Fabrice Philipot (24 September 1965 – 17 June 2020) was a French

road bicycle racer Road bicycle racing is the cycle sport discipline of road cycling, held primarily on paved roads. Road racing is the most popular professional form of bicycle racing, in terms of numbers of competitors, events and spectators. The two most common ...

. His greatest achievements include winning the young rider classification in the

1989 Tour de France The 1989 Tour de France was the 76th edition of the Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The race consisted of 21 stages and a prologue, over . It started on 1 July 1989 in Luxembourg before taking an anti-clockwise route through France ...

where he placed 24th overall, and finishing second at the

1989 Liège–Bastogne–Liège The 1989 Liège–Bastogne–Liège was the 75th edition of the Liège–Bastogne–Liège cycle race and was held on 16 April 1989. The race started and finished in Liège. The race was won by Sean Kelly of the PDM team. General classification ...

. In the

1990 Tour de France The 1990 Tour de France was the 77th edition of the Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours. It took place between 30 June and 22 July 1990. The race consisted of 21 stages and a prologue. American Greg LeMond () repeated his 1989 victory ...

he was the highest placed rider on his team finishing in 14th overall, which also made him the highest placing Frenchman that year. He rode in support of Miguel Induráin during the

1991 Tour de France The 1991 Tour de France was the 78th edition of the Tour de France, taking place from 6 to 28 July. The total race distance was 22 stages over . The race was won by Miguel Indurain, whose Banesto team also won the team classification. The points ...

on a very strong Team Banesto who had five riders placed in the top 25 including their leader in the maillot jaune. Philipot placed 24th overall. He rode in support of Indurain during his 2nd Tour victory in

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but did not finish. He helped Indurain to victory at the 1992 and 1993 Giro d'Italia. He then rode for Team Chazal in his homeland before retirement. He died on 17 June 2020 at the age of 54.

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* 1965 births 2020 deaths People from Montbard French male cyclists Sportspeople from Côte-d'Or Cyclists from Bourgogne-Franche-Comté {{France-cycling-bio-1960s-stub