Luc Alphand

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Luc Alphand
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Personal information
Born (1965-08-06) 6 August 1965 (age 59)
Briançon, Hautes-Alpes, France
Occupation Alpine skier  
Height1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Skiing career
Disciplines
World Cup debut7 December 1987 (age 22)
(first top 15 finish)
RetiredMarch 1997 (age 31)
Website luc-alphand.com
Olympics
Teams3 – (1988, 1992, 1994)
Medals0
World Championships
Teams4 – (1985, 1993, 1996, 1997)
Medals1 (0 gold)
World Cup
Seasons10 – (198897)
Wins12 – (10 DH, 2 SG)
Podiums23 – (18 DH, 5 SG)
Overall titles1 – (1997)
Discipline titles4 – (3 DH, 1 SG)
Medal record
Men's alpine skiing
Representing Flag of France.svg  France
World Cup race podiums
Event1st2nd3rd
Downhill1053
Super-G221
Total1274
World Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1996 Sierra Nevada Downhill
Junior World Ski Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg1983 Sestriere Downhill
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg1983 SestriereCombined

Luc Alphand (born 6 August 1965) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from France. He specialized in the speed events and later became a race car driver.

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Ski racing

Born in Briançon (Hautes-Alpes), Alphand was world junior champion in 1983 and made his World Cup debut in 1984. It took a decade for him to make his breakthrough winning his first world cup at Kitzbühel 1995, and going on to take the overall downhill title 3 years in a row. In 1997 he won the World Cup overall title by collecting points only in the two speed disciplines, downhill and super G – a unique achievement in World Cup history. For this accomplishment he was voted L'Equipe Champion of Champions in 1997. [1] The previous year he won a bronze medal at the 1996 World Championships at Sierra Nevada, Spain.

In the village of Chantemerle (which neighbours his home town of Briançon in the Serre-Chevalier region) an expert ski run has been named in his honour.

His daughter, Estelle Alphand, represents Sweden in FIS Alpine Ski World Cup.

World Cup results

Season standings

SeasonAgeOverallSlalomGiant
Slalom
Super GDownhillCombined
1988 22611637
1989 234010
1990 248021
1991 25351017
1992 26531925
1993 2759204023
1994 28271714
1995 29814111
1996 30441
1997 31111

Season titles

SeasonDiscipline
1995 Downhill
1996 Downhill
1997 Overall
Downhill
Super G

Race victories

  • 12 wins (10 DH, 2 SG)
  • 23 podiums (18 DH, 5 SG)
SeasonDateLocationDiscipline
1995 13 Jan 1995 Flag of Austria.svg Kitzbühel, Austria Downhill
14 Jan 1995Downhill
15 Mar 1995 Flag of Italy.svg Bormio, Italy Downhill
1996 1 Dec 1995 Flag of the United States.svg Vail, USA Downhill
9 Dec 1995 Flag of France.svg Val-d'Isère, France Downhill
2 Feb 1996 Flag of Germany.svg Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany Downhill
1997 20 Dec 1996 Flag of Italy.svg Val Gardena, ItalyDownhill
29 Dec 1996 Flag of Italy.svg Bormio, ItalyDownhill
24 Jan 1997 Flag of Austria.svg Kitzbühel, AustriaDownhill
29 Jan 1997 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Laax, Switzerland Super-G
21 Feb 1997 Flag of Germany.svg Garmisch-Partenkirchen, GermanySuper-G
22 Feb 1997Downhill

Other results

Auto racing

24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years 20012009
TeamsLuc Alphand Aventures
Best finish7th (2006)
Class wins0

He retired from competitive skiing in 1997 and started a career in auto racing. First in the Nissan Micra Stars Cup (1997–1998), then in the European Le Mans Series (2001), the FIA GT Championship (2002), and the Lamborghini Supertrophy (2002). He won the 2006 Dakar Rally, in which he had finished runner-up a year earlier. With this victory, he was the first ex-skier to win the Paris-Dakar. He recently purchased two Corvette race cars from Pratt & Miller for use in the Le Mans Series and 24 Hours of Le Mans.

Alphand suffered severe back injuries in an accident on the Rand'Auvergne all-terrain motorcycle race on 27 June 2009. [2] In November 2010 he retired from competitive auto racing for health reasons.

From 2021 to 2022, he was the sporting director for the Silk Way Rally. He departed the position following the Russian invasion of Ukraine. [3] Alphand became the Extreme E team principal for Veloce Racing in late 2022. [4]

24 Hours of Le Mans results

YearTeamCo-DriversCarClassLapsPos.Class
Pos.
2001 Flag of France.svg Warm-Up Luc Alphand Aventures
Flag of France.svg JMB Racing
Flag of France.svg Michel Ligonnet
Flag of France.svg Luis Marques
Porsche 911 GT3-RSGT26517th8th
2002 Flag of France.svg Luc Alphand Aventures Flag of France.svg Christian Lavieille
Flag of France.svg Olivier Thévenin
Porsche 911 GT3-RSGT29924th5th
2003 Flag of France.svg Luc Alphand Aventures Flag of France.svg Jérôme Policand
Flag of France.svg Frédéric Dor
Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello GTS29821st5th
2004 Flag of France.svg Luc Alphand Aventures Flag of France.svg Christian Lavieille
Flag of France.svg Philippe Almeras
Porsche 911 GT3-RSGT31616th5th
2005 Flag of France.svg Luc Alphand Aventures Flag of France.svg Jérôme Policand
Flag of France.svg Christopher Campbell
Porsche 911 GT3-RSGT231118th5th
2006 Flag of France.svg Luc Alphand Aventures Flag of France.svg Patrice Goueslard
Flag of France.svg Jérôme Policand
Chevrolet Corvette C5-R GT13467th3rd
2007 Flag of France.svg Luc Alphand Aventures Flag of France.svg Patrice Goueslard
Flag of France.svg Jérôme Policand
Chevrolet Corvette C6.R GT132712th7th
2008 Flag of France.svg Luc Alphand Aventures Flag of France.svg Guillaume Moreau
Flag of France.svg Jérôme Policand
Chevrolet Corvette C6.R GT133517th5th
2009 Flag of France.svg Luc Alphand Aventures Flag of France.svg Stéphan Grégoire
Flag of France.svg Patrice Goueslard
Chevrolet Corvette C6.R GT199DNFDNF

Dakar Rally results

YearClassVehiclePositionStages won
1998 Car Flag of Japan.svg Mitsubishi DNF0
1999 16th0
2000 Flag of France.svg Schlesser-Renault DNF0
2001 DNF0
2002 Flag of Japan.svg Mitsubishi 7th0
2003 Flag of Germany.svg BMW 9th1
2004 4th2
2005 Flag of Japan.svg Mitsubishi 2nd1
2006 1st2
2007 2nd0
2008 Event cancelled – replaced by the 2008 Central Europe Rally
2009 Car Flag of Japan.svg Mitsubishi DNF0

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References

  1. "Silk Way Rally 2016: The new adventure". Silk Way Rally . 16 November 2015. Archived from the original on 17 August 2016. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
  2. Beer, Matt (29 June 2009). "Alphand injured in motorbike crash". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications . Retrieved 29 June 2009.
  3. Minisini, Lucas (21 April 2023). "A Russian spy in Paris: Bulat Yanborisov, rally organizer and high-flying Kremlin agent". Le Monde . Retrieved 22 July 2024.
  4. "Luc Alphand puts veloce Racing through its pre-season paces". Veloce Racing . 3 March 2023. Retrieved 22 July 2024.

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Sporting positions
Preceded by Dakar Rally
Car Winner

2006
Succeeded by