Patrice Halgand

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Patrice Halgand
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Halgand on the Port de Pailhères in 2005
Personal information
Full namePatrice Halgand
Born (1974-03-02) 2 March 1974 (age 49)
St-Nazaire, France
Height1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight67 kg (148 lb)
Team information
Current teamRetired
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeClimber
Professional teams
1995–1999 Festina–Lotus
2000–2003 Jean Delatour
2004–2008 Crédit Agricole
Major wins
Tour de France (1 stage, 2002)
Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré (1 stage, 2002)
Tour du Limousin, 1st overall (2002)

Patrice Halgand (born 2 March 1974, in St-Nazaire) is a French former professional road racing cyclist. He was one of only three Festina team riders who were named as clean during the Festina doping scandal during the 1998 Tour de France.

Contents

Halgand announced his retirement on 28 December 2008. [1] [2]

Major results

1995
5th Overall Tour de l'Avenir
10th Overall Tour du Limousin
1996
3rd National Cyclo-cross Championships
3rd Flèche Ardennaise
7th GP Villafranca de Ordizia
1997
1st Jersey orange.svg Overall Étoile de Bessèges
1st Overall Vuelta Ciclista de Chile
8th Tour de Vendée
1998
4th Trophée des Grimpeurs
1999
1st A Travers le Morbihan
4th Trophée des Grimpeurs
2000
1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Tour du Limousin
1st Stage 2
1st Trophée des Grimpeurs
1st A Travers le Morbihan
2nd GP Villafranca de Ordizia
2nd Boucles de l'Aulne
3rd Overall Route du Sud
1st Stage 3
5th Paris–Camembert
6th Paris–Bourges
8th Overall Regio-Tour
1st Stage 5
2001
1st Overall Regio-Tour
1st Stages 1 & 4
1st Boucles de l'Aulne
2nd GP Ouest–France
3rd Trofeo Melinda
3rd Tour de Vendée
4th Cholet-Pays de Loire
5th Trophée des Grimpeurs
5th Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise
8th Overall Critérium International
1st Stage 2
8th Overall Tour du Limousin
8th Rund um den Henninger Turm
8th GP Chiasso
2002
1st Stage 10 Tour de France
1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Tour du Limousin
1st Stage 1
1st Stage 4 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
1st Stage 1 Four Days of Dunkirk
3rd Road race, National Road Championships
4th GP de Villers-Cotterêts
4th Trophée des Grimpeurs
6th Overall Paris–Corrèze
9th Tour de Vendée
2003
3rd Road race, National Road Championships
3rd Classique des Alpes
4th Overall Paris–Corrèze
4th Overall Four Days of Dunkirk
4th Boucles de l'Aulne
6th Tour du Haut Var
7th A Travers le Morbihan
8th GP Ouest–France
9th Paris–Camembert
2004
5th Overall Route du Sud
10th Trophée des Grimpeurs
2005
1st Jersey polkadot.svg Mountains classification, Paris–Corrèze
2nd GP Lugano
5th Tour du Haut Var
8th GP Chiasso
9th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
10th Overall Route du Sud
1st Stage 4
10th Overall Étoile de Bessèges
10th Paris–Camembert
2006
Tour de l'Ain
1st Stage 4
1st Jersey polkadot.svg Mountains classification
7th Overall Route du Sud
1st Stage 4
2007
1st Stage 4 Tour de l'Ain
3rd Road race, National Road Championships
5th Cholet-Pays de Loire
2008
1st Stage 5 Tour de Wallonie

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour 199719981999200020012002200320042005200620072008
Jersey pink.svg Giro d'Italia DNF 23 14 DNF
Jersey yellow.svg Tour de France 55 52 40 39 52 47 30
Jersey gold.svg Vuelta a España 48 DNF
Legend
Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

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References

  1. "Google Translate".
  2. "Que sont-ils devenus : Patrice Halgand".