Flashcards: French cyclists

Tony Gallopin (born 24 May 1988) is a French professional road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam Lotto–Soudal.

Bryan Coquard (born 25 April 1992) is a French cyclist.

Félicia Ballanger (born 12 June 1971 in La Roche-sur-Yon, Vendée) is a retired French racing cyclist.

René Rouffeteau (30 March 1926 – 27 April 2012) was a French cyclist.

Romain Bardet (born 9 November 1990) is a professional French racing cyclist, currently riding for AG2R La Mondiale.

Émile Joseph Demangel (20 June 1882 – 11 October 1968) was a French amateur track cyclist who competed in several sprint events at the 1906 Intercalated Games and 1908 Summer Olympics.

Nacer Bouhanni (born 25 July 1990) is a French professional racing cyclist, who rides for UCI ProTeam Cofidis.

Louis "Louison" Bobet (pronounced: [lwi.zɔ̃ bɔ.be]; 12 March 1925 - 13 March 1983) was a French professional road racing cyclist.

Pierrick Fédrigo (born 30 November 1978) is a French racing cyclist who rides for Fortuneo–Vital Concept.

Romain Sicard (born 1 January 1988 in Bayonne) is a French professional racing cyclist, for Direct Énergie.

Christophe Riblon (born 17 January 1981 in Tremblay-en-France, Seine-Saint-Denis) is a French professional road and track racing cyclist for UCI World Tour team AG2R La Mondiale.

Pierre Rolland (born 10 October 1986) is a French professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam Cannondale–Drapac.

Julian Alaphilippe (born 11 June 1992 in Saint-Amand-Montrond) is a French road cyclist and cyclocross racer.

Robert Sassone (23 November 1978 – 21 January 2016) was a French racing cyclist.

Roger Pingeon (pronounced: [ʁɔ.ʒe pɛ̃.ʒɔ̃]; born 28 August 1940) is a retired professional road bicycle racer from France.

Arthur Vichot (born 26 November 1988 in Colombier-Fontaine) is a French professional cyclist and member of UCI ProTeam FDJ.

Bernard Hinault (pronounced: [bɛʁ.naʁ i.no]; born 14 November 1954) is a French former cyclist who won the Tour de France five times.

Jeannie Longo (born 31 October 1958 in Annecy, Haute-Savoie) is a French racing cyclist, 59-time French champion and 13-time world champion.

Steven Tronet (born October 14, 1986 in Calais) is a French cyclist riding for Fortuneo-Vital Concept.

Philippe Gaumont (22 February 1973 – 17 May 2013) was a French professional road racing cyclist.

Hippolyte Aucouturier (17 October 1876 in La Celle, Allier, France – 22 April 1944 in Paris, France) was a French professional road bicycle racer.

Arnaud Démare (born 26 August 1991) is a professional road racing cyclist who currently rides for UCI ProTeam FDJ.

Arnaud Tournant (born 5 April 1978) is a French track cyclist.

Hervé Boussard (8 March 1966 – 26 June 2013) was a French cyclist.

Maurice-Francois Garin (pronounced: [mo.ʁis.fʁɑ̃.swa ɡa.ʁɛ̃]; 3 March 1871 – 19 February 1957) was an Italian-born French road bicycle racer best known for winning the inaugural Tour de France in 1903, and for being stripped of his title in the second Tour in 1904 along with eight others, for cheating.

Alexis Gougeard (born 5 March 1993 in Rouen) is a French cyclist.

Alexis Vuillermoz (born 1 June 1988) is a French road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam AG2R La Mondiale.

Raymond Poulidor (born 15 April 1936), nicknamed "Pou-Pou", is a French former professional bicycle racer, who rode for Mercier his entire career.

Henri Desgrange (31 January 1865, Paris – 16 August 1940, Beauvallon) was a French bicycle racer and sports journalist.

Richard Virenque (born 19 November 1969) is a retired French professional road racing cyclist.

Jean-Christophe Péraud (born 22 May 1977) is a French cyclist riding for AG2R La Mondiale.

László Bodrogi (born 11 December 1976 in Budapest, Hungary) is a French former professional road bicycle racer from Hungary, specializing in the individual time trial.

David Moncoutié (born 30 April 1975) is a retired French professional road racing cyclist, who rode with the French team Cofidis, for his entire professional career.

Christophe Moreau (born 12 April 1971 in Vervins) is a French former professional road racing cyclist.

Gilbert Duclos-Lassalle (born August 25, 1954 in Lembeye) is a former French professional road racing cyclist who was a specialist at one-day classic cycling races.

Clara Sanchez (born 20 September 1983 in Martigues) is a French professional track cyclist.

Jacques Anquetil (pronounced: [ʒak ɑ̃k.til]; 8 January 1934 – 18 November 1987) was a French road racing cyclist and the first cyclist to win the Tour de France five times, in 1957 and from 1961 to 1964.

Daniel Morelon (born 24 July 1944) is a retired French racing cyclist who was active between 1963 and 1980.

Octave Lapize (pronounced: [ɔktav lapiz]; 24 October 1887 – 14 July 1917) was a French professional road racing cyclist and track cyclist.

Bernard Thévenet (French pronunciation: ​[bɛʁ.naʁ te.və.nɛ]; born 10 January 1948) is a retired French bicycle racer.

Maxime Bouet (born 3 November 1986) is a French road racing cyclist who rides for UCI ProTour team Etixx–Quick-Step.

Maurice Brocco (28 January 1883, in Fismes – 26 June 1965, in Erigné) was a French professional road bicycle racer between 1906 and 1927.

Laurent Patrick Fignon (French pronunciation: ​[loʁɑ̃ fiɲɔ̃]; 12 August 1960 – 31 August 2010) was a French professional road bicycle racer who won the Tour de France in 1983 and 1984 and the Giro d'Italia in 1989.

Laurent Jalabert (born 30 November 1968) is a French former professional road racing cyclist, from 1989 to 2002.

In the 1934 Tour de France, Vietto, a relative unknown, got wings on the mountains.

Guy Lapébie (28 November 1916 – 8 March 2010) was a French cyclist, who won two gold and one silver medals at the 1936 Summer Olympics.

Thomas Voeckler (French pronunciation: ​[tɔ.mɑ/tɔ.ma vœ.klɛʁ]; born 22 June 1979) is a French professional road racing cyclist who rides for the Direct Énergie cycling team.

(This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Chavanel and the second or maternal family name is Albira.) Sylvain Chavanel Albira (born 30 June 1979) is a French professional road bicycle racer.

René Pottier (5 June 1879 in Moret-sur-Loing, Seine-et-Marne – 25 January 1907 in Levallois-Perret) was a French racing cyclist Pottier won Bordeaux–Paris in 1903 before turning professional.

Henri Cornet (born Henri David, Desvres, France, 4 August 1884, died Prunay-le-Gillon, 18 March 1941) was a French cyclist who won the 1904 Tour de France.

Jérôme Pineau (born 2 January 1980 in Mont-Saint-Aignan) is a French professional road bicycle racer.

Jérôme Coppel (born 6 August 1986 in Annemasse, Haute-Savoie) is a French road bicycle racer for UCI Pro team IAM Cycling.

Florian Rousseau (born 3 February 1974 in Orléans) is a French former track cyclist who won three gold medals and one silver at the Summer Olympics (1996 and 2000).

Alexandre Geniez (born 16 April 1988) is a French professional cyclist, who rides for the UCI ProTeam FDJ.

Nicolas Edet (born 2 December 1987) is a professional French road cyclist, currently riding for Cofidis.

Warren Barguil (born 28 October 1991 in Hennebont) is a French cyclist.

Manon Valentino (born 25 August 1990) is a French cyclist.

Grégory Baugé (born 31 January 1985) is a French professional racing cyclist.

Kévin Sireau (born 18 April 1987) is a French professional racing cyclist.

Alain Bondue (born 8 April 1959 in Roubaix, France) is a former racing cyclist from France.

Yavé Cahard (born 26 December 1957) is a cyclist from France.

Kenny Elissonde (born 22 July 1991) is a French professional road cyclist, currently riding for FDJ.