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Personal information | |
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Full name | Dominique Perras |
Born | Napierville, Quebec, Canada | 11 February 1974
Team information | |
Discipline | Road |
Role | Rider |
Rider type | Climber |
Professional teams | |
2000 | Phonak |
2001 | Ficonseils - RCC Conseils Assurances |
2001 | Servisco |
2002 | iTeamNova.com |
2003 | Flanders - iTeamNova |
2004 | Ofoto - Lombardi Sports |
2005 | Kodak Easyshare Gallery - Sierra Nevada Pro Cycling |
2006 | Kodakgallery.com - Sierra Nevada Pro Cycling |
2007 | Optum–Kelly Benefit Strategies |
2008 | Eva DeVinci |
Major wins | |
Canadian Road Race Championship (2003) |
Dominique Perras is a Canadian retired professional cyclist born in Napierville, Quebec. He was part of the pro peloton from 2000 to 2008, and his major accomplishments have been stage wins on the Herald Sun Tour and the Tour of Qinghai Lake, and a victory on the Canadian Road Race Championship in 2003. [1] In 2012, Perras is a cycling analyst on Quebec's television stations RDS and RDS2 with Louis Bertrand as commentator. [2] Since 2014 the commentator is Sébastien Boucher.[ citation needed ]
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