Robert Alban (9 April 1952) was a French 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 common ...

. Alban won the stage 18 in the

1981 Tour de France The 1981 Tour de France was the 68th edition of the Tour de France, taking place between 25 June and 19 July. The total race distance was 24 stages over . It was dominated by Bernard Hinault, who led the race from the sixth stage on, increasing h ...

, and finished third place in that year's overall classification. Alban was born in Saint-André-d'Huiriat.

Major results

;1976 :1st GP Plumelec ;1977 :2nd French National Cyclo-cross Championships ;1979 :19th Tour de France ;1980 :1st Quilan :2nd French National Cyclo-cross Championships :3rd Grand Prix de Mauléon-Moulin :3rd Cholet-Pays de Loire ;1981 :1st Beaulac-Bernos :1st Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan :1st Lescouet-Jugon :3rd Overall Tour de France ::1st Stage 18 ;1982 :1st GP des Herbiers :1st Stage 5 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré :3rd Grand Prix de Plumelec ;1983 :1st Lescouet-Jugon :5th Overall Tour de France :3rd Circuit de l'Aulne :3rd Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré

External links

* * 1952 births Living people French male cyclists French Tour de France stage winners Sportspeople from Ain Cyclists from Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes {{France-cycling-bio-1950s-stub