Thierry Claveyrolat

Thierry Claveyrolat (31 March 1959 – 7 September 1999) was a French road bicycle racer. He was King of the Mountains in the 1990 Tour de France.

Racing career Claveyrolat grew up in the shadow of the Alps in the Isère region near Grenoble. He showed early talent as an amateur cyclist, especially in the hills. He turned professional in 1983 for the St-Étienne-Pélussin team and came to notice that year when he came second on the sixth stage of the Dauphiné Libéré. It became a race in which he succeeded regularly, winning five stages and finishing highly placed. His showing in the Dauphiné Libéré brought him a move to Système U in 1984, after which he changed sponsors frequently. It was with RMO, sponsored by an employment agency, that he won his first race as a professional: a stage of the Dauphiné Libéré in 1987. His weakness was time-trialling, when his lightness made it hard to ride at sustained speed.

There is a small memorial to him on the Chemin de la Bastille in Grenoble.

Retirement Claveyrolat rode for Z (a children's clothing company) and GAN (an insurance company) before retiring in May 1994.

Major results

1982 9th Overall Tour de l'Avenir 1984 10th Overall Tour du Limousin 1986 6th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré

1st Stages 3 & 6 1987 4th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré

1st Stage 7 4th Grand Prix de Cannes 1988 3rd A Travers le Morbihan 1989

1st Stage 1 1st Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise 2nd Overall Euskal Bizikleta 1st Stages 3 & 5 3rd Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré

1st Stage 5 5th Road race, UCI Road World Championships 6th Overall Volta a Catalunya

1st Stages 2a & 5 8th GP Ouest–France 1990

1st Stages 4 & 5 1st Polynormande

Tour de France

1st Stage 10 2nd Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré

1st Stage 6 6th A Travers le Morbihan 1991 1st Stage 18 Tour de France

2nd Road race, National Road Championships 4th Overall Euskal Bizikleta 7th Overall Tour du Limousin 1992

2nd Polynormande 3rd GP Ouest–France 4th Grand Prix de Rennes 5th Overall Tour du Limousin 9th Classique des Alpes 1993 1st GP Ouest–France 1st Tour du Haut Var 1st Trophée des Grimpeurs 2nd Classique des Alpes 3rd Grand Prix de Rennes 4th Overall Tour du Limousin 5th Overall Grand Prix du Midi Libre 6th Overall Étoile de Bessèges 7th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré

10th Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

+ Legend — Did not compete DNF Did not finish