Régis Clère
Personal information | |
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Full name | Régis Clère |
Born |
Langres, France | 15 August 1956
Died | 9 June 2012 55) | (aged
Team information | |
Discipline | Road |
Role | Rider |
Major wins | |
3 stages Tour de France | |
Infobox last updated on 10 June 2012 |
Régis Clère (15 August 1956 – 9 June 2012) was a French professional road bicycle racer.[1]
Clère was born in Langres. During his career, he won three stages in the Tour de France. He won one of these stages, in the 1987 Tour de France, after he was almost eliminated after finishing outside the time limit in the previous stage, but the Tour de France jury allowed him to continue the race. He also competed in the individual road race event at the 1980 Summer Olympics.[2]
Clère died, aged 55, in Dijon during a surgical procedure.
Palmarès
- 1981
- Langres
- Vuelta a España
- Winner prologue and stage 15B
- Les Ormes
- 1982
- Lamballe
- France National Road Race Championship
- Prix de Villeneuve d'Ascq
- Tour de France:
- Winner Combativity award
- 1983
- Tour de France:
- Winner stage 11
- 1987
- Meymac
- Route du Berry/Trophée Sitram
- Tour Midi-Pyrénées
- Tour de France:
- Winner stages 16 and 23
References
- ↑ "L’ex-coureur cycliste Régis Clère est mort à Dijon - Disparition - France 3 Régions - France 3". Bourgogne.france3.fr. 2012-04-22. Retrieved 2012-06-10.
- ↑ "Régis Clère Olympic Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved 7 May 2015.
External links
- Régis Clère profile at Cycling Archives
- Official Tour de France results for Régis Clère
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