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Charly Mottet 
Personal information Full name Charly Mottet Nickname Petit Charly Born 16 December 1962
Valence, Drôme, FranceTeam information Current team Retired Discipline Road Role Rider Rider type Allround Professional team(s) 1983-1985
1986-1988
1989-1992
1993-1994Renault
Systeme U
RMO
NovemailMajor wins Tour de France, 3 stages
Vuelta a España, 2 stages
Giro d'Italia, 1 stage
Tour de Romandie (1990)
Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré (1987, 1989, 1992)
Giro di Lombardia (1988)
Züri-Metzgete (1990)Medal recordCompetitor for 
FranceRoad bicycle racing World Championships Silver 1986 Colorado Springs Elite Men's Road Race Infobox last updated on
21 August 2007Charly Mottet (born 16 December 1962 in Valence, Drôme) is a French former professional cyclist (1983 to 1994).
He was one of the best French road cyclists of his era, Mottet won a total of 67 races, including the Tour de Romandie in 1990, and has 8 participations in the Tour de France. His best results in the Tour de France were the 4th positions in 1987 and 1991. He has 3 stage wins, 1 in 1990 (Stage 15 : Millau - Revel) and 2 in 1991 (Stage 11 : Quimper - Saint-Herblain and Stage 12 : Pau - Jaca). He also finished 2nd on the podium of the 1990 Giro d'Italia.
During his professional cycling career, Mottet had a reputation within the peloton as being a totally clean rider who never used performance enhancing drugs.[1][2]
Palmarès
- 1984
- Liedekerkse Pijl
- Giro d'Italia:
Winner young rider classification
- Tour de l'Avenir
- 1985
- Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise
- Tour du Haut Var
- Grand Prix des Nations
- Giro del Piemonte
- Duo Normand (with Thierry Marie)
- 1986
- Breuillet
- Grand Prix Eddy Merckx
- Vuelta a España:
- Winner stages 9 and 11
- 1987
- Chateauroux - Limoges
- Critérium des As
- Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
- GP de Vannes
- Montreuil
- Quilan
- Tour du Limousin
- Grand Prix des Nations
- Six-Days of Grenoble (with Bernard Vallet)
- Tour de France:
- 4th place overall classification
- 1988
- Giro del Lazio
- Grand Prix des Nations
- Giro di Lombardia
- Six-Days of Grenoble (with Roman Hermann)
- 1989
- Boucles de l'Aulne
- Châteaulin
- Giro del Lazio
- Four Days of Dunkirk
- Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
- Six Days of Paris (with Etienne De Wilde)
- Tour de France:
- 6th place overall classification
- 1990
- Tour de Romandie
- Züri-Metzgete
- Four Days of Dunkirk
- Tour de France:
- Winner stage 15
- Giro d'Italia:
- Winner stage 16
- 2nd place overall classification
- 1991
- Classique des Alpes
- Tour de France:
- 4th place overall classification
- Winner stages 11 and 12
- 1992
- Coppa Bernocchi
- Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
- 1993
- Tour du Limousin
- Tour Méditerranéen
- 1994
- Route du Sud
External links
- Charly Mottet profile at Cycling Archives
- Official Tour de France results for Charly Mottet
References
- ^ http://www.newstrot.com/node/5073 Greg Lemond on doping practices from 1990 (french)
- ^ Extract from 'Massacre a la Chaine' by Willy Voet
Categories:- 1962 births
- Living people
- People from Valence
- French cyclists
- French Tour de France stage winners
- French Giro d'Italia stage winners
- French Vuelta a España stage winners
- French cycling biography stubs
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