Lionel Régal (21 July 1975 – 15 August 2010) was a French

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racer. After winning the French hillclimbing championship in 2005, 2006 and 2007, he won the French and

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championships in 2008, becoming the first winner of both the national and international hillclimbing competitions. He again won the French championship in 2009. He used to drive a

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. He was born in Lentilly, France on 21 July 1975 and died crashing into a tree in Saint-Ursanne, Switzerland on 15 August 2010, aged 35.

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