Pascal Richard (born 16 March 1964) is a French-speaking Swiss former racing cyclist. He is most notable as a former King of the Mountains winner at the Giro d'Italia and Olympic Games gold medalist. He won the Swiss National Road Race championship in 1989 and 1993.[1]
 Richard at the 1998 Paris–Tours | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Pascal Richard | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 16 March 1964 Vevey, Switzerland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Cyclo-cross/Road | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rider type | Climber | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1985 | Ferraroli–VCF Genève–Denti | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1986 | Kas | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1987 | Toshiba–Look | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1988–1991 | Helvetia–La Suisse | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1992 | Lotus–Festina | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1993 | Ariostea | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1994–1996 | GB-MG Maglificio | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1997–1998 | Casino | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1999 | Mobilvetta Design–Northwave | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2000 | Linda McCartney Foods | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Biography
editRichard was born in Vevey. At the start of his career, he was a successful cyclo-cross cyclist, becoming world champion in this discipline in 1988. Later on, he switched to road-cycling, and showed a considerable talent for climbing. He won the classics Giro di Lombardia in 1993 and Liège–Bastogne–Liège in 1996. In 1996 he also gained Olympic gold after winning a sprint in a successful three-man breakaway in the men's road race.
He won the "King of the Mountains" jersey in the 1994 Giro d'Italia and Stage 12 of the 1996 Tour de France; he captured the overall titles in the 1994 Tour de Suisse and the 1993 and 1994 Tour de Romandie.
Major results
edit- 1985
- 1st
Overall Grand Prix Guillaume Tell
- 1st Stage 7b
- 1986
- 1st
National Cyclo-cross Championships - 1st Stage 5b Vuelta a Asturias
- 1987
- 3rd Overall Grand Prix Guillaume Tell
- 1st Stage 1
- 1988
- 1st
UCI World Cyclo-cross Championships - 1989
- 1st Road race, National Road Championships
- 1st National Cyclo-cross Championships
- 1st Stage 16 Tour de France
- 6th Grand Prix des Amériques
- 1990
- 1st Tre Valli Varesine
- 2nd Giro di Lombardia
- 2nd Giro del Veneto
- 9th Clásica de San Sebastián
- 1991
- 1st Trofeo Laigueglia
- 1st Stage 2 Tirreno–Adriatico
- Tour de Romandie
- 1st Prologue & Stage 6
- 2nd Overall Tour de Suisse
- 2nd Tre Valli Varesine
- 4th Overall Tour Méditerranéen La Méditerranéenne
- 4th Coppa Bernocchi
- 1993
- 1st Road race, National Road Championships
- 1st
Overall Tour de Romandie
- 1st Stage 3
- 1st Giro di Lombardia
- 1st Giro del Lazio
- 1st Giro della Romagna
- 1st Stage 8 Tour de Suisse
- 2nd Giro dell'Emilia
- 4th Overall Tour of the Basque Country
- 4th Overall Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
- 1st Stage 4
- 4th Grand Prix of Aargau Canton
- 5th Overall Critérium International
- 1st Stage 1
- 8th Giro del Veneto
- 1994
- 1st Overall Tour de Suisse
- 1st Stage 3
- 1st Overall Tour de Romandie
- 1st Stages 3 & 5 (ITT)
- Giro d'Italia
- 1st Mountains classification
- 1st Stage 21
- 1st
- 1st Grand Prix of Aargau Canton
- 1st Tour du Lac Léman
- 2nd Giro di Toscana
- 2nd Tour de Berne
- 3rd Giro di Lombardia
- 4th Trofeo Pantalica
- 5th Milano–Torino
- 7th Overall Paris–Nice
- 1st Stage 5
- 7th Züri-Metzgete
- 1995
- Giro d'Italia
- 1st Stages 13 & 19
- 1st Giro del Lazio
- 1st Giro della Provincia di Reggio Calabria
- 1st Grand Prix of Aargau Canton
- 1st Trofeo Melinda
- 1st Stage 7 Paris–Nice
- 5th Road race, UCI Road World Championships
- 8th Giro di Lombardia
- 1996
- 1st
Road race, Olympic Games - 1st Liège–Bastogne–Liège
- 1st Stage 12 Tour de France
- 1st Stage 14 Giro d'Italia
- 2nd Klasika Primavera
- 6th Tour de Berne
- 1998
- 3rd Overall À travers Lausanne
- 5th Giro di Lombardia
- 8th Coppa Ugo Agostoni
- 10th Giro del Trentino
- 1st Stage 4
- 1999
- 1st Criterium d'Abruzzo
- 1st Stage 1 Tour de Suisse
- 5th Overall Giro della Provincia di Lucca
- 6th Tour de Berne
- 7th Coppa Sabatini
- 2000
- 4th Overall Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
edit| Grand Tour | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 |
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 Giro d'Italia
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— | — | — | — | 56 | — | 15 | 13 | DNF | — | DNF | 55 | DNF |
| Tour de France
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DNF | 23 | DNF | 49 | DNF | — | — | — | 47 | — | — | — | — |
 Vuelta a España
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— | — | — | — | DNF | — | — | — | — | 34 | — | — | — |
| — | Did not compete |
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| DNF | Did not finish |
References
edit- ^ "National Championship, Road, Elite, Switzerland (Men)". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
External links
edit- Pascal Richard at Cycling Archives
- Pascal Richard at ProCyclingStats
- Pascal Richard at CycleBase
- Pascal Richard at Olympedia
