Robert Alban

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Robert Alban
Tour de l'Ain 2014 - Stage 4 - Robert Alban.jpg
Personal information
Full nameRobert Alban
Born (1952-04-09) 9 April 1952 (age 72)
Saint-André-d'Huiriat, France
Team information
Current teamRetired
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeClimber
Professional teams
1976GAN-Mercier
19771978Miko-Mercier
1979Fiat
19801984La Redoute-Motobecane
1985U.N.C.P.
Major wins
Grand Tours
Tour de France
1 individual stage (1981)

Robert Alban (9 April 1952) was a French professional road bicycle racer. Alban won the stage 18 in the 1981 Tour de France, and finished third place in that year's overall classification.

Alban was born in Saint-André-d'Huiriat.

Major results

1976
1st GP Plumelec
1977
2nd French National Cyclo-cross Championships
1979
19th Tour de France
1980
1st Quilan
2nd French National Cyclo-cross Championships
3rd Grand Prix de Mauléon-Moulin
3rd Cholet-Pays de Loire
1981
1st Beaulac-Bernos
1st Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan
1st Lescouet-Jugon
3rd Overall Tour de France
1st Stage 18
1982
1st GP des Herbiers
1st Stage 5 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
3rd Grand Prix de Plumelec
1983
1st Lescouet-Jugon
5th Overall Tour de France
3rd Circuit de l'Aulne
3rd Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré


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