Régis Clère

Régis Clère (15 August 1956 – 9 June 2012) was a French professional road bicycle racer.

Clère was born in Langres. During his career, he won three stages in the Tour de France. He won one of these stages, in the 1987 Tour de France, after he was almost eliminated after finishing outside the time limit in the previous stage, but the Tour de France jury allowed him to continue the race. In 1981, he won two stages of the Vuelta a España, and the French National Road Race Championships the following year. He also competed in the individual road race event at the 1980 Summer Olympics.

Clère died, aged 55, in Dijon during a surgical procedure.

Major results

1979

1st Stage 5b (ITT) Tour de l'Avenir 1980 1st Stage 6 (ITT) Tour de l'Avenir 3rd Road race, National Amateur Road Championships 3rd Grand Prix de France 1981 (2 pro wins) 1st Prologue & Stage 15b Vuelta a España 2nd Overall Etoile de Bessèges 3rd Overall Critérium International 2nd GP de Fourmies 8th GP de la Ville de Rennes 10th Overall Paris–Nice 10th Tour du Haut Var 1982 1st Road race, National Road Championships Combativity award Tour de France 1st Prologue Étoile des Espoirs 2nd GP Ouest-France 1983 1st Stage 11 Tour de France 2nd Trophée des Grimpeurs 3rd 4th Overall Critérium International 7th Trofeo Baracchi 8th Overall Étoile des Espoirs 8th GP Ouest-France 9th Overall Tour Midi-Pyrénées 9th GP de Fourmies 1984 3rd Overall Circuit Cycliste Sarthe 7th Overall Tour de l'Oise 10th GP Ouest-France 1985 7th Overall Tour du Limousin 7th Paris–Tours 1986 3rd Grand Prix de Mauléon-Moulins 7th Le Samyn 1987 1st Overall Tour Midi-Pyrénées 1st Stage 3 1st Stages 16 & 23 Tour de France 1st Stage 5 Vuelta a Galicia 1st Route du Berry 1988 2nd Polynormande 5th Overall Route du Sud