Pascal Richard

Pascal Richard (born 16 March 1964) is a French-speaking Swiss former racing cyclist. He is most notable as a former King of the Mountains winner at the Giro d'Italia and Olympic Games gold medalist. He won the Swiss National Road Race championship in 1989 and 1993.[1]

Pascal Richard
Richard at the 1998 Paris–Tours
Personal information
Full namePascal Richard
Born (1964-03-16) 16 March 1964
Vevey, Switzerland
Team information
DisciplineCyclo-cross/Road
RoleRider
Rider typeClimber
Professional teams
1985Ferraroli–VCF Genève–Denti
1986Kas
1987Toshiba–Look
1988–1991Helvetia–La Suisse
1992Lotus–Festina
1993Ariostea
1994–1996GB-MG Maglificio
1997–1998Casino
1999Mobilvetta Design–Northwave
2000Linda McCartney Foods
Major wins
Grand Tours
Tour de France
2 individual stages (1989, 1996)
Giro d'Italia
Mountains classification (1994)
4 individual stages (1994, 1995, 1996)

Stage races

Tour de Romandie (1993, 1994)
Tour de Suisse (1994)

One-day races and Classics

World Cyclo-cross Championships (1988)
National Road Race Championships (1993)
Olympic Road Race (1996)
Giro di Lombardia (1993)
Liège–Bastogne–Liège (1996)

Biography

Richard was born in Vevey. At the start of his career, he was a successful cyclo-cross cyclist, becoming world champion in this discipline in 1988. Later on, he switched to road-cycling, and showed a considerable talent for climbing. He won the classics Giro di Lombardia in 1993 and Liège–Bastogne–Liège in 1996. In 1996 he also gained Olympic gold after winning a sprint in a successful three-man breakaway in the men's road race.

In stage races, he did his best on mountain stages winning the "King of the Mountains" jersey in the 1994 Giro d'Italia. Also, he won Stage 12 of the 1996 Tour de France and captured the overall titles in the 1994 Tour de Suisse and the 1993 and 1994 Tour de Romandie.

Major results

1985
1st Grand Prix Guillaume Tell
1986
1st National Cyclo-cross Championships
1988
1st UCI World Cyclo-cross Championships
1989
1st Road race, National Road Championships
1st National Cyclo-cross Championships
1st Stage 16 Tour de France
1990
1st Tre Valli Varesine
1991
1st Trofeo Laigueglia
1993
1st Road race, National Road Championships
1st Overall Tour de Romandie
1st Giro di Lombardia
1st Giro del Lazio
1st Giro della Romagna
1994
Giro d'Italia
1st Mountains classification
1st Stage 21
1st Overall Tour de Suisse
1st Overall Tour de Romandie
1st Grand Prix of Aargau Canton
1995
Giro d'Italia
1st Stages 13 & 19
1st Giro del Lazio
1st Giro della Provincia di Reggio Calabria
1st Grand Prix of Aargau Canton
1st Trofeo Melinda
1996
1st Road race, Olympic Games
1st Liège–Bastogne–Liège
1st Stage 12 Tour de France
1st Stage 14 Giro d'Italia

References

  1. "National Championship, Road, Elite, Switzerland (Men)". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
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