Alphand has won twelve World Cup races in his career, including ten downhill runs and two Super-G . In 1995, 1996 and 1997 he won the small crystal ball for victory in the Downhill World Cup, and in 1997 he also won the trophy in the Super-G. In 1997, the highlight of his career, he won the overall World Cup - as the first and to date only speed specialist with results from downhill and super-G only. In the same year he was named France's Sportsman of the Year (“ Champion des champions ”) by the sports newspaper L'Équipe and awarded the Skieur d'Or by the International Association of Ski Journalists (AIJS) .
Pictures of Luc Alphand went through the press in France in October 2016, for which he received a lot of criticism: In the photos he proudly poses with animals that he has just shot.
After his skiing career, Luc Alphand dedicated himself to motorsport and competed in numerous desert rallies . At the 2005 Dakar Rally he finished second overall. In 2006 he finally won the rally with Mitsubishi . This makes him the first ski racer or the first prominent career changer ever to win this rally. From 2001 to 2009, Alphand competed in the 24 Hours of Le Mans every year . In November 2010, Luc Alphand announced his retirement from motorsport. The reason is a serious spine injury that he sustained during a motorcycle rally in France in 2009.
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