Gérard Rué (born 7 July 1965 in
Romillé) is a French former
road cyclist
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. 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 team to support
Miguel Induráin
Miguel Induráin Larraya (; born 16 July 1964) is a retired Spanish road racing cyclist. Induráin won five Tours de France from 1991 Tour de France, 1991 to 1995 Tour de France, 1995, the fourth, and last, to win five times, and the only five- ...
and
Pedro Delgado.
Known for being one of the most important teammates of Miguel Induráin 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
Thierry Marie (born 25 June 1963) is a French former cyclist. Marie often performed well in prologue stages: he won the Tour de France prologue three times in his career, and because of that he wore the yellow jersey in those three years, for ...
)
: 1st Prologue
Tour de la Communauté Européenne (
TTT)
: 2nd Points race,
National Track Championships
: 2nd
Grand Prix d'Isbergues
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: 6th Overall
Circuit Cycliste Sarthe
;1988
: 1st Stage 7
Grand Prix du Midi Libre
: 2nd
Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan
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: 2nd Overall
Tour de la Communauté Européenne
;1989
: 1st
Tour du Haut-Var
: 1st Stage 6
Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
: 1st Stage 2
Tour de France
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(
TTT)
: 2nd Overall
Grand Prix du Midi Libre
: 5th Overall
Paris–Nice
::1st Stage 5
: 8th
Milan–San Remo
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;1990
: 1st Overall
Tour Méditerranéen
: 1st Overall
Grand Prix du Midi Libre
: 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
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: 6th
Milan–San Remo
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: 7th Overall
Tirreno–Adriatico
::1st Stage 5
: 10th Overall
Tour de France
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;1992
: 1st
Tour du Haut-Var
: 1st Stage 5
Tour of the Netherlands
: 2nd
La Flèche Wallonne
: 2nd Overall
Giro di Puglia
: 6th
Liège–Bastogne–Liège
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;1993
: 1st
Boucles de l'Aulne
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It was previously known as Grand ...
: 1st Stage 1
Vuelta a los Valles Mineros
: 2nd
La Flèche Wallonne
: 2nd
Bol d'Or des Monédières
: 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
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: 10th
Veenendaal–Veenendaal
;1997
: 4th
Route Adélie
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: 9th Overall
Étoile de Bessèges
The Étoile de Bessèges () is an early-season five-day road bicycle racing stage race held annually around Bessèges, in the Gard department of the Languedoc-Roussillon region of France. First organized in 1971 as a one-day race, it became a ...
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
References
1965 births
Living people
French male cyclists
20th-century French sportsmen
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