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Vélo D'Or Français
The Vélo d'Or français (French for "French Golden Bicycle") is a road bicycle racing, cycle racing award, created in 1992 by the French cycling magazine ''Vélo Magazine''. Until 2023, the award was given to the French rider, male or female, considered to have performed the best over the year. Starting from 2023, the award was split into the "trophée Bernard Hinault" for the best French road rider and the "trophée Daniel Morelon" for the best French rider in other disciplines such as track cycling, mountain biking, and BMX. An additional award for Paralympic cyling was introduced in 2024. These awards are presented at the same ceremony as the "Vélo d'Or", which is given to the best international rider. Mountain biker Julien Absalon has the most awards, with four. Recipients Vélo d'Or français (1992 - 2022) Trophée Bernard Hinault (from 2023) Trophée Daniel Morelon (from 2023) References

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Road Bicycle Racing
Road bicycle racing is the cycle sport discipline of road cycling, held primarily on Road surface, 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 competition formats are mass start events, where riders start simultaneously (though sometimes with a Handicapping, handicap) and race to a set finish point; and time trials, where individual time trial, individual riders or team time trial, teams race a course alone against the clock. Stage races or "tours" take multiple days, and consist of several mass-start or time-trial stages ridden consecutively. Professional racing originated in Western Europe, centred in France, Spain, Italy and the Low Countries. Since the mid-1980s, the sport has diversified, with races held at the professional, semi-professional and amateur levels, worldwide. The sport is governed by the (UCI). As well as the UCI's annual UCI Road World Champio ...
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Patrice Halgand
Patrice Halgand (born 2 March 1974) is a French former professional road racing cyclist. He was one of only three Festina team riders who were named as clean during the Festina doping scandal during the 1998 Tour de France. Halgand announced his retirement on 28 December 2008. Major results ;1995 : 5th Overall Tour de l'Avenir : 10th Overall Tour du Limousin ;1996 : 3rd National Cyclo-cross Championships : 3rd Flèche Ardennaise : 7th GP Villafranca de Ordizia ;1997 : 1st Overall Étoile de Bessèges : 1st Overall Vuelta Ciclista de Chile : 8th Tour de Vendée ;1998 : 4th Trophée des Grimpeurs ;1999 : 1st A Travers le Morbihan : 4th Trophée des Grimpeurs ;2000 : 1st Overall Tour du Limousin ::1st Stage 2 : 1st Trophée des Grimpeurs : 1st A Travers le Morbihan : 2nd GP Villafranca de Ordizia : 2nd Boucles de l'Aulne : 3rd Overall Route du Sud ::1st Stage 3 : 5th Paris–Camembert : 6th Paris–Bourges : 8th Overall Regio-Tour ::1st Stage 5 ;2001 : 1st Overall Regio- ...
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Julie Bresset
Julie Bresset (born 9 June 1989) is a French mountain bike cyclist, who won the cross-country mountain bike race in the 2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012, were an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the .... She was the overall winner of the World Cup mountain bike cross-country series in 2011 and finished top of women's elite cross-country ranking at the end of 2011. She won the French national cross-country mountain bike championships in 2010, 2011 and 2012. At her first Olympics in 2012, she took the lead, which she never relinquished, from the second lap. By the third lap, the gap between her and the chasing group was already twenty seconds. This was her first international individual title at the senior level. She was on the start list of the 2018 Cross Country European Championships an ...
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Pierre Rolland (cyclist)
Pierre Rolland (born 10 October 1986) is a French former professional road racing cyclist, who competed as a professional from 2007 to 2022, and was particularly known for his aggressive style of racing in the mountains. He won two stages at the Tour de France and was also a stage winner at the Giro d'Italia. His most famous win came at Alpe d'Huez in the 2011 Tour de France. With his win on the legendary mountain, Rolland has his name on the sign at turn 16 together with Dutchman Joop Zoetemelk. His best overall finishes in a Grand Tour (cycling), Grand Tour included 4th overall at the 2014 Giro d'Italia and 8th overall at the 2012 Tour de France. Alongside winning a stage in the 2011 Tour de France, Rolland also won the young rider classification. Cycling career Early years (2007–2008) Born in Gien, Rolland turned professional in 2007 for after riding for the team as a stagiaire in late 2006. In his first season as a professional he won a stage at La Tropicale Amissa Bongo ...
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Pierrick Fédrigo
Pierrick Fédrigo (born 30 November 1978) is a French former racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2002 and 2016 for the , , and teams. He was the winner of the French National Road Race Championships in 2005, and won four stages at the Tour de France. Career Fédrigo won 4 stages of the Tour de France: Stage 14 at Gap in 2006, Stage 9 at Tarbes in 2009, and two stages in Pau: Stage 16 of the 2010 race, and Stage 15 of the 2012 edition. In the 2010 edition, he was part of a select group that conquered two Hors Catégorie climbs and two Category one climbs. He battled it out with his seven breakaway companions in the final sprint, which included Lance Armstrong, and prevailed. Fédrigo has also won races including the Four Days of Dunkirk in 2005 and the Criterium International in 2010. His nickname is "le nez de Marmande" (''The nose of Marmande'') due to his remarkable nose. In September 2014, announced that they had signed Fédrigo for 2015. In August 2016 Féd ...
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Grégory Baugé
Grégory Baugé (born 31 January 1985) is a French professional racing cyclist. Early life Bauge first took up sport at the age of eight, playing football. His father enrolled him in the Aubergenville cycling school. At that time he took part in road races, mountain biking and trial cycling. In 2000 he joined a cycling club in Yvelines. Aware of his qualities and encouraged by his father, he gradually left road cycling to concentrate on track cycling. in July 2001, he participated in the French National cadet (15–16 years) sprint championships where he was beaten in the final by Guillaume Blot. In November 2001 he joined the Creteil Athletic Union, and permanently dedicated himself to the track. The following year, at 17, he entered the National Institute for Sport and Physical Education in Paris. Early career He joined the France junior sprint team in 2002. With Mickaël Murat and Francois Pervis, he became World Champion in the Junior (17–18 years) team sprint discipline ...
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Sylvain Chavanel
Sylvain Chavanel'' Procycling'', UK, November 2008 (born 30 June 1979) is a French former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2000 and 2018 for the , , and two spells with the / team. His brother Sébastien Chavanel also rode as a professional cyclist. Sylvain Chavanel was noted as a strong all-rounder who won both sprints and time-trials, and was a good northern classics rider, taking 45 wins during his professional career. Background Chavanel was born in Châtellerault, France, although his family roots are in Spain. His great-grandparents were from Huesca, in the Aragon region. His grandfather was born in Barcelona and moved to Châtellerault during the Spanish Civil War. Other members of the family still live in Aragon. He said: "Last year 007 when the Vuelta was in Zaragoza, I got to know the cousin of mine using a journalist as the translator and she gave me a picture of my grandfather when he was young. Despite my origins, I hardly know a wor ...
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Sandy Casar
Sandy Casar (born 2 February 1979) is a French former professional racing cyclist, who competed as a professional between 2000 and 2013, all for the team. His greatest results have been winning three stages of the Tour de France, as well the overall classification of the Route du Sud in 2005. He also won the one-day race Paris–Camembert in 2011. Career Born in Mantes-la-Jolie, Yvelines, Casar turned professional in 2000 after riding for Jean Floch-Mantes as an amateur. Casar's talent was revealed in Paris–Nice 2002, which he finished second at 23 years old. He finished 13th in the 2003 Giro d'Italia, in front of climber Marco Pantani. He had his biggest win in a stage of the 2003 Tour de Suisse. He then finished 16th in the 2004 Tour de France, and sixth in the 2006 Giro d'Italia, 25 minutes behind winner Ivan Basso. Casar also won the Route du Sud in 2005. On 27 July 2007, he won his first Tour de France stage, beating Laurent Lefèvre, Axel Merckx and Michael Boogerd in a s ...
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Christophe Moreau
Christophe Moreau (born 12 April 1971 in Vervins) is a French former professional road racing cyclist. For many years Moreau was the primary French contender for the general classification in the Tour de France: he finished in the top 12 in the GC five times and finished the race as best Frenchman in 2000, 2003, 2004 and 2005. He also enjoyed success in the Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré, winning the race overall in 2001 and 2007. Early professional career Moreau debuted as a professional in 1995 with . He was a time trialist early in his career which brought him the victory in the Tour de l'Avenir prologue. He finished the 1997 Tour de France in 19th place overall. Festina affair Moreau continued his progression the following year when he won the final time trial and overall of the 1998 Critérium International. He tested positive for anabolic steroids at the 1998 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré. Festina Team director Bruno Roussel defended Moreau by saying it was another ...
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Cyril Dessel
Cyril Dessel (born 29 November 1974 in Rive-de-Gier, Loire) is a French former professional road racing cyclist, who competed as a professional from 2000 to 2011. In 2006, he won the Tour Méditerranéen on the UCI Europe Tour. Then in the 2006 Tour de France, he finished second in the tenth stage, taking the leader's yellow jersey for a day and the lead in the King of the Mountains competition; he eventually finished sixth. In 2008, he won the 16th stage of the Tour after being in a chase group most of the day, beating David Arroyo, Yaroslav Popovych and Sandy Casar. Dessel competed for France at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Career achievements Major results ;2002 : 3rd Grand Prix d'Ouverture ;2003 : 9th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré ;2004 : 2nd Road race, National Road Championships : 8th Overall Ronde van Nederland ;2006 : 6th Overall Tour de France ::Held after Stage 10 ::Held after Stage 10 ::2nd Stage 10 : 1st Overall, Tour Méditerranéen ::1st Stage 4 : 1s ...
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Frédéric Guesdon
Frédéric Guesdon (born 14 October 1971) is a French former professional road bicycle racer who competed as a professional between 1995 and 2012, most notably for UCI ProTeam , spending 16 years of his career with the team. Guesdon was born in Saint-Méen-le-Grand, Brittany. He turned professional in 1995 with the French Le Groupement team and moved on to the Polti team in 1996, where he scored eleventh place at Paris–Roubaix and third place at the French championship. Guesdon had his breakthrough year in 1997. Having signed with the new Française des Jeux team, he scored an early victory for the team in the prestigious spring monument Paris–Roubaix. On the day, of his 1997 Paris–Roubaix victory, he persuaded his team director Marc Madiot to designate him a protected rider alongside his team leader Max Sciandri.Starrt, J. (2014). The Cobbler Retires. In: E. Bacon and L. Birnie, ed., The Cycling Anthology: Volume One. London: Yellow Jersey Press (Original work publishe ...
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Anthony Geslin
Anthony Geslin (born 9 June 1980) is a French retired professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2002 and 2015, for the and teams. Born in Alençon, Geslin won a bronze medal in the road race at the 2005 UCI Road World Championships. Major results ;1998 : 1st Overall Trofeo Karlsberg ;2000 : 2nd La Côte Picarde ;2001 : 2nd La Côte Picarde : 9th Classic Loire Atlantique ;2002 : 4th Grand Prix de la Ville de Lillers : 7th Overall Tour de Picardie : 9th Tro-Bro Léon : 9th Paris–Bourges ;2003 : 1st Overall Criterium des Espoirs : 2nd Grand Prix Rudy Dhaenens : 2nd GP Ouest–France : 4th Tour de Vendée : 5th Polynormande : 8th Grand Prix de la Ville de Lillers : 10th Overall Four Days of Dunkirk : 10th Paris–Camembert : 10th Grand Prix de Denain : 10th Grand Prix de Wallonie ;2004 : 1st Route Adélie de Vitré : 5th Omloop van de Vlaamse Scheldeboorden : 7th Overall Tour du Poitou-Charentes : 9th Grand Prix de Rennes ;2005 : 1st Stage 3 Cir ...
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