Pascal Hervé (13 July 1964 – 24 December 2024) was a French road racing cyclist. He competed in the individual road race at the

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and raced as a professional from 1994 to 2001. At the time of his death Pascal resided in Montreal, where he was the co-owner of a training center that helps develop local athletes and amateurs of all ages. In between seasons, he held cycling trips in various locations such as the Pyrénées, the Vosges, the Alps, and, most recently, the region of

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. Hervé died on 24 December 2024, at the age of 60. The cause of his death is unknown, although he reportedly underwent surgery last September for a stomach tumour.

Doping

Hervé was expelled from the

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in the Festina affair. Hervé tested positive for EPO after the prologue in 2001 Giro d'Italia.

Major results

;1992 : 1st Boucles de la Mayenne : 2nd Overall

Circuito Montañés Circuito Montañés is a road cycling stage race held annually in Cantabria Cantabria (, ; ) is an autonomous community and Provinces of Spain, province in northern Spain with Santander, Cantabria, Santander as its capital city. It is call ...

;1993 : 2nd Overall Tour de l'Ain : 2nd Overall Tour du Vaucluse ;1994 : 5th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré ::1st Jersey white dots on red

Mountains classification ::1st Stage 5 : 5th GP Ouest–France : 5th

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: 6th Road race, National Road Championships : 6th Overall Route du Sud ;1995 : 1st Jersey red lines volta

Mountains classification

Volta a Catalunya The Volta a Catalunya (; Tour of Catalonia, ) is a road bicycle race held annually in Catalonia, Spain. It is one of three World Tour stage races in Spain, together with the Vuelta a España and the Tour of the Basque Country. The race has had ...

: 4th

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: 6th Milano–Torino : 7th Paris–Camembert ;1996 :

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::1st Stage 6 ::Held Jersey pink

after Stage 6 : 1st Jersey polkadot

Mountains classification Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana : 2nd Overall Tour of the Basque Country : 2nd Overall

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::1st Stage 8 : 2nd

: 6th Giro del Piemonte ;1997 : 3rd Overall

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::1st Stage 2 : 3rd Paris–Camembert : 5th Overall Critérium International : 5th

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: 6th Rund um den Henninger-Turm : 10th Overall Tour of the Basque Country ;1998 : 1st GP Ouest–France : 1st Trophée des Grimpeurs : 1st Stage 3 Tour of the Basque Country : 6th Road race, National Road Championships : 6th Cholet-Pays de la Loire : 7th

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: 10th Overall Critérium International : 10th Overall Route du Sud ;1999 : 2nd Road race, National Road Championships : 3rd

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;2000 : 1st Polynormande : 1st Stage 4

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: 3rd Overall

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::1st

Points classification ;2001 : 2nd

Giro di Toscana The Giro di Toscana is a road bicycle race held annually in Tuscany, Italy. From 2005 to 2014, the race has been organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. The race was not held in 2015. On 4 April 2016 it was announced that the race will ...

: 6th Overall

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: 9th Giro dell'Appennino

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Doping

Major results

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