Francis Moreau

Francis Moreau
Personal information
Full name	Francis Moreau
Born	July 21, 1965 (age 59); Saint-Quentin, France
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	77 kg (170 lb; 12.1 st)
Team information
Discipline	Road & Track
Role	Rider
Amateur team
	Veloclub Saint-Quentin
Professional teams
1989	Fagor-MBK
1990	Histor - Sigma
1991	Tonton Tapis - GB
1992	GB - MG Maglificio
1993–1996	GAN
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Medal record
Track cycling
Representing France
Olympic Games
World Championships

Francis Moreau (born 21 July 1965)^[2] is a French former professional racing cyclist from Saint-Quentin. He turned professional in 1989 and retired 12 years later at the end of 2000.^[3] A pursuit specialist, Moreau was a frequent medalist and the UCI Track Cycling World Championships, winning the pursuit in 1991. He was also part of the gold medal winning team at the 1996 Summer Olympics, who set a new Olympic record with a time of 4:05:930.

On the road, Moreau finished 132nd at the 1991 Tour de France and 113th in 1994 - despite the death of his father on 9 July; his father had said that he would not want his son to drop out in mourning.^[4] In 1995 he finished 5th in the Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan and came 9th in the 1996 Paris–Roubaix.

Palmarès

1987: 1st Stage 1, Circuit de la Sarthe

1988: 2nd Segré; 3rd Amiens - Beaurains, Amateurs, Beaurains; 2nd Prix Frequence Nord, Amateurs

1990: 2nd UCI Track Cycling World Championships - Men's Individual Pursuit; 2nd Chrono des Herbiers; 2nd Duo Normand; 3rd Stage 3 Tour Méditerranéen, Marignane; 1st Stage 1, Paris–Nice, Paris

1991: 1st UCI Track Cycling World Championships - Men's Individual Pursuit; 2nd UCI Track Cycling World Championships - Men's Points Race; 1st Barentin; 3rd Le Havre; 3rd Amiens

1992: 2nd Arpajon-sur-Cère (FRA); 1st Stage 3, Critérium International, Avignon; 2nd Stage 3b, Tour of Luxembourg, Bettembourg; 3rd Stage 4, Tour of Luxembourg, Diekirch

1993

3rd Pursuit, French National Track Championships

2nd Postgirot Open

1st Stage 5, Postgirot Open, Burseryd

3rd General Classification Tour du Poitou-Charentes et de la Vienne

3rd Stage 1 Paris–Nice, Fonteney Sous Bois

2nd Amiens

1st Paris - Brussel

1994: 2nd UCI Track Cycling World Championships - Men's Individual Pursuit; 2nd Pursuit, French National Track Championships; 1st Bordeaux - Cauderan; 3rd Stage 4a, Circuit Cycliste de la Sarthe; 3rd Stage 2, Étoile de Bessèges, Aigues Mortes; 1st Amiens; 2nd Grand Prix des Nations

1995: 1st A Travers le Morbihan; 2nd Pursuit, French National Track Championships

1996: 1st Team pursuit, 1996 Summer Olympics; 2nd UCI Track Cycling World Championships - Men's Team Pursuit; 3rd UCI Track Cycling World Championships - Men's Individual Pursuit; 5th Points race, 1996 Summer Olympics; 9th 1996 Paris–Roubaix; 2nd Lèves; 2nd La Côte Picarde (FRA); 2nd Stage 3b, Tour of Luxembourg, Bettembourg; 3rd Stage 6, Volta Ciclista a Catalunya, Port Aventura

1997: 2nd Stage 4b, Tour du Poitou-Charentes et de la Vienne, Poitiers

1998: 1st Pursuit, French National Track Championships; 2nd UCI Track Cycling World Championships - Men's Individual Pursuit; 2nd Calais; 3rd Duo Normand; 2nd Six-Days of Grenoble

1999: 2nd UCI Track Cycling World Championships - Men's Team Pursuit; 2nd Team pursuit, French National Track Championships; 1st Mexico City, Team Pursuit; (with Cyril Bos, Philippe Ermenault & Damien Pommereau); 1st Mexico City, Pursuit; 2nd Frisco, Team Pursuit, Frisco

2000: 1st Team pursuit, French National Track Championships; 4th Team pursuit, 2000 Summer Olympics; 1st GP de Lillers

References

^ Francis Moreau at Cycling Archives
^ "Olympics at Sports-Reference.com > Athletes > Francis Moreau".
^ "Moreau retires". cyclingnews.com. 11 November 2000.
^ Samuel Abt (24 July 1994). "CYCLING; Also-Ran Also a Hero By Staying In the Tour". New York Times.

[1] Francis Moreau at Cycling Archives

[2] "Olympics at Sports-Reference.com > Athletes > Francis Moreau".

[3] "Moreau retires". cyclingnews.com. 11 November 2000.

[4] Samuel Abt (24 July 1994). "CYCLING; Also-Ran Also a Hero By Staying In the Tour". New York Times.

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