Dominique Arnould (born 19 November 1966 in Luxeuil-les-Bains in Haute-Saône, France) is a French former professional road, cyclo-cross and mountain bike cyclist. As a professional, the greatest wins in Arnould's career were the UCI Cyclo-Cross World Championships in 1993 and a stage win in the 1992 Tour de France. In addition Arnould was the Cyclo-Cross Champion of France five times between 1989 and 2003. He also raced professionally for the Giant mountain bike team, earning several top ten results at world championships in this discipline as well. He retired from professional cycling in 2004 and assumed the position of Directeur Sportif for the French ProTour cycling team , now known as .
Major results Road
1987 1st Overall Ronde de l'Isard 1988 4th Overall Tour du Limousin 9th Grand Prix de Wallonie 1989 9th Overall Étoile de Bessèges 9th Trophée des Grimpeurs 1990 6th Grand Prix d'Isbergues 1991 9th GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano 1992 1st Overall Giro di Puglia 1st Stage 2 1st Stage 1 Tour de France 2nd GP du canton d'Argovie 1993 1st Stage 2 Tour de l'Avenir 2nd Overall Grand Prix du Midi Libre 1994 2nd Bordeaux–Caudéran 7th Overall Four Days of Dunkirk
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
Grand Tour 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 Vuelta a España—————— Giro d'Italia2925———— Tour de France684881——DNF
+ Legend — Did not compete DNF Did not finish
Cyclo-cross
1986–1987 1st National Under-23 Championships 1988–1989 1st National Championships 1989–1990 2nd National Championships 1991–1992 2nd National Championships 1992–1993 1st UCI World Championships 1st National Championships 1993–1994 1st National Championships UCI World Cup 1st Saint-Herblain 1994–1995 1st Overall Coupe de France de cyclo-cross UCI World Cup 1st Wangen 1st Sablé-sur-Sarthe 1996–1997 3rd National Championships 1997–1998 2nd National Championships 1999–2000 1st Challenge de la France Cycliste 1, Dercy 2nd National Championships 2001–2002 1st National Championships 1st Challenge de la France Cycliste 3, Dangu 2002–2003 1st National Championships
External links
Official Tour de France results for Dominique Arnould