Laurent Jalabert

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Laurent Jalabert
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Jalabert at the 1993 Tour de France
Personal information
Full nameLaurent Jalabert
NicknameJaja
Le panda
Born (1968-11-30) 30 November 1968 (age 55)
Mazamet, France
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9+12 in)
Weight66 kg (146 lb; 10 st 6 lb)
Team information
Current teamRetired
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeAll-rounder
Amateur teams
1987US Montauban
1988GSC Blagnac
Professional teams
1989–1991 Toshiba
1992–2000 ONCE
2001–2002 CSC–Tiscali
Major wins
Grand Tours
Tour de France
Points classification (1992, 1995)
Mountains classification (2001, 2002)
Combativity award (2001, 2002)
4 individual stages
Giro d'Italia
Points classification (1999)
3 individual stages
Vuelta a España
General classification (1995)
Points classification (19941997)
Mountains classification (1995)
18 individual stages

Stage races

Paris–Nice (1995, 1996, 1997)
Volta a Catalunya (1995)
Critérium International (1995)
Vuelta a Burgos (1997)
Tour de Romandie (1999)
Tour of the Basque Country (1999)

One-day races and Classics

World Time Trial Championships (1997)
National Road Race Championships (1998)
Milan–San Remo (1995)
La Flèche Wallonne (1995, 1997)
Giro di Lombardia (1997)
Milano–Torino (1997)
Clásica de San Sebastián (2001, 2002)

Other

UCI Road World Rankings
(1995, 1996, 1997, 1999)
Vélo d'Or (1995)
Medal record
Representing Flag of France.svg France
Men's road bicycle racing
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1997 San Sebastián Elite Men's Time Trial
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1992 Benidorm Elite Men's Road Race

Laurent Jalabert (born 30 November 1968) is a French former professional road racing cyclist, from 1989 to 2002.

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Affectionately known as "Jaja" (slang for a glass of wine; when he continued drinking wine as a professional, the nickname stuck because of the similarity to his name), he won many one-day and stage races and was ranked number 1 in the world in 1995, 1996, 1997 and 1999.

Although he never won the Tour de France, where he suffered altitude sickness, he won the Vuelta a España in 1995; as well as the leader's jersey, he won the sprinter's jersey and climber's jersey in the same race — only the third rider to have done this in a Grand Tour. With Alessandro Petacchi, Eddy Merckx, Djamolidine Abdoujaparov and Mark Cavendish, he is one of only five riders to win the points classification in all three grand tours.

Biography

He turned professional with the French Toshiba team in 1989 and quickly established himself as a daring sprinter. He moved on to the Spanish ONCE team under Manolo Saiz, where he reinvented himself as an all-rounder capable of winning one-day races and the tours.

A catalyst was an accident at the finish of the 1994 Tour de France stage in Armentières. A policeman leaned out and several riders hit him. Jalabert was flung into the air and his bicycle was destroyed. He injured his face and promised his wife to change his style of riding. It only took a short while.

He won the 1995 Vuelta a España along with the points and climbers' competitions. He won the world time trial championship in 1997, and was French road champion in 1998, the year he initiated a pull-out of Spanish teams from the 1998 Tour de France in protest at treatment of riders in a police inquiry into drug-taking. This caused discontent among French fans and it took years for them to warm to him. He moved to CSC in 2001, where he won the stage on 14 July, the French national day, Bastille Day, in the 2001 Tour de France. Earlier in the year he had injured his back in a domestic accident. He retired in 2002 after winning the mountains classification in the Tour de France and going on a solo escape in the Pyrenees.

Grand tours

He won several stages of the Tour de France, as a sprinter winning the points classification in the Tour de France twice and as a climber winning the mountains classification in the Tour de France twice. His wins on Bastille Day in Tour de France in 1995 and 2001 ensured him a place in the hearts of French fans.

In the 1990s he dominated Spanish stage races. Jalabert and Alex Zülle were a constant threat to other teams in the Vuelta a España, taking turns winning stages, the overall classification and the points jersey. The strength of ONCE, with domestiques such as Johan Bruyneel and Neil Stephens, meant they were able to keep a rein from start to finish.

Besides Eddy Merckx and Tony Rominger, Jalabert is the only cyclist who has accomplished the trifecta at the grand tour level in the 1995 Vuelta a España, where he won the general, sprinters' and climbers' classifications.

Jalabert is known for sporting generosity. In the 1995 Vuelta he allowed Bert Dietz of Telekom — who had been in a solo breakaway for many kilometers — to take the mountaintop stage win at Sierra Nevada even though he had caught Dietz in the final kilometers. "I never thought we'd catch him, and when I saw he was ready to drop I felt sorry for him. I wanted to show it's not true I'm trying to win it all. My goal is the Tour of Spain," Jalabert said. [1]

When the Vuelta was moved to September, Jalabert was finally able to compete in the spring classics and stage races such as Paris–Nice, winning many stages and the overall classification many times.

One-day races

His palmarès include Milan–San Remo in 1995 and the Giro di Lombardia in 1997. He also won La Flèche Wallonne in 1995 and 1997, and the Clásica de San Sebastián in 2001 and 2002. Absent from his palmares is the world cycling championship road race, although he was second in 1992 to Gianni Bugno of Italy. He also won an award as the most combative rider in the Tour de France in 2001 and 2002.

Retirement

On retirement, Jalabert was a consultant for Look cycles and contributed to a new line of bicycle frames. He is a commentator for France 2 and 3, the national television stations, often from a motorcycle alongside the race. In 2005, Jalabert ran the New York City marathon in 2h 55m 39s, coming 391st in a field of 36,894. [2] He lives with his wife Sylvie and their children at Lafrançaise, near Montauban, south-west France. His brother Nicolas, who often raced with him, continued racing after Laurent's retirement.

Jalabert at the 2009 UCI Road World Championships Laurent Jalabert, Mendrisio 2009 - Men Elite.jpg
Jalabert at the 2009 UCI Road World Championships

Jalabert has also taken up triathlon. [3] In January 2007, he competed at Ironman Switzerland and finished in 9 hours 12 minutes. He exited the water in 1:16, which put him 966th after the swim. Once on the bike he made up significant ground with a 4:39 bike split, which allowed him to climb to 91st overall at the run transition. A 3:11 marathon was enough to gain an additional 69 places and finish 22nd of 1,850 participants. After Switzerland he qualified for the Ironman World championship in Kona, Hawaii, finishing in 9:19 and 76th overall. [4] In June, 2008, he finished 12th overall at Ironman France in Nice, improving his swim time to 1:06 and having the second fastest bike split.

On 11 March 2013 Jalabert was hit by a car while riding his bike near Montauban, France. When the ambulance arrived on the scene of the crash, he was found unconscious and with multiple fractures to his left arm and leg. [5] That same year, Jalabert was summoned by the French senate for a testimony about doping. Jalabert never denied or confirmed that he had doped during his career: "I can’t firmly say that I’ve never taken anything illegal. I’ve effectively used products when it was necessary, in case of lesions or other injuries. At ONCE, in the evening after the stages, the doctor took care of us, for our recovery, but we didn’t really know what it was. A relationship with doctors based on mutual trust was established, so we didn’t ask questions." He also stated that after the Festina affair, he wanted to help his sport move in a new, cleaner direction. [6] In June 2013, it was reported in L'Équipe that retroactive tests performed in 2004 had found evidence of EPO use in samples provided by Jalabert in 1998. [7] The re-tests were originally anonymous, but the Senate inquiry in 2013 has subsequently linked the tests to named riders. Because of these alligations on EPO usage Jalabert has been accused of hypocrisy in criticism of Chris Froome's performance in the 2015 Tour de France. [8]

Career achievements

Major results

1988
1st French Military Championships
8th Overall Tour de l'Avenir
1989
1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Tour d'Armorique
1st Stage 1
1st Stage 3 Tour du Limousin
3rd Trofeo Luis Puig
10th Grand Prix de Wallonie
1990
1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Paris–Bourges
1st Stage 1
1st Stage 3 Circuit de la Sarthe
2nd Clásica de San Sebastián
2nd Philadelphia International Cycling Classic
3rd Overall Tour de l'Avenir
4th Overall Tour du Limousin
4th Grand Prix de Wallonie
5th Grand Prix d'Isbergues
6th Overall Route du Sud
6th Road race, UCI Road World Championships
9th Grand Prix du Morbihan
1991
2nd Overall Four Days of Dunkirk
1st Stage 2a
2nd Overall Paris–Nice
2nd UCI Road World Cup
2nd Züri–Metzgete
3rd Grand Prix de Cannes
4th Overall Tour de l'Oise
4th Clásica de San Sebastián
6th Road race, National Road Championships
7th Amstel Gold Race
7th Paris–Tours
7th Grand Prix de Fourmies
8th Giro di Lombardia
9th Tour of Flanders
10th Overall Grand Prix du Midi Libre
10th Grand Prix des Nations
1992
Tour de France
1st Jersey green.svg Points classification
1st Stage 6
Volta a Catalunya
1st Stages 2, 5a & 7
Vuelta a Burgos
1st Jersey green.svg Points classification
1st Stages 3, 4 & 6
1st Stage 3 Tour of the Basque Country
1st Stage 3 Euskal Bizikleta
2nd Silver medal blank.svg Road race, UCI Road World Championships
2nd Wincanton Classic
3rd Trofeo Luis Puig
4th Coppa Placci
5th UCI Road World Cup
5th Paris–Tours
6th Grand Prix des Amériques
7th Giro dell'Emilia
8th Züri–Metzgete
9th Milan–San Remo
1993
1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Vuelta a La Rioja
1st Stages 2 & 3
1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Vuelta a Mallorca
1st Stages 2, 3 & 4
Vuelta a España
1st Stages 3 & 7
Volta a Catalunya
1st Stages 3 & 4
1st Trofeo Luis Puig
1st Clasica de Alcobendas
1st GP de Toulouse
1st Stage 8a Paris–Nice
1st Stage 6 Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
1st Stage 3 Vuelta Asturias
1st Stage 5 Vuelta a Castilla y León
1st Stage 1 Tour of Galicia
3rd Boucles de l'Aulne
4th Milan–San Remo
4th GP Ouest–France
5th Trofeo Masferrer
7th Gent–Wevelgem
8th Overall Grand Prix du Midi Libre
9th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
1994
Vuelta a España
1st Jersey granate.svg Points classification
1st Stages 2, 3, 5, 12, 13, 16 & 21
1st Stage 5 Grand Prix du Midi Libre
1st Stage 5 Volta a Catalunya
2nd Trofeo Luis Puig
4th Road race, National Road Championships
5th Giro del Piemonte
7th Overall Tour of the Basque Country
1st Stage 2
8th Paris–Tours
9th Overall Critérium International
10th Milan–San Remo
1995
1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Vuelta a España
1st Jersey granate.svg Points classification
1st Jersey white.svg Mountains classification
1st Stages 3, 5, 8, 15, & 17
1st Jersey white.svg Overall Paris–Nice
1st Stage 2
1st MaillotVolta.png Overall Volta a Catalunya
1st Stages 1 & 7
1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Critérium International
1st Stages 1 & 2
1st Milan–San Remo
1st La Flèche Wallonne
1st GP de Toulouse
1st GP Amore-Bieta
1st Stage 3 Grand Prix du Midi Libre
2nd Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
1st Stage 2a
4th Overall Tour de France
1st Jersey green.svg Points classification
1st Stage 12
Held Jersey yellow.svg after Stages 2–3
4th Clásica de San Sebastián
6th Wincanton Classic
1996
Vuelta a España
1st Jersey rosa.svg Points classification
1st Stages 3 & 13
1st Jersey white.svg Overall Paris–Nice
1st Stages 3 & 4
1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Grand Prix du Midi Libre
1st Stages 2 & 5
1st Jersey orange.svg Overall Route du Sud
1st Jersey gold.svg Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
1st Stage 1
1st Classique des Alpes
1st Sète-Mont Saint-Clair
1st Stage 1 Tour of the Basque Country
2nd Overall French Road Cycling Cup
3rd Milano–Torino
5th Paris–Tours
7th Road race, UCI Road World Championships
9th Giro di Lombardia
10th Clásica de San Sebastián
10th Züri–Metzgete
1997
1st Jersey rainbow chrono.svg Time trial, UCI Road World Championships
1st Jersey white.svg Overall Paris–Nice
1st Stages 1 & 6
1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Vuelta a Burgos
1st Stage 2
1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Escalada a Montjuïc
1st Stages 1a & 1b
1st Giro di Lombardia
1st La Flèche Wallonne
1st Milano–Torino
1st Route Adélie
1st Vuelta a Mallorca
2nd Overall Tour of the Basque Country
1st Stages 2 & 4
2nd Liège–Bastogne–Liège
5th UCI Road World Cup
7th Overall Vuelta a España
1st Jersey rosa.svg Points classification
1st Stages 6 & 20
7th Amstel Gold Race
1998
1st MaillotFra.PNG Road race, National Road Championships
1st Jersey blue.svg Overall Vuelta a Asturias
1st Stages 1 & 6
Tour de Suisse
1st Prologue, Stages 3 & 8
Tour of the Basque Country
1st Stages 1 & 5b
1st Classique des Alpes
1st Tour du Haut Var
2nd Overall Paris–Nice
2nd Liège–Bastogne–Liège
5th Overall Vuelta a España
1999
1st Jersey green.svg Overall Tour de Romandie
1st Prologue, Stages 2 & 3b
1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Tour of the Basque Country
1st Stage 1 & 5b
1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme
1st Stage 5b
1st Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia
2nd Overall Tour de Suisse
1st Prologue
4th Overall Giro d'Italia
1st Jersey violet.svg Points classification
1st Stages 4, 9 & 16
Held Jersey pink.svg after Stages 5–7 & 9–13
2000
1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme
1st Stage 5b
1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Tour Méditerranéen
1st Stage 5
1st Stage 7 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
1st Stage 3 Tirreno–Adriatico
2nd GP Miguel Induráin
3rd Overall Tour of the Basque Country
1st Stage 4
3rd La Flèche Wallonne
5th Road race, Olympic Games
10th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
2001
Tour de France
1st Jersey polkadot.svg Mountains classification
1st Stages 4 & 7
Jersey red number.svg Combativity award Overall
1st Clásica de San Sebastián
1st Polynormande
2nd Overall Four Days of Dunkirk
2002
Tour de France
1st Jersey polkadot.svg Mountains classification
Jersey red number.svg Combativity award Overall
1st Clásica de San Sebastián
1st Coppa Ugo Agostoni
1st Tour du Haut Var
1st CSC Classic
3rd Overall Paris–Nice
1st Stage 3
3rd Memorial Rik Van Steenbergen

General classification results timeline

Grand Tour general classification results
Grand Tour 1990199119921993199419951996199719981999200020012002
Jersey pink.svg Giro d'Italia DNF 4
Jersey yellow.svg Tour de France 71 34 DNF DNF 4 DNF 43 DNF 54 19 42
Jersey yellow.svg/Jersey gold.svg Vuelta a España 70 35 75 1 19 7 5 DNF
Major stage race general classification results
Race1990199119921993199419951996199719981999200020012002
Jersey white.svg/Jersey yellow.svg Paris–Nice 11 2 111 40 1 1 1 2 3
Jersey yellowred.svg Tirreno–Adriatico 4 4
Jersey yellow.svg Tour of the Basque Country 7 2 13 2 2 1 3
Jersey green.svg/Jersey yellow.svg Tour de Romandie 1 DNF
Jersey yellow-bluebar.svg Critérium du Dauphiné 58 DNF DNF 12 44
MaillotVolta.png Volta a Catalunya 64 71 DNF 1
Jersey yellow.svg Tour de Suisse DNF 22 2 9

Classics results timeline

Monument 1990199119921993199419951996199719981999200020012002
Milan–San Remo 41 17 9 4 10 1 17 15 115 11 69
Tour of Flanders 9 24 57 16 80
Paris–Roubaix 18 26
Liège–Bastogne–Liège 11 57 9 37 4 2 2 DNF 10
Giro di Lombardia 8 22 9 1
Classic 1990199119921993199419951996199719981999200020012002
Amstel Gold Race 7 7 28
La Flèche Wallonne 18 1 1 19 DNF 3
Clásica de San Sebastián 2 4 103 34 4 10 19 59 1 1
Züri Metzgete 26812102691
Paris–Tours 7 5 8 5 28
Legend
Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

Awards

1st in (UCI) rankings: (1995, 1996, 1997 and 1999) (2nd in 1998)
Vélo d'Or international (1995) (2nd in 1997)
Vélo d'Or national (1992, 1995, 2002)
Mendrisio d'Oro (1995)

Ironman

22nd Ironman Switzerland (2007)
76th Ironman World Championship (2007)
12th Ironman France (2008)
376th Ironman World Championship (2018)

Doping

His name was on the list of doping tests published by the French Senate on 24 July 2013 that were collected during the 1998 Tour de France and found positive for EPO when retested in 2004. [9]

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