Jean-Christophe Péraud (born 22 May 1977) is a retired French cyclist who rode for and during his professional career. He was a member of the French team at the

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Summer Olympics.

Career

Péraud was European cross-country champion in 2005 and world team champion in 2008. Competing at the

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in Beijing he won the silver medal in the cross-country race. In June 2009 he became the surprise winner of the French National Time Trial Championships. This led to him being signed by

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team for the 2010 season, to increase its time-trialing presence in stage races. In 2011, Péraud achieved 6th place overall at the Critérium International and ninth place overall in the

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. He crashed out in the final week of the 2013 Tour de France during the time trial, falling in a slippery late-apex corner, in the same spot his family had gathered to cheer him on, with less than two kilometers to go, riding with a non-displaced fractured collarbone sustained in a prior crash the very same morning. Péraud had again been placed ninth on the general classification before the incident. According to cyclingnews.com, Péraud responded in a composed manner concerning the incident: "I didn't feel that I was taking too many risks, I was descending as I know how but I was surprised by the corner. It's part of sport. I'm okay and it's only a broken collarbone. It will be a relief to get home, and we'll think about my next objective when my body recovers." In 2014, Péraud won the Critérium International in March. He also recorded top-five finishes in Tirreno–Adriatico, the Volta ao Algarve, and the Tour of the Basque Country. Péraud followed this up with a strong performance in the

, where he finished in second place in the final general classification, behind

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and ahead of

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. He and Pinot became the first Frenchmen to finish in the top three overall in the Tour de France since Richard Virenque finished as runner-up overall in

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. It was the first time in 30 years that two Frenchmen finished in the top three overall in the Tour de France –

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(runner-up) finished in the top two overall in

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. In 2015, Péraud repeated his victory on the 2.HC Critérium International by winning the last stage finishing atop the Col de l'Ospedale. He won the general classification with a gap of ten seconds to fellow Frenchman

. Following his victory, Péraud stated "At the start, I thought that I would help Alexis Vuillermoz. But I attacked and I found myself alone. This victory is important after hard times and two surgeries this winter."

Major results

Mountain bike

;2003 : 1st Roc d'Azur ;2005 : 1st UEC Champion Jersey

Cross-country, UEC European Championships : 2nd Cross-country, National Championships ;2007 : 1st Roc d'Azur : 3rd Cross-country, National Championships ;2008 : 1st Jersey rainbow

Team relay, UCI World Championships : 1st UEC Champion Jersey

Team relay, UEC European Championships : 2nd Silver medal olympic

Cross-country,

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: 2nd Cross-country, National Championships : UCI XC World Cup ::3rd

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;2009 : UCI XC World Cup ::3rd

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Road

;2006 : 1st Les Boucles du Sud-Ardèche ;2008 : 1st MaillotFra

Road race, National Amateur Championships ;2009 : 1st MaillotFra

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, National Championships : 2nd Chrono des Nations ;2010 : 4th Overall Tour of the Basque Country : 9th Overall

Paris–Nice Paris–Nice is a professional road bicycle racing, cycling stage race in France, held annually since 1933. Raced over eight days, the race usually starts with a prologue in the Paris region and ends with a final stage either in Nice or on the ...

;2011 : 2nd Overall Tour Méditerranéen : 4th Overall Tour du Poitou-Charentes : 6th Overall

: 6th Overall Critérium International : 7th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné : 7th Overall Tour of Beijing : 8th Overall Tour de l'Ain : 9th Overall

: 10th Tour du Doubs ;2012 : 4th Overall Tour du Poitou-Charentes : 7th Overall Tour of the Basque Country ;2013 : 2nd Overall Tour Méditerranéen ::1st Stage 4 : 3rd Overall

: 5th Overall Critérium International : 6th Overall

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;2014 : 1st Jersey yellow

Overall Critérium International : 2nd Overall

: 2nd Overall Tour Méditerranéen ::1st Stage 5 : 3rd Overall Tour of the Basque Country : 4th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico : 5th Overall Tour de l'Ain : 10th

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;2015 : 1st Jersey yellow

Overall Critérium International ::1st Stage 3 : 8th

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;2016 : 9th Overall Giro del Trentino

General classification results timeline

References

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* * * * * * * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Peraud, Jean-Christophe 1977 births Living people French male cyclists Olympic cyclists for France Olympic silver medalists for France Olympic silver medalists in cycling Cyclists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Cross-country mountain bikers Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Knights of the Ordre national du Mérite Cyclists from Toulouse Cyclists from Occitania (administrative region) French mountain bikers