See also: Jalabert

Laurent Jalabert is an old runner cyclist French. He was in particular world number one of his discipline of 1995 to 1997 and in 1999.

Sporting career

The sprinter

Laurent Jalabert was born the November 30th 1968 with Mazamet. His/her brother, Nicolas, are also professional racing cyclist. He illustrates himself first of all by victories or good performances with the sprint, on profiles of race relatively flat. Thus, it gains the green shirt of the Tour de France 1992, and is classified second of the Championships of the world on road 1992. In 1994, it gains 7 stages over the Tour of Spain. Three months later during the turn of France, it falls during the first stage with Armentières. There are seriously wounded and remain several weeks hospitalized.

The truck driver-sprinter

The following year marks a change in its career, it continues to gain victories with the sprint like Milan-San Remo 1995, but its performances improve on the undulating races (victory over the Tour of Spain 1995. It finishes this year 1995 with more than 30 victories among which: Milan-San Remo, Walloon Arrow, Paris-Nice, the Turn of Spain. Over the Tour de France 1995, it gains a victory of stage and the points score, it is classified 4th with general classification. At the conclusion of this season, it becomes world number one and is elected “Vélo of world Gold” by the international press.

Thereafter, it is awaited by the French press like the successor of Bernard Hinault with the prize list of the Tour de France. During following seasons, he does not manage to carry out performances on this test. During these seasons (1996 and 1997), it consolidates its place of world number one by gaining many one week races like Paris-Nice in 1996 and 1997, the Midi Libre 1996. Its qualities of wheeler improve, it becomes world champion of the against-the-watch in 1997.

During the Tour de France 1998, marked by the Affaire Feasted, it is one of the spokesperson of the runners. It leaves the race during 17th with the whole of the Spanish teams. It becomes again world number one in 1999 with in particular 3 victories over the Lathe of Italy, the Tour of Romandie, the Catalan Semaine and the Tour of the Pays Basque.

The fighter

At the end of 2000, it leaves the team OUNCE, to join the formation CSC Danish Bjarne Riis. During these two seasons (2001 and 2002), it gains the classification of best climbing over the Tour de France (2001 and 2002). It also gains the Classique of San Sebastian these two years there.

The marathonian and the triathlète

  • It takes part now as an amateur in marathons, where it carries out honourable performances (Marathon of Barcelona 2007: 62e place and a time of 2:45 ' 52" , and the marathon of New York 2005: 391e in 2:55 ' 15").

  • on June 24th, 2007 it takes part in the Ironman of Zurich. It is classified 22e in 9:12 ' 29" and qualifies itself as of its first attempt for the ironman of Hawaii (October 13rd, 2007), which it finishes 76e in 9:19 ' 58".

Journalistic career

It puts a term at its career of professional cyclist at the end of 2002. Since 2003, it is consulting for France Televisions and RTL, for the cycle races.

Physiology

  • Size: 1,76 m

  • Weight: 68 kg
  • Heart rate at rest: 42 sweaters/min
  • maximum Heart rate: 182 sweaters/min
  • Power with the anaerobic threshold: 475 Watt S

Prize list

Particular distinction

  • First with world classification (UCI) 1995,1996,1997,1999 Gold

  • Bicycle international 1995 national Gold
  • Bicycle 1992,1995,2002
  • Mendrisio d' Oro 1995

Teams

  • 1989-1991 : Toshiba

  • 1991-2000 : Ounce
  • 2000-2002: CSC

Prize list on the three large lathes

Tour de France

Turn of Italy

  • Turn of Italy 1999: 4th with general classification, 1st of the points score, victorious of 4th, 9th and 16th stages

Turn of Spain

  • Turn of Spain 1993: Winner of 3rd and 7th stages.

  • Turn of Spain 1994: 1st with the points score, victorious of 2nd, 3rd, 5th, 12th, 13th and 21e stages.
  • Turn of Spain 1995: 1st with general classification , 1st with the points score, 1st with the classification of the mountain, victorious of 3rd, 5th, 8th, 15th and 17th stages.
  • Turn of Spain 1996: 19th with general classification, 1st with the points score, victorious of 3rd and 13th stages.
  • Turn of Spain 1997: 7th with general classification, 1st with the points score, victorious of 6th and 20th stages.
  • Turn of Spain 1998: 5th with general classification.
  • Turn of Spain 1999: Abandonment.

1988

  • military Championship of France

1989

  • Turn of Armorique

    • 1 stage
  • 1 stage of the Turn of the Limousin

1990

  • Paris-Bourges

    • 1 stage
  • 1 stage of the Circuit of the Sarthe
  • 2nd of the Classica San Sebastian

1991

  • 1 the Four days stage of Dunkirk

  • 2nd of the Championship of Zurich
  • 2nd of the World cup

1992

  • 3 stages of the Turn of Burgos

  • 3 stages of the Turn of Catalonia
  • 1 stage of the Basque Bicycle
  • 2nd with the Championships of the world on road
  • 2nd of Wincanton Classic
Green shirt of the Tour de France

1993

  • 1 stage of the Turn of Galicia

  • 2 stages of the Tour of Catalonia
  • 2 stages of the Tower of Rioja
  • 1 stage of the Turn of Asturies
  • 2 stages of the Tour of Spain
  • 1 stage of Paris-Nice
  • 1 stage of the Turn of Valence
  • 2 stages of the Challenge of Majorque (Trofeo Manacor and Trofeo Soller)
  • 1 stage of the Trophy Castilla Leon
  • Trofeo Shine there Puig
  • Tour of Rioja
  • Classica de Alcobendas
  • Challenge Mallorca

1994

  • 1 stage of Midday-Free the

  • 7 stages of the Turn of Spain
  • 1 stage of the Turn of the Country-Basque
  • 1 stage of the Turn of Catalonia

1995

1996

  • Traditional Paris-Nice

    • 2 stages
  • of the Alps
  • Classic Haribo
  • Midi Libre
    • 2 stages
  • Road of the South
  • Turn of Valence
    • 1 stage
  • 2 stages of the Turn of Spain
  • 1 stage of the Turn of the Country-Basque
  • 2nd of the Coupe de France

1997

1998

  • Classique of the Alps
  • Championnats of France of cycling on road
  • Tour of the High-VAr
  • Tour of Asturies
    • 2 stages
  • 3 stages of the Turn of Switzerland
  • 2 stages of the Basque Bicycle
  • 2 stages of the Turn of the Country-Basque
  • Abandon in the course of the turn of France at the time of the business Feasted

1999

  • Turn of Romandie
    • 3 stages
  • Turn of the Basque Country
  • Catalan Week
  • GP of Villafranca de Ordizia
  • 3 stages of the Turn of Italy
  • 2 stages of the Turn of the Country-Basque
  • 1 stage of the Catalan Week
  • 2nd of the Turn of Switzerland
    • 1 stage

2000

  • Mediterranean Turn
    • 1 stage
  • Catalan Week
    • 1 stage
  • 1 stage of Dauphine-Released
  • 1 stage of the Turn of the Country-Basque
  • 1 stage of Tirreno-Adriatico
  • Critérium of Arras
  • 5th to the Olympic Games on road
  • 5th with the Olympic Games (against the watch)

2001

  • Clasica San Sebastian
  • 2nd 4 days of Dunkirk
  • 1 stage of the Tour de France

2002

Position in doping

In 1998, at the time of the turn of France where the burst Affaire Feasted, Jalabert left the race to limit its appearances in France then, pretexting the severity of controls antidopages.

It left the French federation not to be subjected to medical monitoring.

Anecdote

Wampas, group of Punk French, composed a song in the honor of the runner entitled Jalabert .

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