Étienne Fabre

Étienne Fabre (5 August 1996 – 10 December 2016) was a French cyclist.

Étienne Fabre
Fabre in Brussels (September 2016)
Personal information
Born(1996-08-05)5 August 1996
Rodez, Aveyron, France
Died10 December 2016(2016-12-10) (aged 20)
Bauges, France
Team information
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Amateur teams
2005–2014Club VC Rodez
2015–2016Chambéry CF
Professional team
2016AG2R La Mondiale (stagiaire)

Biography

Born in Rodez, Aveyron, at the time of his death, Fabre competed for the professional team AG2R La Mondiale. He began cycling in 2005 for the amateur club Club VC Rodez. He also cycled for Chambéry CF, beginning in 2015. He won the Tour du Charolais and Circuit des quatre cantons races in 2016.[1] in 2016, he finished second in the Grand Prix de la ville de Nogent-sur-Oise. He was a student at the Institut national des sciences appliquées de Lyon (INSA Lyon) prior to his death.

On 11 December 2016, Chambéry CF announced that Fabre, aged 20, died the previous day when he fell in a hiking accident on the Bauges mountain range.[2]

Tributes
  • Since July 2019 there is a Square Étienne Fabre in Rodez.[3][4][5]
  • A prize Étienne Fabre dedicated to young cyclists was created by his team Chambéry CF.[6]

References
  1. "Circuit des 4 Cantons : Classement". directvelo.com (in French). 4 March 2016. Retrieved 16 December 2016.
  2. "AG2R stagiaire Etienne Fabre, 20, dies". Cycling Weekly. 11 December 2016. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
  3. "Rodez. Le square Etienne Fabre inauguré". aveyrondigitalnews.fr (in French). Retrieved 2019-07-27.
  4. "Rodez : un square Etienne Fabre pour se souvenir". centrepresseaveyron.fr (in French). Retrieved 2019-07-27.
  5. "Way: Square Étienne Fabre (704893012)". OpenStreetMap. Retrieved 2019-07-27.
  6. "Prix Etienne-Fabre - Accueil". www.prixetiennefabre.fr (in French). Retrieved 2019-07-27.


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