Dominique Arnaud (19 September 1955 – 20 July 2016) was a French

racing cyclist Cycle sport is competitive physical activity using bicycles. There are several categories of bicycle racing including road bicycle racing, cyclo-cross, mountain bike racing, track cycling, BMX, and cycle speedway. Non-racing cycling s ...

. He rode in eleven editions of 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 consists ...

. Arnaud won three stages in the

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 ...

, a stage in the

Midi Libre ''Midi Libre'' () is a French daily newspaper in Montpellier that covers general news. It began publication in 1944. Since 1949, the newspaper has organised a cycling stage race, the Grand Prix du Midi Libre. References External links W ...

and the

Tour du Limousin Tour du Limousin is a 4-day road bicycle race held annually in Limousin, France. It was first held in 1968 and since 2005 it has been organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle raci ...

in 1983.

Personal life

Death

Arnaud lived in

Mées Mées (; oc, Mers) is a commune in the Landes department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in south-western France. Notable people * Andrée Viollis (1870–1950), journalist and writer See also *Communes of the Landes department The following is a li ...

, but died of cancer in a hospital in Dax. A week before his death, a square in Mées was named after him.Cyclisme: décès de l'ancien coureur Dominique Arnaud
– La Nouvelle République

Major results

;1980 :1st Stage 16a

:10th Trofeo Masferrer ;1981 :2nd

GP Ouest-France The Bretagne Classic, also called Bretagne Classic Ouest–France, is an elite cycling classic held annually in late summer around the Breton village of Plouay in western France. The race was originally named Grand–Prix de Plouay and, from 19 ...

:2nd Overall

Étoile des Espoirs The Étoile des Espoirs was an end of the season French cycling stage race. It was created by Jean Leulliot, and was open to young professional cyclists. Winners ''Source'' References External links * Cycle races in France Defunct cyc ...

:10th Overall

Tour du Vaucluse The Tour du Vaucluse ''(Tour of the Vaucluse)'' is a former cycling race, held in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of France. From 1923 until 1960 it was organized as a one-day race finishing in Cavaillon Cav ...

;1982 :1st Stage 14

;1983 :1st Overall

:1st

GP de la Ville de Rennes Grand Prix Cycliste de la Ville de Rennes was a professional cycle road race held in Rennes, France until 2008 when it was last organised, with the organisers citing financial difficulties as the reason. Since 2005 the race was organized as a 1. ...

:6th

;1984 :4th

La Flèche Wallonne La Flèche Wallonne (, French for "The Walloon Arrow") is a men's professional cycle road race held in April each year in Wallonia, Belgium. The first of two Belgian Ardennes classics, La Flèche Wallonne is today normally held mid-week betw ...

:7th

Circuit Cycliste Sarthe The Circuit de la Sarthe-Pays de la Loire ( en, Circuit of Sarthe) is an early-season short road bicycle racing stage race held annually in Sarthe, Pays de la Loire, France. Since 2005, it has been organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tou ...

:9th Overall

;1985 :1st Stage 3a

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:1st Maël-Pestivien :4th Grand Prix de Mauléon-Moulins :9th Overall

::1st Stage 4 ;1986 :1st Stage 5a

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 ...

;1987 :1st Stage 16

:1st Stage 3

Vuelta a Andalucía The Vuelta a Andalucía (Tour of Andalusia) or Ruta del Sol (Route of the Sun) is a regional Spanish road bicycle race first held in 1925. Since 2005, it has been a 2.1 category race on the UCI Europe Tour. The race became a part of the new UCI ...

;1988 :2nd

Boucles de l'Aulne Boucles de l'Aulne is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in May or June around Châteaulin, in the region of Brittany, France. Since 2006, the race is organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a s ...

;1990 :1st Stage 4

:2nd Overall

GP du Midi-Libre The Grand Prix du Midi Libre (referred to as just Midi Libre) was a multiple-stage road cycling course in the south of France. The race, named after the newspaper that organized it, was first organized in 1949 and was an important preparation cou ...

::1st Stage 6 ( ITT)

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

References

External links

Profile & stats
– De Wielersite * 1955 births 2016 deaths French male cyclists French Vuelta a España stage winners Sportspeople from Landes (department) Cyclists from Nouvelle-Aquitaine 21st-century French people 20th-century French people {{France-cycling-bio-1950s-stub