Charly Mottet (born 16 December 1962 in

Valence, Drôme Valence (, ; oc, Valença ) is a commune in southeastern France, the prefecture of the Drôme department and within the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. It is situated on the left bank of the Rhône, about south of Lyon, along the railway lin ...

) is a French former professional

cyclist Cycling, also, when on a two-wheeled bicycle, called bicycling or biking, is the use of cycles for transport, recreation, exercise or sport. People engaged in cycling are referred to as "cyclists", "bicyclists", or "bikers". Apart from two ...

(1983 to 1994). He was one of the best French road cyclists of his era. His daughter,

Eva Mottet Eva or EVA may refer to: * Eva (name), a feminine given name Arts, entertainment, and media Fictional characters * Eva (Dynamite Entertainment), a comic book character by Dynamite Entertainment * Eva (''Devil May Cry''), Dante's mother in ...

, was also a road racing cyclist. She competed as a junior at the 2012 UCI Road World Championships, where she heavily crashed in the women's junior road race. Charly Mottet was an

UCI UCI most commonly refers to: * University of California, Irvine, a public university in Irvine, California, United States * Union Cycliste Internationale, the world governing body for the sport of cycling UCI may also refer to: * Uganda Cancer I ...

-official at the race. Eva would never fully recover. She died young in April 2020, aged 25.Franse ex-wielrenster Eva Mottet, dochter van Charly, op 25-jarige leeftijd overleden

Het Laatste Nieuws ''Het Laatste Nieuws'' (; in English ''The Latest News'') is a Dutch-language newspaper based in Antwerp, Belgium. It was founded by Julius Hoste Sr. on 7 June 1888. It is now part of DPG Media, and is the most popular newspaper in Flanders an ...

Career

Mottet won a total of 67 races, including the

Tour de Romandie The Tour de Romandie is a stage race which is part of the UCI World Tour. It runs through the Romandie region, or French-speaking part of Switzerland. The competition began in 1947, to coincide with the 50-year anniversary of Swiss Cycling. I ...

in 1990, and rode eight times in the

Tour de France The Tour de France () is an annual men's multiple-stage bicycle race primarily held in France, while also occasionally passing through nearby countries. Like the other Grand Tours (the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a España), it consist ...

. His best results in the

were 4th-place finishes in 1987 and 1991. He won three stages, one in 1990 (Stage 15 :

Millau Millau (; oc, Milhau ) is a commune in the Aveyron department in the Occitanie region in Southern France. One of two subprefectures in Aveyron alongside Villefranche-de-Rouergue, it is located to the southeast of the prefecture, Rodez. With a ...

Revel Revel may refer to: Brands and enterprises * Revel (brand), a French brand from the 1920s * Parapluie Revel, a French umbrella from the 1920s * Revel Atlantic City, a former resort and casino in New Jersey * Revel Audio, a loudspeaker company o ...

) and two in 1991 (Stage 11 :

Quimper Quimper (, ; br, Kemper ; la, Civitas Aquilonia or ) is a commune and prefecture of the Finistère department of Brittany in northwestern France. Administration Quimper is the prefecture (capital) of the Finistère department. Geography T ...

- Saint-Herblain and Stage 12 : Pau -

Jaca Jaca (; in Aragonese: ''Chaca'' or ''Xaca'') is a city of northeastern Spain in the province of Huesca, located near the Pyrenees and the border with France. Jaca is an ancient fort on the Aragón River, situated at the crossing of two great ...

). He also finished 2nd in the 1990 Giro d'Italia. During his professional cycling career, Mottet had a reputation within the peloton as being a totally clean rider who never used performance-enhancing drugs. He is former FICP World No. 1 (in May and August 1989). After retiring from racing, Mottet became involved in race organising, working on the Critérium du Dauphiné (where he was assistant director) for 14 years, before being appointed sports manager of the Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec and Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal in 2010. He also served as selector for the French national cycling team at the 1997 and 1998 Road World Championships, and as a technical delegate for the

Union Cycliste Internationale The ''Union Cycliste Internationale'' (UCI; ; en, International Cycling Union) is the world governing body for sports cycling and oversees international competitive cycling events. The UCI is based in Aigle, Switzerland. The UCI issues rac ...

at the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics.

Career achievements

Major results

;1982 : 2nd Paris–Troyes ;1983 : 2nd Overall

Tour de Luxembourg The Tour de Luxembourg is an annual stage race in professional road bicycle racing held in Luxembourg. The Tour de Luxembourg is classified as a 2.Pro race, the highest rating below the World Tour, by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), the ...

::1st Stage 1 : 2nd Overall Route du Sud ::1st Stage 2 : 5th Overall Tour du Vaucluse : 6th Overall

Tour de l'Avenir Tour de l'Avenir ( en, Tour of the Future) is a French road bicycle racing stage race, which started in 1961 as a race similar to the Tour de France and over much of the same course but for amateurs and for semi-professionals known as independent ...

;1984 : 1st Jersey yellow

Overall

::1st Stage 7 : 1st Jersey white

Young rider classification Giro d'Italia : 1st Liedekerkse Pijl : 1st Stage 5

Clásico RCN The Clásico RCN (Spanish for ''RCN Classic'') is an annual cycling road race that takes place over many stages through different regions of Colombia during October. It is organized by the Colombian Cycling Federation. The event is sponsored by ...

: 2nd

Paris–Brussels The Brussels Cycling Classic (known until June 2013 as Paris–Brussels) is a classic cycle races, semi classic European Road bicycle racing, bicycle race, one of the oldest races on the international calendar. History Paris–Brussels was first ...

: 6th Grand Prix de Cannes : 9th Overall

;1985 : 1st Overall Tour du Haut Var : 1st

Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise Grand Prix Cycliste La Marseillaise, formerly known as the Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise, is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in February around the city of Marseille, France. Since 2005, the race is organized as a 1.1 event ...

: 1st Grand Prix des Nations : 1st Giro del Piemonte : 1st Duo Normand (with Thierry Marie) : 1st Stages 9 & 11

: 2nd Overall Paris–Bourges : 3rd Firenze–Pistoia : 5th Overall Critérium International : 6th Overall Etoile de Bessèges ::1st Stage 3 : 8th Overall Tour du Limousin : 9th Overall

Paris–Nice Paris–Nice is a professional cycling stage race in France, held annually since 1933. Raced over eight days, the race usually starts with a prologue in the Paris region and ends with a final stage either in Nice or on the Col d'Èze overlook ...

::1st Stage 7a ;1986 : 1st Stages 9 & 11

Vuelta a España The Vuelta a España (; en, Tour of Spain) is an annual multi-stage bicycle race primarily held in Spain, while also occasionally making passes through nearby countries. Inspired by the success of the Tour de France and the Giro d'Italia, the ...

: 1st Grand Prix Eddy Merckx : 1st Breuillet : 1st Stage 2 Tour du Vaucluse : 2nd Silver medal blank

Road race Road racing, road race of road racer may refer to: * Road racing in motorsport * Road running on foot * Road bicycle racing * ''Road Race'', initial name of 1976 arcade game ''Fonz'' (video game) * Roadracers (1994 film) * Roadracers (1959 fi ...

UCI Road World Championships The UCI Road World Championships are the annual world championships for bicycle road racing organized by the (UCI). The UCI Road World Championships consist of events for road race and individual time trial, and a mixed team relay. Events ...

: 2nd Overall Route du Sud ::1st Stage 1 : 2nd Firenze–Pistoia : 3rd Overall

Volta a Catalunya The Volta a Catalunya (; en, Tour of Catalonia, es, Vuelta a Cataluña, link=no) is a road bicycle race held annually in Catalonia, Spain. It is one of three World Tour stage races in Spain, together with the Vuelta a España and the Tour of t ...

: 3rd

Paris–Tours Paris–Tours is a French one-day classic road cycling race held every October from the outskirts of Paris to the cathedral city of Tours. It is a predominantly flat course through the Chevreuse and Loire valleys; the highest point is 200&nbs ...

: 4th Overall Critérium International : 4th Grand Prix des Nations : 9th Overall

: 10th La Flèche Wallonne ;1987 : 1st Jersey yellow-bluebar

Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré : 1st Six-Days of Grenoble (with Bernard Vallet) : 1st Overall Tour du Limousin ::1st Stage 1 : 1st Chateauroux–Limoges : 1st Critérium des As : 1st Grand Prix des Nations : 1st GP de Vannes : 1st Montreuil : 1st Quilan : 3rd Overall

Four Days of Dunkirk The Four Days of Dunkirk (french: Quatre Jours de Dunkerque) is road bicycle race around the Nord-Pas de Calais region of northern France. Despite the name of the race, since the addition of an individual time trial in 1963, the race has been h ...

: 3rd GP Eddy Merckx : 4th Overall

: 4th

: 9th Giro di Lombardia ;1988 : 1st Giro di Lombardia : 1st Overall Six-Days of Grenoble (with Roman Hermann) : 1st Giro del Lazio : 1st Grand Prix des Nations : 1st Overall Tour du Vaucluse ::1st Stage 2b : 2nd Overall

::1st Stage 6a (ITT) : 2nd GP Ouest–France : 2nd Overall Paris–Bourges ::1st Stage 2 : 2nd Overall Tour Méditerranéen : 3rd Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré ::1st Stage 3 : 3rd Overall

Euskal Bizikleta Euskal Bizikleta (Spanish: ''Bicicleta Vasca'', English: ''Basque Bicycle'') was an annual road cycling stage race held in the Basque Country in June. From 2005 to 2008, the race was organized as a 2.HC event on the UCI Europe Tour. In 2009, it was ...

: 3rd Trofeo Baracchi : 3rd

Grand Prix de Wallonie The Grand Prix de Wallonie is an annual road bicycle race held annually in Wallonia, Belgium. Since 2005, the race has been organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. It has a profile similar to the Ardennes classics The Ardennes classics a ...

: 4th La Flèche Wallonne : 5th Overall Ronde van Nederland : 7th

Tour of Flanders The Tour of Flanders ( nl, Ronde van Vlaanderen), also known as ''De Ronde'' (''"The Tour"''), is an annual road cycling race held in Belgium every spring. The most important cycling race in Flanders, it is part of the UCI World Tour and orga ...

: 7th

Liège–Bastogne–Liège Liège–Bastogne–Liège, also known as ''La Doyenne'' ("The Old Lady"), is a one-day classic cycling race in Belgium.Cycling Weekly, UK, 13 March 1993 First run in 1892, it is the oldest of the five ''Monuments'' of the European professional ...

: 8th GP Eddy Merckx : 10th Trophée des Grimpeurs ;1989 : 1st Jersey yellow-bluebar

Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré ::1st Stage 3 : 1st Overall

::1st Stage 3b : 1st Overall Six Days of Paris (with Etienne De Wilde) : 1st Boucles de l'Aulne : 1st Giro del Lazio : 1st Châteaulin : 1st Stage 3

Tour d'Armorique Tour or Tours may refer to: Travel * Tourism, travel for pleasure * Tour of duty, a period of time spent in military service * Campus tour, a journey through a college or university's campus * Guided tour, a journey through a location, direct ...

: 2nd Overall Tour of Ireland : 2nd Overall Critérium International : 2nd

Tre Valli Varesine The Tre Valli Varesine is a semi classic European bicycle race held in Varese, Italy. Since 2005, the race has been organised as a 1.HC event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions w ...

: 3rd Overall Tirreno–Adriatico ::1st Stage 6 : 3rd Overall Vuelta a la Comunidad Valenciana : 3rd GP des Amériques : 3rd Grand Prix des Nations : 4th

Clásica de San Sebastián The Donostia-Donostia Klasikoa — Clásica San Sebastián-San Sebastián (San Sebastián Classic) is a one-day professional men's bicycle road race in northern Spain that has been held every summer since 1981 in San Sebastián. It is the mo ...

: 4th Overall Grand Prix du Midi-Libre ::1st Prologue : 6th Overall

: 7th Trophée des Grimpeurs : 10th Overall Driedaagse van De Panne-Koksijde ;1990 : 1st Stage 15

: 1st

Overall

::1st Prologue & Stage 3b : 1st

Züri-Metzgete Züri-Metzgete ( Zürich German; en, Championship of Zürich; german: Meisterschaft von Zürich) was a European Classic cycle race held annually in Zürich, Switzerland, and continued as a non-professional mass participation event from 2007 unt ...

: 2nd Overall Giro d'Italia ::1st Stage 16 : 5th Overall Tour Méditerranéen : 5th : 6th Trofeo Baracchi ;1991 : 1st Overall

: 1st Classique des Alpes : 1st Stage 2

: 2nd Coppa Agostoni : 3rd Overall Critérium International ::1st Stage 2 : 3rd

Giro dell'Emilia The Giro dell'Emilia is a late season road bicycle race held annually in Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. Since 2005, the race has been organised as a 1.HC event on the UCI Europe Tour, and since 2020 it's part of the UCI ProSeries calendar. The ...

: 4th Overall

::1st Stages 11 & 12 : 5th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía : 6th Trophée des Grimpeurs : 9th Trofeo Luis Puig : 10th

;1992 : 1st Jersey yellow-bluebar

Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré ::1st Stage 8 : 1st Coppa Bernocchi : 3rd Overall

: 5th Trophée des Grimpeurs : 8th Overall

: 10th Overall

;1993 : 1st Overall Tour du Limousin ::1st Stage 4b : 1st Overall Tour Méditerranéen ::1st Stage 3 : 2nd

: 3rd Overall Etoile de Bessèges : 4th

: 5th Giro di Lombardia ;1994 : 1st Stage 7

: 2nd

Paris–Camembert Paris–Camembert (also Paris–Camembert Trophée Lepetit or Paris–Camembert Lepetit) is a semi classic held annually in April. Since 2005, the race is organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. The route of the race has varied over t ...

: 3rd Overall Route du Sud : 5th Overall Tour Méditerranéen : 5th Grand Prix des Nations : 8th Overall Etoile de Bessèges

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

References

External links

*
Official Tour de France results for Charly Mottet
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mottet, Charly 1962 births Living people Sportspeople from Valence, Drôme French male cyclists French Tour de France stage winners French Giro d'Italia stage winners French Vuelta a España stage winners Cyclists from Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes