Mickaël Bourgain
Mickaël Bourgain | |
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Date of birth | May 28, 1980 |
nation | France |
discipline | Train (short term) |
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Last updated: November 8, 2016 |
Mickaël Bourgain (born May 28, 1980 in Boulogne-sur-Mer ) is a former French cyclist . He was four times world champion in team sprint on the track and won two bronze medals at the Olympic Games.
Mickaël Bourgain was internationally active as a track cyclist from 1999, when he took first place in both the sprint and team sprint (with Arnaud Tournant and Vincent Le Quellec ) at the Track Cycling World Cup in Cali .
Bourgain won his four world titles in the team sprint : 2004 in Melbourne (with Laurent Gané and Arnaud Tournant), 2006 in Bordeaux with Arnaud Tournant and Grégory Baugé , 2007 in Palma also with Tournant and Baugé and in 2009 with Baugé and Kévin Sireau . In 2005, in Los Angeles, he was also runner-up in the sprint world championship.
Mickaël Bourgain drove for the Équipe Cofidis from 1999 to 2009 , when his contract was not renewed. He switched to the “AVC Aix-en-Provence” team to prepare for the 2012 Olympic Games in London . There he started the road race , which he did not finish. In the Keirin, he finished eighth. In 2013 he ended his cycling career.
successes
- 1999
- Track Cycling World Cup in Cali - sprint, team sprint (with Arnaud Tournant and Vincent Le Quellec )
- 2003
- 2004
- Olympic Games - Team Sprint (with Laurent Gané and Arnaud Tournant )
- World Champion - Team Sprint (with Laurent Gané and Arnaud Tournant )
- Track Cycling World Cup in Aguascalientes - Sprint, Keirin, Team Sprint (with Laurent Gané and Arnaud Tournant )
- French master - Keirin
- 2005
- World Championship - Sprint
- Track Cycling World Cup in Manchester - Sprint
- Track Cycling World Cup in Los Angeles - Sprint
- French master - Keirin
- 2006
- World Champion - Team Sprint (with Arnaud Tournant and Grégory Baugé )
- Track Cycling World Cup in Los Angeles - team sprint (with Grégory Baugé and François Pervis )
- 2007
- World Champion - Team Sprint (with Arnaud Tournant and Grégory Baugé )
- World Championship - Sprint
- Track Cycling World Cup in Sydney - Sprint
- 2008
- Olympic Games - Sprint
- World Championship - Sprint
- 2009
- World Champion - Team Sprint (with Grégory Baugé and Kévin Sireau )
- Track Cycling World Cup in Beijing - team sprint (with Kévin Sireau and François Pervis )
- 2011
- World Championship - Sprint
- European Championship - Team Sprint (with Kévin Sireau and François Pervis )
Web links
- Mickaël Bourgain in the Radsportseiten.net database
- Mickaël Bourgain's weblog
- Mickaël Bourgain in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Laprovence.com: "Mickaël Bourgain à l'AVC Aix" (French)
- ↑ Cycling News: France fills one Olympic road spot with track sprinter - Cyclingnews.com. In: cyclingnews.com. July 5, 2012, accessed November 8, 2016 .
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SURNAME | Bourgain, Mickaël |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French cyclist |
DATE OF BIRTH | May 28, 1980 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Boulogne-sur-Mer |