Christophe Dupouey
Christophe Dupouey (born August 8, 1968 in Tarbes , France , † February 4, 2009 there ) was a French cyclist .
Dupouey began his career at the 1989 World Championships in cyclocross , where he took second place. In 1995 he took part for the first time in the European Championship in Cross Country , where he reached second place. In 1996 and 1998 he won the European championship. At the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta , Cross Country was Olympic for the first time; Dupouey finished fourth. In 1998 he became world champion in cross country.
In 2006 he was sentenced to three months probation for his involvement in a doping affair . Dupouey, who was considered depressed and last operated a bicycle rental business in France, died of suicide in February 2009 .
Individual evidence
Web links
- Christophe Dupouey in the Radsportseiten.net database
1990 Ned Overend | 1991 John Tomac | 1992–1994 Henrik Djernis | 1995 Bart Brentjens | 1996 Thomas Frischknecht | 1997 Hubert Pallhuber | 1998 Christophe Dupouey | 1999 Michael Rasmussen | 2000 Miguel Martinez | 2001–2002 Roland Green | 2003 Filip Meirhaeghe | 2004–2007 Julien Absalon | 2008 Christoph Sauser | 2009, 2012–2013, 2015–2019 Nino Schurter | 2010 José Antonio Hermida | 2011 Jaroslav Kulhavý | 2014 Julien Absalon
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| SURNAME | Dupouey, Christophe |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French cyclist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 8, 1968 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tarbes , France |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 4, 2009 |
| Place of death | Tarbes , France |