Jean-Claude Colotti (born 1 July 1961) is a French former professional
road bicycle racer
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(from 1986 to 1996). Colotti won a stage in the
1992 Tour de France
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.
He was part of a breakaway that finished about fifteen minutes ahead of the peloton. Colotti went on a solo attack and beat 2nd place finisher
Frans Maassen
Franciscus ("Frans") Albertus Antonius Johannes Maassen (born 27 January 1965 in Haelen, Limburg) is a directeur sportif. He was a professional road racing cyclist between 1987 and 1995. He completed seven Tour de France stage races, including the ...
by more than three minutes.
Major results
*1987
** National Track Pursuit Championship
**
Tour de Vendée
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*1988
**GP Saint-Etienne Loire
*1989
**
GP Ouest-France
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The race was originally named Grand-Prix de Plouay and, from 1989 to ...
*1991
**Lisieux
*Nantes
**
Six-Days of Grenoble (with
Philippe Tarantini)
*1992
**Dijon
*Hendaye
*
Tour de France
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:
**Winner stage 17
*1994
**Six Days of Nouméa (with
Jean-Michel Pontarlier)
**
Six-Days of Grenoble (with
Dean Woods
Dean Anthony Woods OAM (22 June 1966 – 3 March 2022) was an Australian racing cyclist from Wangaratta in Victoria known for his track cycling at the Olympic Games and Commonwealth Games. On Australia Day 1985 he was awarded the Order of Au ...
)
*1996
**Riom
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1961 births
Living people
Sportspeople from La Tronche
Cyclists from Isère
French male cyclists
French Tour de France stage winners
20th-century French sportsmen
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