Regis Clère

Régis Clère (born August 15, 1956 in Langres , † June 9, 2012 in Dijon ) was a French cyclist .

Career

Clère started cycling in 1978, he was an all-rounder on track and road . As an amateur , he took part in the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow and finished 43rd in the road race.

As a professional , he became French championship points race and runner-up in the single pursuit in 1981 . At the 1981 Vuelta a España , Clère won a stage and wore the overall leader's jersey for nine days. In 1982 he became French road racing champion. Clère competed in the Tour de France six times : in 1982 he was named the most combative driver , in 1983 he won one and in 1987 two stages. He celebrated his last overall victory in 1987 at the Route du Sud . At the UCI track world championships in 1989 he was third in the single pursuit.

Régis Clère died on June 9, 2012 during heart surgery. He was the uncle of the cyclist Émilien Clère .

Web links

Régis Clère in the Radsportseiten.net database

Régis Clère in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Régis Clère - Fier, rude et brave on lncpro.fr , (French, PDF, 82 kB)

Individual evidence

↑ THE TIMES OF INDIA: Former Tour de France stage winner Regis Clere dies. (No longer available online.) AFP , June 10, 2012, formerly in the original ; accessed on June 13, 2012 (English): "Regis Clere, ... died Saturday following an operation, his family announced."

personal data
SURNAME	Clère, Regis
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	French cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH	15th August 1956
PLACE OF BIRTH	Langres
DATE OF DEATH	June 9, 2012
Place of death	Dijon

[1] THE TIMES OF INDIA: Former Tour de France stage winner Regis Clere dies. (No longer available online.) AFP , June 10, 2012, formerly in the original ; accessed on June 13, 2012 (English): "Regis Clere, ... died Saturday following an operation, his family announced."