Richard Vivien

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Richard Vivien (born March 25, 1964 in Torigni-sur-Vire , France ) is a former French cyclist . In 1987 he became world champion of amateur road drivers .

Athletic career

Vivien, who comes from Normandy and is 1.62 meters tall, only did road cycling as an amateur. He earned his living as an auto mechanic in the Normandy town of Coutances. Before he surprisingly became world champion in the individual road race when he first participated in 1987, he had already won 18 victories, including two stages in the Tour de Normandie and the French stage race Ronde de l'Oise in 1987 . By August 1987 he had recorded a total of 100 victories. Vivien owed the world championship title to his economical driving style and his final sprint, with which he defeated the long-leading Hartmut Bölts from Germany. Vivien's trophy, which he had received from the UCI , was stolen from him shortly after the ceremony in Villach . He later received a replica from the association. By the time he won his title, he had achieved around 100 victories, mainly in France and Belgium . While he won the one-day race Paris − Alençon in 1988 , only second places were his best scores in 1989: in the overall ranking of the Rhineland-Palatinate Tour , the French Grand Prix des Nations time trial and the Duo Normand couple time trial in Normandy. In 1990 Vivien took part in the six-stage Tour de Normandie, in which he won a day segment and took third place in the overall individual standings. Vivien also came third in the third stage of the International Peace Tour in 1991 , which he finished in 47th place overall. While he could not place in any major cycling races in 1992, he won the French stage race Tour de la Manche in 1993. It was his last year of competition without any further successes worth mentioning.

Professional

Richard Vivien completed an apprenticeship as a bicycle mechanic.

literature

  • Internationales Sportarchiv 45/1987 from October 26, 1987 ( online version )

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Young world . Berlin July 7, 1987, p. 8 .
  2. ↑ Young world . No. 1988-04-11 . Berlin, S. 8 .
  3. ↑ a b German sports echo . Sportverlag, Berlin September 7, 1987, p. 3 .
personal data
SURNAME Vivien, Richard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH March 25, 1964
PLACE OF BIRTH Torigni-sur-Vire , France