Pascal Richard

Pascal Richard

Personal information
Full name	Pascal Richard
Born	(1964-03-16) March 16, 1964 (age 49)  Switzerland
Team information
Discipline	Cyclo-cross/Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	Climber
Major wins
1988 World cyclo-cross champion 1993 Tour de Romandie 1993 Swiss National Road Race Champion 1993 Giro di Lombardia 1994 Tour de Romandie 1994 Giro d'Italia - 1 stage, mountains classification 1994 Tour de Suisse 1995 Giro d'Italia - 2 stages 1996 Liège–Bastogne–Liège 1996 Giro d'Italia - 1 stage 1996 Tour de France - 1 stage 1996 Olympic Road Race Champion
Medal record Competitor for  Switzerland Road bicycle racing Olympic Games Gold 1996 Atlanta Road race Cyclo-cross World Championships Gold 1988 Hägendorf Elite race Silver 1986 Lembeek Elite race
Infobox last updated on July 23, 2008

Pascal Richard (born March 16, 1964 in Vevey) is a French-speaking Swiss former racing cyclist. He is most notable as a former King of the Mountains winner at the Giro d'Italia and Olympic Games gold medalist.

Biography[edit]

In the beginning years of his career, he was a successful cyclo-cross cyclist, becoming world champion in this discipline in 1988. Later on, he switched to road-cycling, and showed a considerable talent for climbing. He won the classics Giro di Lombardia in 1993 and Liège–Bastogne–Liège in 1996. In 1996 he also gained Olympic gold after winning a sprint in a successful three-man breakaway in the men's road race.

In stage races, he did his best on mountain stages winning the "King of the Mountains" jersey in the 1994 Giro d'Italia. Also, he won Stage 12 of the 1996 Tour de France and captured the overall titles in the 1994 Tour de Suisse and the 1993 and 1994 Tour de Romandie.

Palmarès[edit]

External links[edit]

• Pascal Richard profile at Cycling Archives

v t e UCI Cyclo-cross World Champions – Men's elite race 1950 Jean Robic 1951–1953 Roger Rondeaux 1954–1958 André Dufraisse 1959 Renato Longo 1960–1961 Rolf Wolfshohl 1962 Renato Longo 1963 Rolf Wolfshohl 1964–1965 Renato Longo 1966 Erik De Vlaeminck 1967 Renato Longo 1968–1973 Erik De Vlaeminck 1974 Albert Van Damme 1975 Roger De Vlaeminck 1976–1979 Albert Zweifel 1980 Roland Liboton 1981 Hennie Stamsnijder 1982–1984 Roland Liboton 1985 Klaus-Peter Thaler 1986 Albert Zweifel 1987 Klaus-Peter Thaler 1988 Pascal Richard 1989 Danny De Bie 1990 Henk Baars 1991 Radomír Šimůnek 1992 Mike Kluge 1993 Dominique Arnould 1994 Paul Herygers 1995 Dieter Runkel 1996 Adri van der Poel 1997 Daniele Pontoni 1998–1999 Mario De Clercq 2000 Richard Groenendaal 2001 Erwin Vervecken 2002 Mario De Clercq 2003–2004 Bart Wellens 2005 Sven Nys 2006–2007 Erwin Vervecken 2008 Lars Boom 2009 Niels Albert 2010–2011 Zdeněk Štybar 2012 Niels Albert 2013 Sven Nys

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