Christopher Lagane Explained
| Christopher Lagane |
| Full Name: | Christopher Rougier-Lagane |
| Birth Date: | 24 September 1998 |
| Birth Place: | Curepipe, Mauritius |
| Height: | 1.80 m |
| Weight: | 69 kg |
| Currentteam: | Team MCB |
| Disciplines: | Road |
| Role: | Rider |
| Amateuryears1: | 2017 |
| Amateurteam1: | World Cycling Centre |
| Amateuryears2: | 2018 |
| Amateurteam2: | Team MCB |
| Amateuryears3: | 2018 |
| Amateurteam3: | Team Fybolia-Locminé Auto |
| Amateuryears4: | 2019–2020 |
| Amateurteam4: | VC Villefranche Beaujolais |
| Amateuryears5: | 2020–2023 |
| Amateurteam5: | Faucon Flacq SC–KFC |
| Amateuryears6: | 2021 |
| Amateurteam6: | Team MCB |
| Amateuryears7: | 2024– |
| Amateurteam7: | Team MCB |
Christopher Rougier-Lagane (born 24 September 1998) is a Mauritian cyclist, who rides for Mauritian club team Team MCB.[1] [2] He has won the Mauritian national time trial championships five times, and has competed at the 2018 and 2022 Commonwealth Games.
Career
In 2015 Rougier-Lagane went to France for the third consecutive year as a junior to race as part of a development squad.[3] At the national hill climb championships Rougier-Lagane won the overall posting a quicker time than everyone in every category.[4] While riding the Tour Antenne Réunion, in 2022, he fell sick and went from first overall to seven minutes down in stage three. he eventually abandoned before Stage 6.[5] In 2022 Rougier-Lagane won the Tour de Maurice for the second time.[6]
His first UCI podium other than the national championships came in 2023 where he placed third overall in La Tropicale Amissa Bongo.[7] In 2024, he finished third overall and won the final stage of the Tour d'Algérie.
Major results
- 2015
National Junior Road Championships
1st Road race
1st Time trial
- 2016
National Junior Road Championships
1st Road race
1st Time trial
African Junior Road Championships
2nd Road race
2nd Time trial
2nd Overall Tour de Maurice
- 2017
1st Time trial, National Road Championships
1st Overall
- 2018
National Road Championships
1st Time trial
2nd Road race
1st Overall
1st Stages 4 & 7 (ITT)
2nd Overall Tour de Maurice
4th Overall Tour de Limpopo
- 2019
1st Time trial, National Road Championships
Indian Ocean Island Games
1st Team time trial
2nd Time trial
3rd Road race
3rd Overall Tour de Maurice
1st Prologue (TTT) & Stage 5
- 2020
2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
- 2021
1st Time trial, National Road Championships
1st Overall Tour de Maurice
1st Stages 2, 3, 4 (ITT) & 6
- 2022
1st Mixed relay TTT, African Road Championships
National Road Championships
1st Time trial
5th Road race
1st Overall Tour de Maurice
1st Stages 2, 3 (ITT) & 5
- 2023
National Road Championships
1st Road race
1st Time trial
African Road Championships
1st Mixed relay TTT
4th Time trial
6th Road race
Indian Ocean Island Games
1st Road race
1st Team time trial
4th Time trial
2nd Overall Tour de Maurice
3rd Overall La Tropicale Amissa Bongo
9th Courts Mammouth Classique de l'île Maurice
- 2024
African Games
1st Mixed relay
3rd Team time trial
3rd Overall Tour d'Algérie
1st Stage 10
5th Overall Tour de Maurice
5th Grand Prix de la Ville d'OranNotes and References
- Web site: Christopher Rougier-Lagane . FirstCycling.com . 15 February 2023.
- Web site: Christopher Rougier-Lagane . ProCyclingStats . 15 February 2023.
- Web site: Promis à un bel avenir . Le Telegramme . 10 February 2023 . fr . 13 August 2015.
- Web site: Roy . Jac Daniel Jean Claude Le . Christopher Rougier-Lagane a remporté le Trophée des Grimpeurs . Maurice Info . 10 February 2023 . fr-FR . 6 September 2022.
- Web site: Tour de l'île / Christopher Rougier-Lagane (MCB) : "Ça allait être compliqué" . Clicanoo Premier de l'actualité à La Réunion et dans l'Océan Indien . 10 February 2023 . fr . 21 September 2022.
- Web site: Tour de Maurice (NE) - Victoire finale de Christopher Rougier-Lagane . velo-club.net . 10 February 2023 . fr . 22 October 2022.
- Web site: Frenchman Geoffrey Soupe wins 16th edition of the Tropicale in Gabon . Africanews . 10 February 2023 . en . 31 January 2023.
