Gérard Rué (born 7 July 1965 in Romillé) is a French former road cyclist. He was a professional from 1987 to 1996.

Career

Rué began his professional career in 1987 with the Système U-Gitane team. In 1993, he transferred to the

Banesto Banco Español de Crédito, S.A. (), “Spanish Credit Bank”) better known as Banesto, was a Spanish multinational financial services company. Prior to the Spanish Government's historical intervention in 1993, the very first in the history of ...

team to support

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and Pedro Delgado. Known for being one of the most important teammates of

in the Banesto team, he also won several races and some places of honor in the classics.

Major results

;1987 : 1st Duo Normand (with Thierry Marie) : 1st Prologue Tour de la Communauté Européenne ( TTT) : 2nd Points race,

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: 2nd Grand Prix d'Isbergues : 6th Overall Circuit Cycliste Sarthe ;1988 : 1st Stage 7

Grand Prix 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 ...

: 2nd Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan : 2nd Overall Tour de la Communauté Européenne ;1989 : 1st

Tour du Haut-Var The Tour du Haut Var ( en, Tour of the Haut Var) is an early-season two-day road bicycle race in the Var department region in the south of France. Until 2008 it was run as a one-day race, part of the UCI Europe Tour. In 2009, the race transformed ...

: 1st Stage 6 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré : 1st Stage 2 Tour de France ( TTT) : 2nd Overall

: 5th 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 overlookin ...

::1st Stage 5 : 8th

Milan–San Remo Milan–San Remo (in Italian ''Milano-Sanremo''), also called "''The Spring classic''" or "''La Classicissima''", is an annual road cycling race between Milan and Sanremo, in Northwest Italy. With a distance of 298 km (~185.2 miles) it is t ...

;1990 : 1st Overall Tour Méditerranéen : 1st Overall

: 1st Grand Prix de Cannes : 9th Overall Tour of the Netherlands ;1991 : 2nd Overall Critérium International : 2nd La Poly Normande : 3rd Road race, National Road Championships : 3rd Tre Valli Varesine : 3rd Trofeo Laigueglia : 6th

: 7th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico ::1st Stage 5 : 10th Overall Tour de France ;1992 : 1st

: 1st Stage 5 Tour of the Netherlands : 2nd La Flèche Wallonne : 2nd Overall Giro di Puglia : 6th Liège–Bastogne–Liège ;1993 : 1st Boucles de l'Aulne : 1st Stage 1

Vuelta a los Valles Mineros The Vuelta a los Valles Mineros was a road bicycle race held annually in Spain from 1965 until 1997. Winners References 1965 establishments in Spain 1997 disestablishments in Spain Recurring sporting events established in 1965 Recurring ...

: 2nd La Flèche Wallonne : 2nd

Bol d'Or des Monédières The Bol d'or des Monédières was a cycling criterium that took place after the Tour de France, traditionally on the first Thursday in August. It was run on a circuit of about 20 kilometers to be covered seven times, around the village of Cha ...

: 8th Road race, World Road Championships ;1994 : 8th Amstel Gold Race ;1995 : 2nd Classique des Alpes : 3rd Châteauroux Classic : 7th Overall Circuit Cycliste Sarthe ;1996 : 2nd Bordeaux–Caudéran : 3rd Paris–Bourges : 7th Overall Tour du Limousin : 7th Overall Circuit Cycliste Sarthe : 8th Route Adélie : 10th Veenendaal–Veenendaal ;1997 : 4th Route Adélie : 9th Overall Etoile de Bessèges

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

References

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