1st Bordeaux - Cauderan 3rd Stage 4a, Circuit Cycliste de la Sarthe 3rd Stage 2, Étoile de Bessèges, Aigues Mortes 1st Amiens 2nd Grand Prix des Nations 1995 1st A Travers le Morbihan 2nd Pursuit, French National Track Championships 1996 1st Team pursuit, 1996 Summer Olympics 2nd UCI Track Cycling World Championships - Men's Team Pursuit 3rd UCI Track Cycling World Championships - Men's Individual Pursuit 5th Points race, 1996 Summer Olympics 9th 1996 Paris–Roubaix 2nd Lèves 2nd La Côte Picarde (FRA) 2nd Stage 3b, Tour of Luxembourg, Bettembourg 3rd Stage 6, Volta Ciclista a Catalunya, Port Aventura 1997 2nd Stage 4b, Tour du Poitou-Charentes et de la Vienne, Poitiers 1998 1st Pursuit, French National Track Championships 2nd UCI Track Cycling World Championships - Men's Individual Pursuit 2nd Calais 3rd Duo Normand 2nd Six-Days of Grenoble 1999 2nd UCI Track Cycling World Championships - Men's Team Pursuit 2nd Team pursuit, French National Track Championships 1st Mexico City, Team Pursuit; (with Cyril Bos , Philippe Ermenault & Damien Pommereau ) 1st Mexico City, Pursuit 2nd Frisco, Team Pursuit, Frisco 2000 1st Team pursuit, French National Track Championships 4th Team pursuit, 2000 Summer Olympics 1st GP de Lillers References
1908 : Jones , Kingsbury , Meredith , Payne (GBR ) 1920 : Carli , Ferrario , Giorgetti , Magnani (ITA ) 1924 : De Martino , Dinale , Menegazzi , Zucchetti (ITA ) 1928 : Facciani , Gaioni , Lusiani , Tasselli (ITA ) 1932 : Cimatti , Pedretti , Ghilardi , Borsari (ITA ) 1936 : Charpentier , Goujon , Lapébie , Le Nizerhy (FRA ) 1948 : Adam , Blusson , Coste , Decanali (FRA ) 1952 : Campana , De Rossi , Messina , Morettini (ITA ) 1956 : Domenicali , Faggin , Gandini , Gasparella , Pizzali (ITA ) 1960 : Arienti , Testa , Vallotto , Vigna (ITA ) 1964 : Claesges , Henrichs , Link , Streng (EUA ) 1968 : Frey , Asmussen , Lyngemark , Olsen (DEN ) 1972 : Schumacher , Colombo , Haritz , Hempel (FRG ) 1976 : Vonhof , Braun , Lutz , Schumacher (FRG ) 1980 : Manakov , Movchan , Osokin , Petrakov , Krasnov (URS ) 1984 : Grenda , Nichols , Turtur , Woods (AUS ) 1988 : Ekimov , Kasputis , Nelyubin , Umaras (URS ) 1992 : Steinweg , Walzer , Fulst , Glöckner , Lehmann (GER ) 1996 : Capelle , Ermenault , Monin , Moreau (FRA ) 2000 : Fulst , Bartko , Becke , Lehmann , Pollack (GER ) 2004 : Brown , Lancaster , McGee , Roberts (AUS ) 2008 : Clancy , Manning , Thomas , Wiggins (GBR ) 2012 : Clancy , Thomas , Burke , Kennaugh (GBR ) 2016 : Clancy , Burke , Doull , Wiggins (GBR ) 2020 : Consonni , Ganna , Lamon , Milan (ITA )