Ronan Pensec

Ronan Pensec

Ronan Pensec
To person
Date of birth	July 10, 1963
nation	France
discipline	Street
To the team
Current team	End of career
Team (s)
1985 1986 1987–1989 1990 1991 1991 1992 1993–1994 1995 1996–1997	Peugeot - Shell - Michelin Peugeot - Shell - Velo Talbot Z - Peugeot Z - Tomasso Amaya Seguros Seur-Otero R.MO Novemail-Histor-Laser Computer Le Groupement Gan
Most important successes
1992 Grand Prix Ouest France
Last updated: September 21, 2012

Ronan Pensec (born July 10, 1963 in Douarnenez ) is a former French road cyclist .

Career

Pensec was a professional cyclist from 1985 to 1997. He achieved particular success in the Tour de France , among others , in each of his eight participations he reached the finish line, he finished second in the junior classification in 1986 and fourth in the mountain classification in 1988 . In all of his participations he was able to place in the top ten twice.

In 1990 he escaped as a teammate of Greg LeMond during the first stage of the Tour de France with Frans Maassen , Steve Bauer and Claudio Chiappucci . The four men were ten minutes ahead of the favorites at the finish. Pensec could wear the yellow jersey on his birthday and the day after.

After the end of his active career, he worked as a consultant for French television. He is also president of the French Bretagne-Schuller team .

successes

1985

• Etoile des Espoirs
• a stage Circuit Cycliste Sarthe

1987

• Etoile de Bessèges

1988

• Grand Prix de Rennes
• Route du Sud

1990

• one stage Tour Méditerranéen

1992

• Bretagne Classic - Ouest-France

1994

• a stage of the Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré

Placements in the Grand Tours

Grand Tour	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994
Vuelta a España	44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Giro d'Italia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tour de France	6th	6th	-	7th	58	20th	41	52	47	66

Road cycling world championship placements

World Championship	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994
Road racing	-	DNF	-	6th	-	53	-	36	-	-
Individual time trial
Team time trial

Legend: DNF: did not finish , abandoned or withdrawn from the race due to timeout.

Web links

• Ronan Pensec in the Radsportseiten.net database