François Simon

François Simon (born October 28, 1968 at Troyes

Troyes

Troyes is a commune and the capital of the Aube department in north-central France. It is located on the Seine river about southeast of Paris. Many half-timbered houses survive in the old town...

, France

France

The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

) is a former French

France

The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

 professional road bicycle racer. He was professional from 1991 to 2002. He is the brother of Régis

Régis Simon

Régis Simon is a French former professional road bicycle racer. He is the brother of former professional cyclists François, Pascal and Jerôme Simon. Régis Simon won a stage in the 1985 Tour de France.- Palmarès :...

, Pascal

Pascal Simon

Pascal Simon is a retired French road racing cyclist. A native of Mesnil St. Loup, he was a professional cyclist from 1979 to 1991. Pascal was the oldest of four brothers that all became professional cyclists: Régis, Jerôme and François.In 1983, Simon obtained the yellow jersey while riding for...

 and Jérôme

Jérôme Simon

Jérôme Simon is a French professional road bicycle racer. Jérôme Simon is a brother of cyclists Pascal Simon, François Simon and Régis Simon.- Palmarès :1988...

, all professional cyclists. In the 2001 Tour de France

2001 Tour de France

The 2001 Tour de France was particularly difficult, having contained a 67-km long team time trial, two individual time trials and five mountain-top finishes on consecutive days, the second of which being the Chamrousse special category climb time trial. Thus, all the high-mountain stages were...

, Simon wore the maillot jaune for three days and finished as best French finisher in that Tour. Other career highlights include a stage win in the 1992 Giro d'Italia

1992 Giro d'Italia

The 1992 Giro d'Italia of cycling, the 75th edition of the race, was held from 24 May to 14 June 1992. It covered a total of 3,835 km, in 22 stages, completed at an average speed of 37.017 km/h...

, two stage wins in the Tour de l'Avenir

Tour de l'Avenir

Tour de l'Avenir is a French road bicycle racing stage race, which started in 1961 as a race similar to the Tour de France and over much of the same course but for amateurs and for semi-professionals known as independents. Riders competed in national teams...

, stage wins in Circuit de la Sarthe

Circuit de la Sarthe (cycling)

The Circuit de la Sarthe-Pays de la Loire is an early-season short road bicycle racing stage race held annually in Sarthe, Pays de la Loire, France. Since 2005, it has been organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour....

, Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré and Paris–Nice as well as being road race champion of France in 1999.

Palmarès

1992

Giro d'Italia

1992 Giro d'Italia

The 1992 Giro d'Italia of cycling, the 75th edition of the race, was held from 24 May to 14 June 1992. It covered a total of 3,835 km, in 22 stages, completed at an average speed of 37.017 km/h...

:

Winner stage 15

Mi-Août Bretonne

Mi-Août Bretonne

Mi-Août Bretonne is a French cycling road race that was established in 1960. It is held in the region of Brittany, France. It is rated 2.2 on the UCI Europe Tour. The original race ran from 1960-1966. It was then re-established in 1978 by Louis Bihannic...

1999

Châteauroux - Classic de l'Indre

Dijon

national road race champion

2000

Ronde d'Aix-en-Provence

2001

Dijon

Dun le Palestel

Tour de France

2001 Tour de France

The 2001 Tour de France was particularly difficult, having contained a 67-km long team time trial, two individual time trials and five mountain-top finishes on consecutive days, the second of which being the Chamrousse special category climb time trial. Thus, all the high-mountain stages were...

:

Wearing yellow jersey

Yellow jersey

The general classification in the Tour de France is the most important classification, the one by which the winner of the Tour de France is determined. Since 1919, the leader of the general classification wears the yellow jersey .-History:...

 for three days

6th place overall classification

External links

• Official Tour de France results for François Simon