Francis Moreau Explained

Francis Moreau
Full Name:Francis Moreau
Birth Date:21 July 1965
Birth Place:Saint-Quentin, France
Height:1.87 m
Weight:77 kg
Discipline:Road & Track
Role:Rider
Amateurteam1:Veloclub Saint-Quentin
Proyears1:1989
Proteam1:Fagor-MBK
Proyears2:1990
Proteam2:Histor - Sigma
Proyears3:1991
Proteam3:Tonton Tapis - GB
Proyears4:1992
Proteam4:GB - MG Maglificio
Proyears5:1993 - 1996
Proteam5:GAN
Proyears6:1997 - 2000
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Francis Moreau (born 21 July 1965)[1] 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.[2] 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.[3] In 1995 he finished 5th in the Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan and came 9th in the 1996 Paris–Roubaix.

Major results

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

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: Olympics at Sports-Reference.com > Athletes > Francis Moreau . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110519152917/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/mo/francis-moreau-1.html . 2011-05-19 .
    2. Web site: Moreau retires. cyclingnews.com. 11 November 2000. 16 August 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20060914165057/http://www.cyclingnews.com.au/results/2000/nov00/nov11news.shtml. 14 September 2006. dead.
    3. Web site: CYCLING; Also-Ran Also a Hero By Staying In the Tour. Samuel Abt. New York Times. 24 July 1994.

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