Laurent Jalabert

Quick Facts

Full Name	Laurent Jalabert
Occupation	Sport Cyclist
Date Of Birth	Nov 30, 1968(1968-11-30)
Age	56
Birthplace	Mazamet
Country	France
Birth City	Occitania
Horoscope	Scorpio

Laurent Jalabert Biography

Laurent Jalabert is one of the most popular and richest Sport Cyclist who was born on November 30, 1968 in Mazamet, Occitania, France. Laurent Jalabert (born 30 November 1968) is a French former professional road racing cyclist from 1989 until 2002.

Jalabert is known for his sporting generosity. In 1995’s Vuelta Jalabert allowed Bert Dietz of Telekom -who was in an unison breakaway for a number of miles — win the victory in the mountaintop stage in Sierra Nevada even though he was able to catch Dietz in the last kilometer. “I never thought we’d catch him, and when I saw he was ready to drop I felt sorry for him. I wanted to show it’s not true I’m trying to win it all. My goal is the Tour of Spain,” Jalabert stated.

He won several stages of the Tour de France, as a sprinter winning the points classification in the Tour de France twice and as a climber winning the mountains classification in the Tour de France twice. His wins on Bastille Day in Tour de France in 1995 and 2001 ensured him a place in the hearts of French fans.

He won the 1995 Vuelta a España along with the points and climbers’ competitions. He won the world time trial championship in 1997, and was French road champion in 1998, the year he initiated a pull-out of Spanish teams from the 1998 Tour de France in protest at treatment of riders in a police inquiry into drug-taking. This caused discontent among French fans and it took years for them to warm to him. He moved to CSC in 2001, where he won the stage on 14 July, the French national day, Bastille Day, in the 2001 Tour de France. Earlier in the year he had injured his back in a domestic accident. He retired in 2002 after winning the mountains classification in the Tour de France and going on a solo escape in the Pyrenees.

The catalyst was an accident near the end of stage 14 of the Tour de France stage in Armentieres. A policeman leaning out, and several riders slammed him. Jalabert was thrown in the air, and his bike was damaged. He suffered facial injuries and said to his wife that he would change his riding style. It took only a short time.

Laurent Jalabert Net Worth

Laurent Jalabert is one of the richest Sport Cyclist from France. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Laurent Jalabert 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He made his professional debut through his French Toshiba team back in the year 1989, and soon established himself as a spirited sprinter. He then joined his current Spanish ONCE team, under Manolo Saiz, and there the team reinvented him as an all-rounder who could win one-day races as well as the tours.

In the 1990s, he was a dominant force in Spanish stage races in the 1990s. Jalabert as well as Alex Zulle were a constant rival to other teams in the Vuelta a Espana, taking turns winning races as well as the overall championship as well as the point jersey. The strengths of ONCE and its domestiques, like Johan Bruyneel and Neil Stephens which allowed them to maintain control from beginning to end.

Besides Eddy Merckx and Tony Rominger, Jalabert is the only cyclist who has accomplished the trifecta at the grand tour level in the 1995 Vuelta a España, where he won the general, sprinters’ and climbers’ classifications.

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According to our records, Laurent Jalabert married to Sylvie Jalabert. As of December 1, 2023, Laurent Jalabert’s is not dating anyone.

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His name was on the list of doping tests published by the French Senate on 24 July 2013 that were collected during the 1998 Tour de France and found positive for EPO when retested in 2004.

Facts & Trivia

Laurent Ranked on the list of most popular Sport Cyclist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in France. Laurent Jalabert celebrates birthday on November 30 of every year.

His palmarès include Milan–San Remo in 1995 and the Giro di Lombardia in 1997. He also won La Flèche Wallonne in 1995 and 1997, and the Clásica de San Sebastián in 2001 and 2002. Absent from his palmares is the world cycling championship road race, although he was second in 1992 to Gianni Bugno of Italy. He also won an award as the most combative rider in the Tour de France in 2001 and 2002.