Quick Facts
Biography
Laurent Brochard (born March 26, 1968 in Le Mans, France) is a retired professional road racing cyclist from France. In 1997 he won a stage of the Tour de France and became world road champion in San Sebastián, Spain.
Brochard was a runner and started cycling competitively at 19. He started with Castorama and became part of Festina cycling team. His role in Festina was super-domestique, supporting stars such as Richard Virenque but able to ride competitively when given the chance. He was implicated in the Festina scandal in the 1998 Tour de France.
After serving his suspension, Brochard joined Ag2r Prévoyance as leader and had successes in races such as Critérium International and Etoile de Béssèges. He then moved to Bouygues Télécom.
He is a fan of Belgian comic character Marsupilami, often wearing Marsupilami logo and clothing at races.
Major results
- 1991 – amateur
- 2 stage wins – Circuit Franco-Belge
- 1992 – Castorama
- Stage win – Tour Méditerranéen
- 1993 – Castorama
- Stage win – Tour Méditerranéen
- 1994 – Castorama
- Overall – Tour du Haut-Var
- Overall and 1 stage win – Regio-Tour
- 1995 – Festina
- 3 stage wins – Tour de l'Ain
- 1996 – Festina
- Overall and 2 stage wins – Tour du Limousin
- 1997 – Festina
- World Road Race Cycling Champion
- Stage 9 – Tour de France
- 3 stage wins – GP Midi Libre
- 1998 – Festina
- 1 stage win – GP Midi Libre
- 1999 – Festina
- Stage win – Vuelta a España
- 2000 – Jean Delatour
- Paris–Bourges
- Route Adelié
- Stage win – Paris–Nice
- Stage win – Critérium International
- 2001 – Jean Delatour
- Paris–Camembert
- Grand Prix de Villers-Cotterêts
- Stage win – Circuit de la Sarthe
- Coupe de France de cyclisme sur route
- 2002 – AG2R Prévoyance
- Overall and 1 stage win – Tour de Pologne
- Overall and 1 stage win – Regio-Tour
- Stage win – GP Midi Libre
- 2003 – AG2R Prévoyance
- Paris–Camembert
- Overall and 1 stage win – Critérium International
- Stage win – Trophée Castille et Leon
- 2004 – AG2R Prévoyance
- Overall and 1 stage win – Étoile de Bessèges
- Stage win – Circuit de la Sarthe
- 2005 – Bouygues Télécom
- Paris–Camembert
- 5th overall – Tirreno–Adriatico
- 2006 – Bouygues Télécom
- no wins
- 2007 – Bouygues Télécom
- Mountains classification – Tour de Romandie
- Points classification – Tour Down Under
- Stage win – Tour de Luxembourg
- 2008 – Amateur
- 5th Place L'Etape du Tour 2008