Pierre-Henri Menthéour (9 May 1960 – 12 April 2014) was a French professional

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. Menthéour was born in

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. His brother Erwann was also a racing cyclist. He won one stage in the

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as well as the final Team Classification with

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. His teammate

Laurent Fignon Laurent Patrick Fignon (; 12 August 1960 – 31 August 2010) was a French professional road bicycle racer who won the Tour de France in 1983 and 1984, as well as the Giro d'Italia in 1989. He held the title of FICP World No. 1 in 1989. Fignon came ...

won that Tour. He retired in 1986, but returned to competition at the age 36 in order to attempt to break the Hour record of France. In 2012 he admitted to doping during his career.Cyclisme : « Je me suis dopé et je ne regrette rien. Ne les jugez pas ! » rue89.nouvelobs.com 18 July 2012
/ref> He went on to enjoy success as a journalist and TV cameraman, working on

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's Tour de France coverage but also working in other areas, and won an award for a 2008 documentary on Afghanistan which he made for the French TV series ''

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''.

Death

On 12 April 2014 Pierre-Henri Menthéour died of cancer.

Career achievements

Major results

;1984 :Concarneau :

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: ::Winner stage 13 ;1992 :

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Grand Tour general classification results timeline

References

External links

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Official Tour de France results for Pierre-Henri Menthéour
1960 births 2014 deaths French male cyclists French Tour de France stage winners Sportspeople from Algiers Doping cases in cycling 20th-century French sportsmen {{France-cycling-bio-1960s-stub