Clément Lhotellerie (born 19 March 1986) is a French former professional road racing cyclist.
Career Born in Charleville-Mézières, Ardennes, Lhotellerie was an accomplished mountain-biker and cyclo-cross rider before switching to the road. He had won the French cyclo-cross championships in Juniors and U23 categories. He turned professional for cycling team in 2007. In early 2008 he finished second in the first stage and the overall classification of Vuelta a Andalucía. He later won the Mountains classification of Paris–Nice and also finished second in the third stage and eleventh in the overall classification.Lhôtellerie: France's next climbing sensation
Lhotellerie returned to the amateur ranks in 2014, with Team Peltrax-CS Dammarie-lès-Lys.
Doping On 2 July 2009 his team announced that he had tested positive for methylhexanamine, which Lhotellerie claimed was from contaminated geranium oil.Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team and Clément Lhotellerie part ways
Major results Source:
2003 1st Junior race, National Cyclo-cross Championships 2004 1st Junior race, National Cyclo-cross Championships 3rd Junior race, UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships 3rd Junior race, UEC European Cyclo-cross Championships 2006 1st Under-23 race, National Cyclo-cross Championships 1st Overall Circuit de Saône-et-Loire 2007 1st Mountains classification 3-Länder-Tour 4th Overall Tour du Limousin 9th Overall Niedersachsen-Rundfahrt 2008 1st Mountains classification Paris–Nice 1st Stage 1b (TTT) Brixia Tour 2nd Overall Vuelta a Andalucía 2nd Overall Four Days of Dunkirk 2012 1st Flèche Ardennaise 2013 3rd Omloop Het Nieuwsblad U23 5th Overall Boucle de l'Artois 6th Circuit de Wallonie 10th Flèche Ardennaise 2015 1st National Cyclo-cross Championships
References
External links
Palmares on CyclingBase (French)