Aurélien Clerc

Aurélien Clerc
	Aurelién Clerc (2013)
To person
Date of birth	August 6, 1979
nation	Switzerland
discipline	Street
Driver type	sprinter
To the team
Current team	Career ended
End of career	2009
Team (s)
2002–2004 ; 2005–2006 ; 2007–2008 ; 2009	Quick Step ; Phonak ; Bouygues Télécom ; Ag2r
	Last updated: November 14, 2015

Aurélien Clerc (born August 6, 1979 in Vevey ) is a former Swiss cyclist .

Career

Clerc became a professional with the Post Swiss Team in 2001 , after spending two months as a trainee there in 2000 . After switching to Mapei-Quick Step in 2002, the Sprinter achieved its first successes by winning individual sections of smaller tours in addition to the Belgian one-day race Nokere Koerse . In the following years he won stages on the Tour of Picardy and the Tour of Burgos before he was able to draw attention to himself for the first time in the Pro Tour in 2005 . Although he did not win, he was at the top of the mass sprints at both the Giro d'Italia and the Tour de Suisse . After the stage success in 2008 during the Three Days of West Flanders , he finished second in the semi-classic Gent-Wevelgem behind Óscar Freire . In December 2009, Clerc ended his career.