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Full name
  
Christophe Agnolutto

Role
  
Bicycler

Name
  
Christophe Agnolutto

Discipline
  
Road

Current team
  
Retired


Christophe Agnolutto

Born
  
December 6, 1969 (age 54) Soisy-sous-Montmorency, France (
1969-12-06
)

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Christophe Agnolutto (born 6 December 1969, Soisy-sous-Montmorency, Val-d'Oise) is a professional road bicycle racer from France.

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Christophe Agnolutto Photo du podium du tour de Suisse Blog de Christophe

Agnolutto was a commercial artist when, as an amateur in 1995, he won Bordeaux-Saintes and the GP Nord-Pas de Calais and came third in the national championship. He rode successively for the CSM Puteaux, the US Créteil and the ASPPT Paris. He dedicated himself to cycling when he met his wife, Mélanie, when he was 23. He turned professional the following year for Petit Casino, sponsored by a supermarket chain. He stayed with the team and its directeur sportif, Vincent Lavenu, through changes of sponsors. He said: "I didn't exactly have a lot of other offers."

Then he left for Agritubel. He said:

Agnolutto won the 1997 Tour de Suisse after breaking clear on the second stage. The favourites didn't take up the chase and couldn't make up Agnolutto's lead afterwards. He said in 2001:

That win was stage seven of the 2000 Tour de France, taken in an early breakaway. It was France's first win in the Tour for two years, since Jacky Durand in 1998. He told his team-mates that morning what he planned to do and attacked three times at the start of the stage. On the third attempt he cleared the front of the race alone. He rode alone in the rain for 80 km of the 127 km from Tours to Limoges, getting up to 8m 20s lead.

Agnolutto rode the Tour five times and won nine races as a professional before retiring at the end of 2006.

Dans la roue d'AG2R LA MONDIALE 2013 - Le parcours de Paris-Roubaix


Retirement

Agnulotto lives in Pau and coaches the UN Pau Béarn. He studied for a Brevet d'État to open a school of sport and business and organises training camps for cyclists. He runs a cycle shop at Salies-de-Béarn and helps organise a bike ride named after him.

Tour de France

  • 1997 - 94th
  • 1998 - 31st
  • 2000 - 66th, winner 7th stage
  • 2001 - 120th
  • 2002 - 144th
  • References

    Christophe Agnolutto Wikipedia


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