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Christophe Moreau
	Moreau at the 2013 Tour de Romandie
Personal information
Full name	Christophe Moreau
Nickname	Le chien (French - "The Dog")
Born	12 April 1971 (age 53); Vervins, France
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	71 kg (157 lb; 11.2 st)
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	All-rounder
Professional teams
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Major wins
	Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré (2001, 2007) ; Four Days of Dunkirk (2003); French National Road Race Champion (2007) ; Tour de France 1 stage

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Christophe Moreau (born 12 April 1971 in Vervins) is a French former professional road racing cyclist. For many years Moreau was the primary French contender for the general classification in the Tour de France: he finished in the top 12 in the GC five times and finished the race as best Frenchman in 2000, 2003, 2004 and 2005. He also enjoyed success in the Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré, winning the race overall in 2001 and 2007.

Early professional career

Moreau debuted as a professional in 1995 with You have called {{Contentious topics}}. You probably meant to call one of these templates instead:

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Festina affair

Moreau continued his progression the following year when he won the final time trial and overall of the 1998 Critérium International.^[1] However, he tested positive for anabolic steroids for that performance. Festina Team director Bruno Roussel defended Moreau by saying it was another member of the support staff who had deceived the cyclist and caused him to take the anabolic steroids.^[2] As a result of this defence which was put forward by his lawyer, Moreau was able to continue competition. But during the 1998 Tour de France, after the Festina team soigneur Willy Voet was caught at the French-Belgian border, a doping scandal was uncovered which was referred to as the Festina affair. Moreau, alongd with two other members of the Festina team, Laurent Brochard and Armin Meier, admitted taking EPO after being arrested^[3] and were ejected from the race.^[4] Confessing alongside the other team members - except Richard Virenque - Moreau served a six-month suspension before returning to racing.^[5]

Post-suspension career

Moreau returned to the 1999 Tour de France where he placed 3rd in the stage 8 individual time trial behind American Lance Armstrong and Swiss Alex Zülle ^[6] and finished the Tour in the 25th place.^[7]

In the 2000 Tour de France, Moreau finished a career best with fourth place behind Lance Armstrong, Jan Ullrich and Spanish Festina teammate Joseba Beloki. This demonstrated him as a competent climber. This was the first time he finished as highest placed French rider at the Tour and it fueled hopes that he could win the race some day. He would finish highest placed French rider in the 2003, 2004 and 2005 editions of the Tour de France.

In 2001 and still riding for Festina, Moreau won the prestigious stage race the Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré. Moreau took the lead on the fifth stage by only one second over Russian Pavel Tonkov^[8] On the following day, both finished together second and third on the stage where there were no seconds awarded at the stage finish.^[9] Moreau withstood the many attacks of Tonkov on the final stage to win the race.^[10] Several weeks later, he won the prologue of the 2001 Tour de France and put on the maillot jaune.^[11] Moreau was presented with the a maillot jaune by two podium girls. One of which he began a relationship after meeting on the Tour podium and would later marry.^[12] Moreau ended the Tour prematurely when he withdrew on the 12th stage.^[13] Festina choose to end its sponsorship of a cycling team so Moreau joined Crédit Agricole.^[14]

Career at Crédit Agricole

In 2002, in his first race of the season, Moreau crashed and broke his collarbone^[15] Moreau finished third overall in the Dauphiné Libéré behind the American teammates Lance Armstrong and Floyd Landis.^[16] In the 2002 Tour de France Moreau crashed on a descent on stage 15 and had to abandon again.^[17]

In 2003, Moreau won the Four Days of Dunkirk race before going on to finish 8th in the 2003 Tour de France. At a pre season training camp in 2004, Moreau injured his knee which delayed his return to competition. His first win of the year came in the Trophée des Grimpeurs in May.^[18] Two weeks later he won the Tour du Languedoc Roussillon stage race.^[19] In the 2004 Tour de France, he was again the best French finisher in 12th place. During the 2005 Tour de France, he went very close to wearing the maillot jaune in the first days in the Alps but fell back to finish in the 11th place. At this time his team Credit Agricole publicly expressed their dissatisfaction with his results and he left the team for AG2R Prévoyance. Moreau finished 11th overall in the 2005 Tour de France.

Career after Crédit Agricole

Moreau was expected to support his new teammate Francisco "Paco" Mancebo at the 2006 Tour de France who had finished the 2005 Tour de France in fourth place. In the Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré, Moreau finished second on the general classification behind Leipheimer and won the king of the mountains competition. When the Operation Puerto doping scandal was revealed the day before the Tour began, Mancebo was banned from competing in the Tour and Moreau became the leader for the general classification. After teammate Cyril Dessel took the maillot jaune on stage 11, Moreau worked for Dessel to try to preserve Dessel’s high placing. On the 19th stage Moreau attacked on the climb to bring himself further up the classification and he finished the 2006 Tour de France in the 8th place behind Dessel (Moreau was later moved up to 7th place after the disqualification of Floyd Landis).

In the latter part of his career he was considered a 'clean' rider, and told reporters in 2007 that it had a big impact on him as a racer. "For my part, I paid for what I did," he said. "All I know is that I came out of it stronger. It transformed my life." ^[20]

In the Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré, Moreau demonstrated great form and panache. In the second stage with 40 km to go, he attacked with several others. With 7 km to go Moreau was driving the pace with Spaniard José Antonio Redondo. At the end of the stage, Redondo did not contest the sprint as he had not been working in the break, Moreau took the stage and the leader's jersey.^[21] On the following stage 3 Individual time trial, Moreau finished some way back and lost over around 3 minutes. But on the stage to the legendary Mont Ventoux, Moreau attacked on the ascent and won the stage with over a minute on the second-place finisher and over two minutes on his rivals for the general classification.^[22] He then lay in second overall 14 seconds behind the yellow jersey which he took back on stage six to win the race.^[23] Two weeks later, he carried that same form to win the French national cycling championships. Despite being a favourite for the Individual time trial championships, Moreau finished way far back, but his form showed itself in the National cycling championships road race, in which he attacked his two breakaway companions with 40 km to the finish. He built up a great lead and won the championships with over two minutes over the second and third-place finishers. At 36 years of age, he won his first French champion title and pulled on the tricolour jersey.^[24] Moreau started the 2007 Tour de France in good form and was in the top ten of the general classification after the first mountain stages of the Alps. However, after a crash in the fifteenth stage, Moreau fell back in the general classification and rode one of the pyrenian stages in the gruppetto, which is the part of the peloton for the riders who wish only to make the time limit imposed on a mountain stage to remain in the race.

In September 2007, Moreau, citing financial reasons, announced that he was leaving AG2R Prévoyance and was signing a one-year contract with Agritubel for the 2008 season.^[25] In the 2008 Tour de France Moreau quit the race during the 7th Stage.^[26]

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Major results

1995 (Festina)

2nd overall - Tour de l'Avenir

1996 (Festina)

1st overall - Vuelta Ciclista de Chile
1st prologue - Tour l'Avenir

1998 (Festina)

1st, 2 stages - Route du Sud
2nd prologue - Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré

1999 (Festina)

1st, 1 stage - Route du Sud (clm)
1st overall - Tour Poitou-Charentes
1st, 1 stage - Tour Poitou-Charentes

2000 (Festina)

1st stage - Grand prix du Midi Libre
2nd - Trophée des Grimpeurs
3rd - French National Cycling Championships
4th overall - Tour de France
- 3rd, stage 19 (ITT)
6th overall - Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré

2001 (Festina)

1st Prologue - Tour de France
1st overall - Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
1st - GP Breitling
1st - GP Voegeli
2nd - French National Cycling Championships
3rd overall - Grand Prix du Midi Libre
3rd, 5th stage - Tour de France

2002 (Crédit Agricole)

1st, 4th Stage - Four Days of Dunkirk
2nd, 6th Stage - Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
3rd overall - Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
4th overall - Grand Prix du Midi Libre
2nd, 5th Stage - Grand Prix du Midi Libre

2003 (Crédit Agricole)

1st overall - Four Days of Dunkirk
1st, 4th stage - Four Days of Dunkirk
4th, 4th Stage - Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
5th overall - Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
8th overall - Tour de France
9th - La Flèche Wallonne

2004 (Crédit Agricole)

1st overall - Tour du Languedoc-Roussillon
1st overall - Trophée des Grimpeurs
12th overall - Tour de France

2005 (Crédit Agricole)

11th overall - Tour de France
9th overall - Volta a Catalunya

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2nd overall – Dauphiné Libéré
winner of the Mountains classification – Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
winner of the Combined classification (Maillot bleu) – Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
3rd overall, Volta a Catalunya
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1st overall, Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
- 1st, Combination classification
- 1st, 2nd Stage
- 1st, 4th Stage (finishing atop Mont Ventoux)
1st Elite National Cycling Road Race Championships
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References

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^ "Tour riders down wheels over drug use". London independent. Retrieved 2007-07-28. ^{[dead link]}
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^ "Classement General 1999 Tour de France". l’Humanite. Archived from the original on September 29, 2007. Retrieved 2007-07-29. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ "2001 Dauphiné Libéré Stage 5 results". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2007-07-29.
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^ "GP d'ouverture Marseilles". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2007-07-29.
^ "Dauphine Libere Stage 7 results". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2007-07-29.
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^ "Coup Double pour Moreau". L'equipe.fr. Archived from the original on 2009-07-23. Retrieved 2007-07-19. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
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^ Pretot, Julien (2009-07-17). "Moreau agrees deal with Caisse d'Epargne for 2010". Reuters. Retrieved 2009-08-12.

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[1] "Criterium International". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2007-07-29.

[2] "Masseur at centre of drugs find is linked to Virenque". Irish Examiner. Archived from the original on 2007-09-29. Retrieved 2007-07-08. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[3] "Tour riders down wheels over drug use". London independent. Retrieved 2007-07-28. ^{[dead link]}

[4] "A hint of doping at Tour de France". Herald Tribune. Archived from the original on February 20, 2008. Retrieved 2007-07-19. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[5] "Dopage 2". Humanite. Archived from the original on September 29, 2007. Retrieved 2007-07-29. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[6] "Dimanche 11 juillet Metz contre la montre". l’Humanite. Archived from the original on September 29, 2007. Retrieved 2007-07-29. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[7] "Classement General 1999 Tour de France". l’Humanite. Archived from the original on September 29, 2007. Retrieved 2007-07-29. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[8] "2001 Dauphiné Libéré Stage 5 results". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2007-07-29.

[9] "Dauphone Libere Stage 6 report". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2007-07-29.

[10] "Dauphiné Libéré stage 7". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2007-07-29.

[11] "Tour de France prologue results and report". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2007-07-29.

[12] "Moreau au dessus du lot". Eurosport.fr. Archived from the original on 2013-07-19. Retrieved 2007-12-11. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[13] "Stage 20 Tour de France results". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2007-07-29.

[14] "Et aussi les blues bien barres". l’Humanite. Archived from the original on September 29, 2007. Retrieved 2007-07-29. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[15] "GP d'ouverture Marseilles". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2007-07-29.

[16] "Dauphine Libere Stage 7 results". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2007-07-29.

[17] "End of the road for Moreau". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2007-07-29.

[18] "Trophée des Grimpeurs". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2007-07-29.

[19] "Stage 5 Tour du Languedoc Roussillon". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2007-07-29.

[20] "Rous ready to retire, Moreau not". Velonews. Archived from the original on 2007-06-13. Retrieved 2007-07-19. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[21] "Coup Double pour Moreau". L'equipe.fr. Archived from the original on 2009-07-23. Retrieved 2007-07-19. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[22] "Moreau puissance 2". L'equipe.fr. Archived from the original on 2009-07-22. Retrieved 2007-07-19. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[23] "Moreau en patron". L'equipe.fr. Archived from the original on 2009-07-22. Retrieved 2007-07-19. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[24] "French national road race championships 2007". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2007-07-19.

[25] "Moreau Set to Join Agritubel". Cyclingpost.com. Archived from the original on 2009-07-22. Retrieved 2007-11-02. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[26] "Moreau pulls out on seventh stage". London: guardian.co.uk. Retrieved 2008-07-10. ^{[dead link]}

[27] Pretot, Julien (2009-07-17). "Moreau agrees deal with Caisse d'Epargne for 2010". Reuters. Retrieved 2009-08-12.

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 ==Festina affair==
-Moreau continued his progression the following year when he won the final time trial and overall of the 1998 [[Critérium International]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/results/1998/mar98/critint98.html|title=Criterium International|publisher=cyclingnews.com|accessdate=2007-07-29}}</ref> However, he tested positive for anabolic steroids for that performance. [[Festina cycling team|Festina]] Team director Bruno Roussel defended Moreau by saying it was another member of the support staff who had deceived the cyclist and caused him to take the anabolic steroids.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archives.tcm.ie/irishexaminer/1998/07/13/fshead.htm|title=Masseur at centre of drugs find is linked to Virenque|publisher=Irish Examiner|accessdate=2007-07-08}}</ref> As a result of this defence which was put forward by his lawyer, Moreau was able to continue competition. But during the [[1998 Tour de France]], after the Festina team soigneur [[Willy Voet]] was caught at the French-Belgian border, a doping scandal was uncovered which was referred to as the [[Festina affair]]. Moreau, alongd with two other members of the Festina team, [[Laurent Brochard]] and Armin Meier, admitted taking EPO after being arrested<ref>{{cite news|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_19980725/ai_n14163112|title=Tour riders down wheels over drug use|publisher=London independent|accessdate=2007-07-28}} {{Dead link|date=September 2010|bot=RjwilmsiBot}}</ref> and were ejected from the race.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iht.com/articles/1998/07/13/drugs.t.php |title=A hint of doping at Tour de France |publisher=Herald Tribune |accessdate=2007-07-19 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080220233521/http://www.iht.com/articles/1998/07/13/drugs.t.php |archivedate=February 20, 2008 }}</ref> Confessing alongside the other team members - except [[Richard Virenque]] - Moreau served a six-month suspension before returning to racing.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.humanite.fr/1998-12-15_Sports_CYCLISME-1 |title=Dopage 2 |publisher=Humanite |accessdate=2007-07-29 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929130731/http://www.humanite.fr/1998-12-15_Sports_CYCLISME-1 |archivedate=September 29, 2007 }}</ref>
+Moreau continued his progression the following year when he won the final time trial and overall of the 1998 [[Critérium International]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/results/1998/mar98/critint98.html|title=Criterium International|publisher=cyclingnews.com|accessdate=2007-07-29}}</ref> However, he tested positive for anabolic steroids for that performance. [[Festina cycling team|Festina]] Team director Bruno Roussel defended Moreau by saying it was another member of the support staff who had deceived the cyclist and caused him to take the anabolic steroids.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archives.tcm.ie/irishexaminer/1998/07/13/fshead.htm |title=Masseur at centre of drugs find is linked to Virenque |publisher=Irish Examiner |accessdate=2007-07-08 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929151117/http://archives.tcm.ie/irishexaminer/1998/07/13/fshead.htm |archivedate=2007-09-29 |df= }}</ref> As a result of this defence which was put forward by his lawyer, Moreau was able to continue competition. But during the [[1998 Tour de France]], after the Festina team soigneur [[Willy Voet]] was caught at the French-Belgian border, a doping scandal was uncovered which was referred to as the [[Festina affair]]. Moreau, alongd with two other members of the Festina team, [[Laurent Brochard]] and Armin Meier, admitted taking EPO after being arrested<ref>{{cite news|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_19980725/ai_n14163112|title=Tour riders down wheels over drug use|publisher=London independent|accessdate=2007-07-28}} {{Dead link|date=September 2010|bot=RjwilmsiBot}}</ref> and were ejected from the race.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iht.com/articles/1998/07/13/drugs.t.php |title=A hint of doping at Tour de France |publisher=Herald Tribune |accessdate=2007-07-19 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080220233521/http://www.iht.com/articles/1998/07/13/drugs.t.php |archivedate=February 20, 2008 }}</ref> Confessing alongside the other team members - except [[Richard Virenque]] - Moreau served a six-month suspension before returning to racing.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.humanite.fr/1998-12-15_Sports_CYCLISME-1 |title=Dopage 2 |publisher=Humanite |accessdate=2007-07-29 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929130731/http://www.humanite.fr/1998-12-15_Sports_CYCLISME-1 |archivedate=September 29, 2007 }}</ref>
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 In the latter part of his career he was considered a 'clean' rider, and told reporters in 2007 that it had a big impact on him as a racer. "For my part, I paid for what I did," he said. "All I know is that I came out of it stronger. It transformed my life." <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.velonews.com/race/int/articles/12391.0.html |title=Rous ready to retire, Moreau not |publisher=Velonews |accessdate=2007-07-19 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070613112554/http://www.velonews.com/race/int/articles/12391.0.html |archivedate=2007-06-13 |deadurl=yes |df= }}</ref>
-In the [[2007 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré|Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré]], Moreau demonstrated great form and [[panache]]. In the second stage with 40&nbsp;km to go, he attacked with several others. With 7&nbsp;km to go Moreau was driving the pace with Spaniard José Antonio Redondo. At the end of the stage, Redondo did not contest the sprint as he had not been working in the break, Moreau took the stage and the leader's jersey.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lequipe.fr/Cyclisme/breves2007/20070612_163847Dev.html |title=Coup Double pour Moreau |publisher=L'equipe.fr |accessdate=2007-07-19 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090723064750/http://www.lequipe.fr:80/Cyclisme/breves2007/20070612_163847Dev.html |archivedate=2009-07-23 |df= }}</ref> On the following stage 3 [[Individual time trial]], Moreau finished some way back and lost over around 3 minutes. But on the stage to the legendary [[Mont Ventoux]], Moreau attacked on the ascent and won the stage with over a minute on the second-place finisher and over two minutes on his rivals for the general classification.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lequipe.fr/Cyclisme/breves2007/20070614_171102Dev.html |title=Moreau puissance 2 |publisher=L'equipe.fr |accessdate=2007-07-19 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090722162500/http://www.lequipe.fr:80/Cyclisme/breves2007/20070614_171102Dev.html |archivedate=2009-07-22 |df= }}</ref> He then lay in second overall 14 seconds behind the yellow jersey which he took back on stage six to win the race.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.lequipe.fr/Cyclisme/breves2007/20070616_173321Dev.html |title=Moreau en patron |publisher=L'equipe.fr |accessdate=2007-07-19 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090722163412/http://www.lequipe.fr:80/Cyclisme/breves2007/20070616_173321Dev.html |archivedate=2009-07-22 |df= }}</ref> Two weeks later, he carried that same form to win the French national cycling championships.  Despite being a favourite for the [[Individual time trial]] championships, Moreau finished way far back, but his form showed itself in the National cycling championships road race, in which he attacked his two breakaway companions with 40&nbsp;km to the finish. He built up a great lead and won the championships with over two minutes over the second and third-place finishers. At 36 years of age, he won his first French champion title and pulled on the tricolour jersey.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road.php?id=road/2007/jun07/france07/france073|title=French national road race championships 2007|publisher=Cyclingnews.com|accessdate=2007-07-19}}</ref> Moreau started the [[2007 Tour de France]] in good form and was in the top ten of the [[general classification]] after the first mountain stages of the Alps. However, after a crash in the fifteenth stage, Moreau fell back in the general classification and rode one of the pyrenian stages in the [[autobus (cycling)|gruppetto]], which is the part of the peloton for the riders who wish only to make the time limit imposed on a mountain stage to remain in the race.
+In the [[2007 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré|Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré]], Moreau demonstrated great form and [[panache]]. In the second stage with 40&nbsp;km to go, he attacked with several others. With 7&nbsp;km to go Moreau was driving the pace with Spaniard José Antonio Redondo. At the end of the stage, Redondo did not contest the sprint as he had not been working in the break, Moreau took the stage and the leader's jersey.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lequipe.fr/Cyclisme/breves2007/20070612_163847Dev.html |title=Coup Double pour Moreau |publisher=L'equipe.fr |accessdate=2007-07-19 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090723064750/http://www.lequipe.fr/Cyclisme/breves2007/20070612_163847Dev.html |archivedate=2009-07-23 |df= }}</ref> On the following stage 3 [[Individual time trial]], Moreau finished some way back and lost over around 3 minutes. But on the stage to the legendary [[Mont Ventoux]], Moreau attacked on the ascent and won the stage with over a minute on the second-place finisher and over two minutes on his rivals for the general classification.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lequipe.fr/Cyclisme/breves2007/20070614_171102Dev.html |title=Moreau puissance 2 |publisher=L'equipe.fr |accessdate=2007-07-19 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090722162500/http://www.lequipe.fr/Cyclisme/breves2007/20070614_171102Dev.html |archivedate=2009-07-22 |df= }}</ref> He then lay in second overall 14 seconds behind the yellow jersey which he took back on stage six to win the race.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.lequipe.fr/Cyclisme/breves2007/20070616_173321Dev.html |title=Moreau en patron |publisher=L'equipe.fr |accessdate=2007-07-19 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090722163412/http://www.lequipe.fr/Cyclisme/breves2007/20070616_173321Dev.html |archivedate=2009-07-22 |df= }}</ref> Two weeks later, he carried that same form to win the French national cycling championships.  Despite being a favourite for the [[Individual time trial]] championships, Moreau finished way far back, but his form showed itself in the National cycling championships road race, in which he attacked his two breakaway companions with 40&nbsp;km to the finish. He built up a great lead and won the championships with over two minutes over the second and third-place finishers. At 36 years of age, he won his first French champion title and pulled on the tricolour jersey.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road.php?id=road/2007/jun07/france07/france073|title=French national road race championships 2007|publisher=Cyclingnews.com|accessdate=2007-07-19}}</ref> Moreau started the [[2007 Tour de France]] in good form and was in the top ten of the [[general classification]] after the first mountain stages of the Alps. However, after a crash in the fifteenth stage, Moreau fell back in the general classification and rode one of the pyrenian stages in the [[autobus (cycling)|gruppetto]], which is the part of the peloton for the riders who wish only to make the time limit imposed on a mountain stage to remain in the race.
-In September 2007, Moreau, citing financial reasons, announced that he was leaving [[AG2R Prévoyance]] and was signing a one-year contract with [[Agritubel]] for the 2008 season.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cyclingpost.com/rider/article_005474.shtml |title=Moreau Set to Join Agritubel |publisher=Cyclingpost.com |accessdate=2007-11-02 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090722161013/http://www.cyclingpost.com:80/rider/article_005474.shtml |archivedate=2009-07-22 |df= }}</ref> In the [[2008 Tour de France]] Moreau quit the race during the 7th Stage.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/feedarticle/7645437|title=Moreau pulls out on seventh stage|publisher=guardian.co.uk|accessdate=2008-07-10 | location=London}} {{Dead link|date=September 2010|bot=RjwilmsiBot}}</ref>
+In September 2007, Moreau, citing financial reasons, announced that he was leaving [[AG2R Prévoyance]] and was signing a one-year contract with [[Agritubel]] for the 2008 season.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cyclingpost.com/rider/article_005474.shtml |title=Moreau Set to Join Agritubel |publisher=Cyclingpost.com |accessdate=2007-11-02 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090722161013/http://www.cyclingpost.com/rider/article_005474.shtml |archivedate=2009-07-22 |df= }}</ref> In the [[2008 Tour de France]] Moreau quit the race during the 7th Stage.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/feedarticle/7645437|title=Moreau pulls out on seventh stage|publisher=guardian.co.uk|accessdate=2008-07-10 | location=London}} {{Dead link|date=September 2010|bot=RjwilmsiBot}}</ref>
 On 17 July, during the [[2009 Tour de France]], Moreau signed with the {{ct|GCE}} team for 2010, after previously having said he would retire following the 2009 season.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE56G6K520090717|title=Moreau agrees deal with Caisse d'Epargne for 2010|publisher=Reuters|date=2009-07-17|accessdate=2009-08-12 | first=Julien | last=Pretot}}</ref>

v t e French National Road Race Champions (men)
1900–1919	Gustave Garrigou (1907–1908) Jean Alavoine (1909) Émile Georget (1910) Octave Lapize (1911–1913) Charles Crupelandt (1914) Henri Pélissier (1919)
1920–1939	Jean Alavoine (1920) Francis Pélissier (1921) Jean Brunier (1922) Francis Pélissier (1923–1924) Achille Souchard (1925–1926) Ferdinand Le Drogo (1927–1928) Marcel Bidot (1929) Roger Bisseron (1930) Armand Blanchonnet (1931) André Godinat (1932) Roger Lapébie (1933) Raymond Louviot (1934) Georges Speicher (1935) René Le Grevès (1936) Georges Speicher (1937) Paul Maye (1938) Georges Speicher (1939)
1940–1959	René Vietto (1941) Émile Idée (1942) Paul Maye (1943) Urbain Caffi (1944) Eloi Tassin (1945) Louis Caput (1946) Émile Idée (1947) César Marcelak (1948) Jean Rey (1949) Louison Bobet (1950–1951) Adolphe Deledda (1952) Raphaël Géminiani (1953) Jacques Dupont (1954) André Darrigade (1955) Bernard Gauthier (1956) Valentin Huot (1957–1958) Henry Anglade (1959)
1960–1979	Jean Stablinski (1960) Raymond Poulidor (1961) Jean Stablinski (1962–1964) Henry Anglade (1965) Jean-Claude Theillière (1966) Désiré Letort (1967) Lucien Aimar (1968) Raymond Delisle (1969) Paul Gutty (1970) Yves Hézard (1971) Roland Berland (1972) Bernard Thévenet (1973) Georges Talbourdet (1974) Régis Ovion (1975) Guy Sibille (1976) Marcel Tinazzi (1977) Bernard Hinault (1978) Roland Berland (1979)
1980–1999	Pierre-Raymond Villemiane (1980) Serge Beucherie (1981) Régis Clère (1982) Marc Gomez (1983) Laurent Fignon (1984) Jean-Claude Leclercq (1985) Yvon Madiot (1986) Marc Madiot (1987) Éric Caritoux (1988–1989) Philippe Louviot (1990) Armand de Las Cuevas (1991) Luc Leblanc (1992) Jacky Durand (1993–1994) Eddy Seigneur (1995) Stéphane Heulot (1996) Stéphane Barthe (1997) Laurent Jalabert (1998) François Simon (1999)
2000–2019	Christophe Capelle (2000) Didier Rous (2001) Nicolas Vogondy (2002) Didier Rous (2003) Thomas Voeckler (2004) Pierrick Fédrigo (2005) Florent Brard (2006) Christophe Moreau (2007) Nicolas Vogondy (2008) Dimitri Champion (2009) Thomas Voeckler (2010) Sylvain Chavanel (2011) Nacer Bouhanni (2012) Arthur Vichot (2013) Arnaud Démare (2014) Steven Tronet (2015) Arthur Vichot (2016) Arnaud Démare (2017) Anthony Roux (2018) Warren Barguil (2019)
2020–2039	Arnaud Démare (2020) Rémi Cavagna (2021) Florian Sénéchal (2022) Valentin Madouas (2023) Paul Lapeira (2024)

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Festina affair

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