Patrice Esnault (born 12 June 1961) is a French former professional

racing cyclist Cycle sport is competitive physical activity using bicycles. There are several categories of bicycle racing including road bicycle racing, cyclo-cross, mountain bike racing, track cycling, BMX, and cycle speedway. Non-racing cyclin ...

. He rode in five editions of the

Tour de France The Tour de France () is an annual men's multiple-stage bicycle race primarily held in France, while also occasionally passing through nearby countries. Like the other Grand Tours (the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a España), it consist ...

and four editions of the

Vuelta a España The Vuelta a España (; en, Tour of Spain) is an annual multi-stage bicycle race primarily held in Spain, while also occasionally making passes through nearby countries. Inspired by the success of the Tour de France and the Giro d'Italia, the ...

, notably winning a stage of the

1990 Vuelta a España The 45th Edition ''Vuelta a España'' (Tour of Spain), a long-distance bicycle stage race and one of the three grand tours, was held from 24 April to 15 May 1990. It consisted of 22 stages covering a total of , and was won by Marco Giovannetti of t ...

Major results

;1982 : 3rd

Chrono des Herbiers Chrono des Nations – Les Herbiers Vendée is a single-day individual time trial road bicycle race held annually in October in Les Herbiers, Vendée, France. Since 2005, the race is organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Cont ...

;1983 : 2nd

;1984 : 1st

: 1st Grand Prix des Marbriers : 2nd Grand Prix de France ;1985 : 1st Stage 1

Troféu Joaquim Agostinho The Grande Prémio Internacional de Torres Vedras – Troféu Joaquim Agostinho is a road bicycle racing Road bicycle racing is the cycle sport discipline of road cycling, held primarily on paved roads. Road racing is the most popular professi ...

;1986 : 2nd Overall Tour de la Communauté Européenne : 4th Overall Tour Méditerranéen ::1st Stage 4 : 4th GP de la Ville de Rennes : 8th GP Ouest-France : 8th Grand Prix des Nations ;1987 : 1st Overall Grand Prix du Midi Libre : 2nd Overall

Four Days of Dunkirk The Four Days of Dunkirk (french: Quatre Jours de Dunkerque) is road bicycle race around the Nord-Pas de Calais region of northern France. Despite the name of the race, since the addition of an individual time trial in 1963, the race has been h ...

: 8th GP Eddy Merckx ;1988 : 1st Overall Paris–Bourges ::1st Stage 1 : 1st Stage 5

Paris–Nice Paris–Nice is a professional 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 Col d'Èze overlook ...

: 3rd GP Ouest-France : 6th Overall Grand Prix du Midi Libre : 9th Tour du Haut Var ;1989 : 1st Bordeaux–Caudéran : 5th

: 6th Overall Circuit Cycliste Sarthe : 8th Overall Grand Prix du Midi Libre ;1990 : 1st Stage 5

: 7th

;1991 : 9th Overall

Tour of the Basque Country The Tour of the Basque Country (Officially: ''Itzulia Basque Country'', es, Vuelta al País Vasco, links=no, eu, Euskal Herriko Itzulia) is an annual road cycling stage race held in the Spanish Basque Country in April. It is one of the races th ...

;1992 : 1st

Paris–Camembert Paris–Camembert (also Paris–Camembert Trophée Lepetit or Paris–Camembert Lepetit) is a semi classic held annually in April. Since 2005, the race is organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. The route of the race has varied over t ...

: 5th Overall Circuit Cycliste Sarthe : 8th

Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise Grand Prix Cycliste La Marseillaise, formerly known as the Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise, is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in February around the city of Marseille, France. Since 2005, the race is organized as a 1.1 event ...

: 10th Trophée des Grimpeurs

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

References

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* 1961 births Living people French male cyclists Sportspeople from Orléans French Vuelta a España stage winners Cyclists from Centre-Val de Loire {{France-cycling-bio-1960s-stub