Christophe Rinero (born 29 December 1973 in Moissac) is a French former professional road racing cyclist. His sporting career began with CA Castelsarrazin. Rinero's greatest achievements have been to win the Tour de l'Avenir in 1998 and the King of the Mountains in the 1998 Tour de France. He retired at the end of 2008.
Career After riding for second and third division teams from 2002 to 2005 he returned to the UCI ProTour in 2006 to ride with . He renewed with for the 2007 season. Rinero went to the 2007 Tour de France as a domestique for Iban Mayo. He was the only French rider on their squad for the Tour. During stage 16 he was in the break of the day, he won the first intermediate sprint.
Rinero left after two seasons heading to for his final year as a professional cyclist.
Major results Sources:
1996 3rd Overall Tour de l'Ain 1st Stage 1 1998 1st Overall Tour de l'Avenir 1st Stages 7 & 9 1st Stage 1 Tour du Limousin 2nd Overall Grand Prix du Midi Libre 1st Stage 2 3rd Châteauroux Classic 4th Overall Tour de France 1st Mountains classification 6th GP Ouest–France 8th Route Adélie 2002 Tour du Limousin 1st Mountains classification 1st Stage 2 3rd Boucles de l'Aulne 8th Overall Tour de Picardie 2003 3rd Overall Tour de la Somme 5th Grand Prix de Wallonie 2004 8th Grand Prix de Wallonie 2005 2nd Overall Criterium des Espoirs 6th Grand Prix de Wallonie 7th GP de la Ville de Rennes 2008 10th Overall Rhône-Alpes Isère Tour
References
External links Profile at Saunier Duval-Prodir official website