Jean-Christophe Péraud (born 22 May 1977) is a retired French cyclist who rode for and during his professional career. He was a member of the French team at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics.
Career Péraud was European cross-country champion in 2005 and world team champion in 2008. Competing at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing he won the silver medal in the cross-country race. In June 2009 he became the surprise winner of the French National Time Trial Championships.Mountain bike star upsets roadies in French TT champs This led to him being signed by UCI ProTour team for the 2010 season, to increase its time-trialing presence in stage races.
In 2011, Péraud achieved 6th place overall at the Critérium International and ninth place overall in the Tour de France. He crashed out in the final week of the 2013 Tour de France during the time trial, falling in a slippery late-apex corner, in the same spot his family had gathered to cheer him on, with less than two kilometers to go, riding with a non-displaced fractured collarbone sustained in a prior crash the very same morning. Péraud had again been placed ninth on the general classification before the incident. According to cyclingnews.com, Péraud responded in a composed manner concerning the incident:Cyclingnews: Peraud crashes out of Tour de France, july 2013
"I didn't feel that I was taking too many risks, I was descending as I know how but I was surprised by the corner. It's part of sport. I'm okay and it's only a broken collarbone. It will be a relief to get home, and we'll think about my next objective when my body recovers."
In 2014, Péraud won the Critérium International in March. He also recorded top-five finishes in Tirreno–Adriatico, the Volta ao Algarve, and the Tour of the Basque Country. Péraud followed this up with a strong performance in the Tour de France, where he finished in second place in the final general classification, behind Vincenzo Nibali and ahead of Thibaut Pinot. He and Pinot became the first Frenchmen to finish in the top three overall in the Tour de France since Richard Virenque finished as runner-up overall in 1997. It was the first time in 30 years that two Frenchmen finished in the top three overall in the Tour de France – Laurent Fignon (winner) and Bernard Hinault (runner-up) finished in the top two overall in 1984.
In 2015, Péraud repeated his victory on the 2.HC Critérium International by winning the last stage finishing atop the Col de l'Ospedale. He won the general classification with a gap of ten seconds to fellow Frenchman Thibaut Pinot. Following his victory, Péraud stated "At the start, I thought that I would help Alexis Vuillermoz. But I attacked and I found myself alone. This victory is important after hard times and two surgeries this winter."
Major results Mountain bike
2003 1st Roc d'Azur 2005 1st Cross-country, UEC European Championships 2nd Cross-country, National Championships 2007 1st Roc d'Azur 3rd Cross-country, National Championships 2008 1st Team relay, UCI World Championships 1st Team relay, UEC European Championships 2nd Cross-country, Olympic Games 2nd Cross-country, National Championships UCI Cross-country World Cup 3rd Madrid 2009 UCI Cross-country World Cup 3rd Offenburg
Road
2006 1st Les Boucles du Sud-Ardèche 2008 1st Road race, National Amateur Championships 2009 1st Time trial, National Championships 2nd Chrono des Nations 2010 4th Overall Tour of the Basque Country 9th Overall Paris–Nice 2011 2nd Overall Tour Méditerranéen 4th Overall Tour du Poitou-Charentes 6th Overall Paris–Nice 6th Overall Critérium International 7th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné 7th Overall Tour of Beijing 8th Overall Tour de l'Ain 9th Overall Tour de France 10th Tour du Doubs 2012 4th Overall Tour du Poitou-Charentes 7th Overall Tour of the Basque Country 2013 2nd Overall Tour Méditerranéen 1st Stage 4 3rd Overall Paris–Nice 5th Overall Critérium International 6th Overall Tour de Romandie 2014 1st Overall Critérium International 2nd Overall Tour de France 2nd Overall Tour Méditerranéen 1st Stage 5 3rd Overall Tour of the Basque Country 4th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico 5th Overall Tour de l'Ain 10th UCI World Tour 2015 1st Overall Critérium International 1st Stage 3 8th Boucles de l'Aulne 2016 9th Overall Giro del Trentino
General classification results timeline Grand Tour general classification results Grand Tour 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 Giro d'Italia — — — — — — DNF Tour de France —9 44 DNF2 61 — Vuelta a España39 — — — — — 13Major stage race general classification results Race 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 Paris–Nice86 903 — DNF — Tirreno–Adriatico — — — —4 — 24 Volta a CatalunyaDid not contest during career Tour of the Basque Country4 607 173 16 — Tour de Romandie DNF 40 966 32 31 — Critérium du Dauphiné DNF7 68 — 37 31 — Tour de Suisse — — — 13 — — 56
+ Legend — Did not compete DNF Did not finish
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