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Laurent Fignon

ローラン・フィニョン　/　ろーらん・ふぃにょん

Sport cyclist from France

August 12, 1960 – August 31, 2010　・　18th arrondissement of Paris, France

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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.

Overview

Laurent Patrick Fignon (French pronunciation: [loʁɑ̃ fiɲɔ̃]; 12 August 1960 – 31 August 2010) was a French professional road bicycle racer who won the Tour de France in 1983 and 1984, as well as the Giro d'Italia in 1989. He held the title of FICP World No. 1 in 1989.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: sport cyclist / writer / athlete / cyclist

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Paris North University

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AD%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%95%E3%82%A3%E3%83%8B%E3%83%A7%E3%83%B3

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