Christophe Manin
Christophe Manin (born July 12, 1966 in Saint-Marcellin (Isère), France ) is a former French cyclist .
Athletic career
As an almost 21-year-old amateur , Manin began his first successful road race in 1987, from which the victory at the French one-day race Troyes-Dijon stood out. He had previously achieved third place in the traditional Paris – Troyes race . After a less successful cycling season in 1988, Manin again attracted attention in 1989 with good results. After winning the Giro delle Regioni stage race in Italy in the spring , he reached the high point of his amateur career with third place in the individual road race of amateurs at the World Cycling Championships in Chambéry, France .
In the same year, Manin moved to the professional paddock with a contract with the French cycling team RMO . He drove his first major professional race in March 1990 at the Tour de Romandie and finished the stage race as 88th out of 96 riders. In 1990 he was used for the first time at the Giro d'Italia , where he was 104th out of 163 athletes. In a further Giro assignment, Manin was 92nd in 1993. The only place on the Tour of Spain was in 1991 with a 46th place. 1992 and 1994 Manin competed in the Tour de France , where he finished 105th (1992) and 64th (1994). While Manin did not appear at the professional world championships, he finished third at the national championships in 1990 and 40th in 1993.
Despite his poor performance in the Tour de France, the 1992 season was Manin's best professional year, the climax of which was fifth place in the Paris – Nice stage race . In the less important races Apulien-Rundfahrt (Giro di Puglia) and Trofeo Pantalica he was on the podium with a third place. These listings gave him 146th place, the best listing of his career in the UCI world rankings . In 1993 Manin switched to the US cycling team Motorola , where he met the young Lance Armstrong and the German Jan Schur , among others . After an unsuccessful year, Manin signed with the French team Chazal for the 1994 season . There he was active for two years without achieving any notable success. At the end of the 1995 cycling season, he ended his career as a professional cyclist.
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| SURNAME | Manin, Christophe |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French cyclist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 12, 1966 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Saint-Marcellin (Isère), France |