Laurent Brochard (born 26 March 1968 in Le Mans, France) is a retired professional road racing cyclist from France. In 1997 he won a stage of the Tour de France and became world road champion in San Sebastián, Spain.
 Brochard at the 1998 Paris–Tours | |||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Laurent Brochard | ||||||||||||||
| Nickname | la Brochette | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 26 March 1968 Le Mans, France | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 68 kg (150 lb; 10 st 10 lb) | ||||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||||
| Current team | Retired | ||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Road | ||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||
| Professional teams | |||||||||||||||
| 1992–1994 | Castorama | ||||||||||||||
| 1995–1999 | Festina–Lotus | ||||||||||||||
| 2000–2002 | Jean Delatour | ||||||||||||||
| 2003–2004 | AG2R Prévoyance | ||||||||||||||
| 2005–2008 | Bouygues Télécom | ||||||||||||||
| Major wins | |||||||||||||||
| Tour de France, 1 stage (1997) Vuelta a España, 1 stage Paris–Camembert (2001, 2003, 2005) Critérium International (2003) Tour de Pologne (2002) Regio-Tour (2002) Étoile de Bessèges (2004) | |||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Brochard was a runner and started cycling competitively at 19. He started with Castorama and became part of Festina cycling team. His role in Festina was super-domestique, supporting stars such as Richard Virenque but able to ride competitively when given the chance. He was implicated in the Festina scandal in the 1998 Tour de France.
After serving his suspension, Brochard joined Ag2r Prévoyance as leader and had successes in races such as Critérium International and Étoile de Béssèges. He then moved to Bouygues Télécom.
He is a fan of Belgian comic character Marsupilami, often wearing Marsupilami logo and clothing at races.
Major results
edit- 1989
- 1st Stage 4 Tour Poitou-Charentes en Nouvelle-Aquitaine
- 1990
- 10th Overall Tour de la Communauté Européenne
- 1991
- 10th Overall Circuit Franco-Belge
- 1992
- 1st Stage 3 Tour Méditerranéen
- 6th Overall Tour de l'Avenir
- 7th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
- 7th Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne
- 7th Paris–Tours
- 9th Trophée des Grimpeurs
- 1993
- 1st Stage 2 Tour Méditerranéen
- 2nd Road race, National Road Championships
- 2nd Overall Route du Sud
- 4th Paris–Camembert
- 6th Overall Paris–Nice
- 9th Overall Tour du Limousin
- 9th Omloop Het Volk
- 1994
- 1st
Overall Regio-Tour
- 1st Stage 5
- 1st Tour du Haut-Var
- 2nd Overall Circuit de la Sarthe
- 1st Stage 3
- 3rd Overall Tour Méditerranéen
- 3rd Paris–Camembert
- 7th GP Ouest–France
- 8th Grand Prix de Rennes
- 1995
- Tour de l'Ain
- 1st Stages 2, 3 & 4
- 2nd Paris–Camembert
- 6th Overall Four Days of Dunkirk
- 9th Overall Tour Méditerranéen
- 1996
- 1st Overall Tour du Limousin
- 1st Stages 1 & 2
- 1st La Polynormande
- 2nd Road race, National Road Championships
- 2nd Overall Grand Prix du Midi Libre
- 2nd GP Ouest–France
- 2nd Chrono des Herbiers
- 5th Overall Paris–Nice
- 5th Trophée des Grimpeurs
- 7th Overall Three Days of De Panne
- 7th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
- 7th Tour of Flanders
- 8th La Flèche Wallonne
- 9th Milan–San Remo
- 1997
- 1st
Road race, UCI Road World Championships - 1st Stage 9 Tour de France
- Grand Prix du Midi Libre
- 1st Stages 3, 5 & 6
- 4th Road race, National Road Championships
- 1998
- 2nd Paris–Bourges
- 3rd Overall Grand Prix du Midi Libre
- 1st Stage 6
- 3rd La Polynormande
- 6th Tour de Vendée
- 1999
- 1st Stage 9 Vuelta a España
- 2nd Bordeaux–Caudéran
- 4th Time Trial, National Road Championships
- 8th Züri–Metzgete
- 8th Overall Vuelta a Asturias
- 2000
- 1st Paris–Bourges
- 1st Route Adelié
- 2nd Overall Paris–Nice
- 1st Prologue
- 2nd Classic Haribo
- 3rd Overall Circuit de la Sarthe
- 4th Gran Premio Città di Camaiore
- 7th Overall Critérium International
- 1st Stage 3 (ITT)
- 7th Overall Tour of Sweden
- 9th Cholet-Pays de Loire
- 9th EnBW Grand Prix
- 9th Boucles de l'Aulne
- 2001
- 1st Paris–Camembert
- 1st Grand Prix de Villers-Cotterêts
- 2nd Cholet-Pays de Loire
- 2nd Trophée des Grimpeurs
- 3rd Overall Tour Méditerranéen
- 3rd Route Adélie
- 4th Gran Premio di Lugano
- 4th Paris–Bourges
- 5th Overall Circuit de la Sarthe
- 1st Stage 1
- 7th Gran Premio di Chiasso
- 8th Overall Étoile de Bessèges
- 9th Boucles de l'Aulne
- 10th Grand Prix de Denain
- 2002
- 1st Overall Tour de Pologne
- 1st Stage 7
- 1st Overall Regio-Tour
- 1st Stage 4
- 1st Stage 4 Grand Prix du Midi Libre
- 2nd La Polynormande
- 3rd Overall Four Days of Dunkirk
- 3rd Route Adélie
- 4th Overall Circuit de la Sarthe
- 5th Overall Critérium International
- 7th Cholet-Pays de Loire
- 7th Paris–Bourges
- 10th Classic Haribo
- 2003
- 1st Overall Critérium International
- 1st
Points classification - 1st Stage 2
- 1st
- 1st Paris–Camembert
- 1st Points classification Paris–Nice
- 1st Stage 5 Vuelta a Castilla y León
- 2nd Overall Tour Méditerranéen
- 3rd Overall Circuit de la Sarthe
- 3rd Overall Four Days of Dunkirk
- 3rd Route Adélie
- 3rd Overall Danmark Rundt
- 4th Overall Tour Poitou-Charentes en Nouvelle-Aquitaine
- 4th Overall Tour de Pologne
- 2004
- 1st Overall Étoile de Bessèges
- 1st Stage 4
- 2nd Overall Four Days of Dunkirk
- 5th Overall Circuit de la Sarthe
- 1st Stage 3
- 5th Overall Tour du Languedoc-Rousillon
- 7th Overall Tour Méditerranéen
- 7th Paris–Camembert
- 2005
- 1st Paris–Camembert
- 2nd Road race, National Road Championships
- 5th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
- 8th Overall Circuit de la Sarthe
- 10th Overall Tour Méditerranéen
- 2007
- 1st
Mountains classification Tour de Romandie - 1st Points classification Tour Down Under
- 2nd Overall Tour de Luxembourg
- 1st Stage 2
- 7th Overall Étoile de Bessèges
- 9th Overall Critérium International
- 9th Overall Paris–Corrèze
- 10th Paris–Camembert
See also
editExternal links
edit- Profile at Bouygues Télécom official website
- Cyclingnews interview 2003
- Laurent Brochard at Cycling Archives (archived)