Francis Moreau

Francis Moreau

Personal information
Full name	Francis Moreau
Born	(1965-07-21) 21 July 1965 (age 59) Saint-Quentin, France
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	77 kg (170 lb)
Team information
Discipline	Road & Track
Role	Rider
Amateur team
Veloclub Saint-Quentin
Professional teams
1989	Fagor-MBK
1990	Histor - Sigma
1991	Tonton Tapis - GB
1992	GB - MG Maglificio
1993–1996	GAN
1997–2000	Cofidis[1]
Medal record Men's track cycling Representing  France Olympic Games 1996 Atlanta Team pursuit World Championships 1991 Stuttgart Pursuit 1990 Maebashi Pursuit 1991 Stuttgart Points race 1994 Palermo Pursuit 1996 Manchester Team pursuit 1998 Bordeaux Pursuit 1999 Berlin Team Pursuit 1996 Manchester Pursuit

Francis Moreau (born 21 July 1965)^[2] is a French former professional racing cyclist from Saint-Quentin. He turned professional in 1989 and retired 12 years later at the end of 2000.^[3] A pursuit specialist, Moreau was a frequent medalist and the UCI Track Cycling World Championships, winning the pursuit in 1991. He was also part of the gold medal winning team at the 1996 Summer Olympics, who set a new Olympic record with a time of 4:05:930.

On the road, Moreau finished 132nd at the 1991 Tour de France and 113th in 1994 - despite the death of his father on 9 July; his father had said that he would not want his son to drop out in mourning.^[4] In 1995 he finished 5th in the Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan and came 9th in the 1996 Paris–Roubaix.