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Laurent Jalabert

1968 - Today

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Laurent Jalabert (born 30 November 1968) is a French former professional road racing cyclist, from 1989 to 2002. Despite neither denying nor admitting using EPO in his notorious cycling teams throughout the 1990s, French Senate investigation proved his EPO use in 2013. Affectionately known as "Jaja" (slang for a glass of wine; when he continued drinking wine as a professional, the nickname stuck because of the similarity to his name), he won many one-day and stage races and was ranked number 1 in the world in 1995, 1996, 1997 and 1999. Although he never won the Tour de France, where he suffered altitude sickness, he won the Vuelta a España in 1995; as well as the leader's jersey, he won the sprinter's jersey and climber's jersey in the same race — only the third rider to have done this in a Grand Tour. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia. Laurent Jalabert is the 302nd most popular cyclist (down from 215th in 2024), the 4,959th most popular biography from France (down from 4,664th in 2019) and the 50th most popular French Cyclist.

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Among CYCLISTS

Among cyclists, Laurent Jalabert ranks 302 out of 1,613. Before him are Gregor Braun, Giuseppe Beghetto, Józef Lange, Victor Fontan, Ivan Basso, and Peder Pedersen. After him are August von Gödrich, Steven Rooks, Antonio Maspes, Pascal Richard, Óscar Freire, and Franciszek Szymczyk.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1968, Laurent Jalabert ranks 300. Before him are Jill Hennessy, Ol' Dirty Bastard, Claudio Suárez, Yang Xinhai, Junichi Masuda, and Sophie Okonedo. After him are Matteo Garrone, Jason Donovan, Pavel Kuka, Yasmine Bleeth, Rafael Alkorta, and Alexandre de Moraes.

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In France

Among people born in France, Laurent Jalabert ranks 4,958 out of 6,770. Before him are Bruno Gollnisch (1950), Patrick Fiori (1969), Annie Famose (1944), James Lighthill (1924), and Erick Mombaerts (1955). After him are Emmanuelle Bercot (1967), Henri Emmanuelli (1945), Marc Bouissou (1931), Dominique Bathenay (1954), Eddy Ottoz (1944), Claude Netter (1924), and Christian Poncelet (1928).

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Among CYCLISTS In France

Among cyclists born in France, Laurent Jalabert ranks 50. Before him are Serge Blusson (1928), Pierre Adam (1924), Maurice Moucheraud (1933), Fernand Decanali (1925), Pascal Hervé (1964), and Victor Fontan (1892). After him are Michel Vermeulin (1934), Jean Forestier (1930), Raymond Martin (1949), Jean-René Bernaudeau (1956), Charly Mottet (1962), and Julian Alaphilippe (1992).

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