Régis Clère (15 August 1956 – 9 June 2012) 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 ...

. Clère was born in

Langres Langres () is a commune in northeastern France. It is a subprefecture of the department of Haute-Marne, in the region of Grand Est. History As the capital of the Romanized Gallic tribe known as the Lingones, it was called Andematunnum, then L ...

. During his career, he won three stages in 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 ...

. He won one of these stages, in the

1987 Tour de France The 1987 Tour de France was the 74th edition of the Tour de France, taking place from 1 to 26 July. It consisted of 25 stages over . It was the closest three-way finish in the Tour until the 2007 Tour de France, among the closest overall races ...

, after he was almost eliminated after finishing outside the time limit in the previous stage, but the Tour de France jury allowed him to continue the race. He also competed in the individual road race event at the

1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyskiye igry 1980), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad (russian: Игры XXII Олимпиады, Igry XXII Olimpiady) and commo ...

. Clère died, aged 55, in

Dijon Dijon (, , ) (dated) * it, Digione * la, Diviō or * lmo, Digion is the prefecture of the Côte-d'Or department and of the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in northeastern France. the commune had a population of 156,920. The earl ...

during a surgical procedure.

Major results

;1981 :Langres :

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 ...

::Winner prologue and stage 15B :Les Ormes ;1982 :Lamballe : National Road Race Championship :Prix de Villeneuve d'Ascq :

: ::Winner Combativity award ;1983 :

: ::Winner stage 11 ;1987 :Meymac :Route du Berry/Trophée Sitram : Tour Midi-Pyrénées :

: ::Winner stages 16 and 23

References

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Official Tour de France results for Régis Clère
1956 births 2012 deaths People from Langres French male cyclists French Tour de France stage winners French Vuelta a España stage winners Olympic cyclists of France Cyclists at the 1980 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Haute-Marne Cyclists from Grand Est {{France-cycling-bio-1950s-stub