Jacques Michaud (born 11 July 1951) is a French former professional
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 ...
, who won the eighteenth stage in the
1983 Tour de France
The 1983 Tour de France was the 70th edition of the Tour de France, run from 1 to 24 July, with 22 stages and a prologue covering a total distance of The race was won by French rider Laurent Fignon. Sean Kelly of Ireland won the points classifi ...
. In that stage, he climbed the
Col des Aravis, the
Col de la Colombière
Col de la Colombière (elevation 1613 m) is a mountain pass in the Alps in the department of Haute-Savoie in France.
It connects Cluses in the Arve valley with Le Grand-Bornand in the Bourne valley. The road then leads further to Annecy ...
and the
Col de Joux Plane first, and finished with an advantage of 66 seconds on the next cyclist.
Michaud rode the Tour de France five times; he completed the course all five times, and his best result in the
general classification was 18th.
Major results
;1979
:
Étoile de Bessèges
;1983
:
Tour de France:
::Winner stage 18
:Cluses
References
External links
*
Official Tour de France results for Jacques Michaud
1951 births
Living people
People from Saint-Julien-en-Genevois
Cyclists from Haute-Savoie
French male cyclists
French Tour de France stage winners
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