Francis Castaing (born 22 April 1959) is a French former professional

road bicycle racer Road bicycle racing is the cycle sport discipline of road cycling, held primarily on paved roads. Road racing is the most popular professional form of bicycle racing, in terms of numbers of competitors, events and spectators. The two most com ...

. He won one stage in the

1985 Tour de France The 1985 Tour de France was the 72nd edition of the Tour de France, one of Cycle sport, cycling's Grand Tour (cycling), Grand Tours. It took place between 28 June and 21 July. The course ran over and consisted of a individual time trial, pro ...

. He also competed in the individual road race event at the

1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad () and officially branded as Moscow 1980 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 19 July to 3 August 1980 in Moscow, Soviet Union, in present-day Russ ...

Major results

;1979 :Tour de Gironde ;1980 :Bordeaux - Saintes ;1981 :

French National Track Championships The French National Track Championships are held annually and are composed of competitions of various track cycling disciplines across various age and gender categories. Men Senior Team sprint Team pursuit Madison Junior Team Pursuit M ...

Paris–Bourges Paris–Bourges is a French road bicycle race. The race originally started in Paris and ran to the town of Bourges in the Région Centre. However, in recent year with the length of races shortened it has become impossible to link the two cities a ...

;1982 :GP de Peymeinade :

GP Ouest-France The Bretagne Classic, also called Bretagne Classic Ouest-France, is an elite cycling classic held annually in late summer around the Breton village of Plouay in western France. The race was originally named Grand-Prix de Plouay and, from 1989 to ...

: National Track Points race Championship ;1984 :Brest :Quilan ;1985 :Breuillet :Lanester :Rodez :

Tour de France The Tour de France () is an annual men's multiple-stage cycle sport, bicycle race held primarily in France. It is the oldest and most prestigious of the three Grand Tour (cycling), Grand Tours, which include the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a ...

: ::Winner stage 6 :Castillon-la-Bataille ;1986 :Ronde d'Aix-en-Provence :

Tour de Vendée Tour of Vendée is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in October (Previously May) in the region of Vendée, France, finishing in a circuit inside La Roche-sur-Yon town. From 2005 until 2009, the race was organized as a 1.1 event on the ...

;1987 :Bordeaux

References

External links

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Official Tour de France results for Francis Castaing
French male cyclists 1959 births Living people French Tour de France stage winners Olympic cyclists for France Cyclists at the 1980 Summer Olympics Cyclists from Bordeaux 20th-century French sportsmen 21st-century French sportsmen {{France-cycling-bio-1950s-stub