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My Take
Laurent Fignon is one of those riders I find myself rooting for in hindsight. Two Tour de France wins in 1983 and 1984, the Giro in 1989, and the FICP world number one ranking that same year mark a serious career, yet most people remember him for the eight seconds he lost the 1989 Tour by. That feels cruel to me, because it flattens a Parisian intellectual who studied at university and later wrote candidly about the sport. The ponytail and round glasses always made him look more like a philosophy student than a peloton brawler. I respect that he refused to be just an athlete.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Laurent Fignon
- Name (Japanese)
- ローラン・フィニョン
- Reading
- ろーらん・ふぃにょん
- Born
- August 12, 1960 – August 31, 2010
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Leo / Rat
- Origin
- 18th arrondissement of Paris, France
- Occupation
- sport cyclist / writer / athlete / cyclist
2. Background
- University
- Paris North University
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Frequently asked questions
When was Laurent Fignon born?
August 12, 1960 – August 31, 2010.
Where is Laurent Fignon from?
Laurent Fignon is from 18th arrondissement of Paris, France.
What does Laurent Fignon do?
Laurent Fignon works as sport cyclist, writer, athlete, cyclist.
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.