Personal information | |
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Born | Amboise, France | 1 January 1966
Team information | |
Discipline | Road |
Role | Rider |
Amateur teams | |
1985 | VC La Riche |
1986 | ASC Air |
1987 | AC Boulogne–Billancourt |
1993 | UC Châteauroux |
Professional teams | |
1988–1989 | Fagor–MBK |
1990 | Z–Tomasso |
1991 | Mosoca–Eurocar–Chazal |
1994 | Catavana–AS Corbeil–Essonnes–Cedico |
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