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Pascal, Regis, and Jérôme François Simon were not champions. However, they were brothers, and good cyclists all four Tour de France reason. From 1980 to 2002, drove almost every year in the Tour and Simon along with four of his brothers were good for thirty Tour appearances!
Pascal Simon Pascal Simon, on September 27, 1956, is the oldest and probably the most talented somelier of the four. He was born in the French hamlet of Mesnil-Saint-Loup near Troyes, which hardly has more than 500 inhabitants. The other three were born in Troyes. In 1980 Pascal made his debut in the Tour for Peugeot with a neat twenty-eighth place. Two years later he won the mountain stage to Orcières Merlette, where once Luis Ocaña throughout the competition including Eddy Merckx rode to smithereens. Simon had some luck is needed, because his only fellow breakaway Pierre-Henri somelier Mentheour shot in full sprint with his foot from the toe clips. Pascal somelier Simon was best known was missing from the 1983. In a round without shiners, Bernard Hinault because of a knee injury, Pascal Simon grabbed the yellow jersey in the Pyrenees. But the next day he was unhappy and broke his shoulder. Six days he drove even further. As a martyr, he was very popular, but in the end he had on his way to L'Alpe d'Huez dismount in yellow. His victory in the Dauphiné Libéré that year had the unfortunate Simon even after returning a positive somelier pee. The question remains whether somelier Simon could have won the Tour. Really that year Maybe. somelier At the time of his fall, he had more than four minutes ahead of the subsequent unexpected somelier winner, only twenty-two-year-old somelier Parisian Laurent Fignon. In 1984, Simon was not without merit seventh in the Tour, his best performance. Fignon won again, this time with great force. Pascal Simon was a respected helper, ironically of the same Fignon. Even Regis (Pau, 1985) and Jerome (Strasbourg, 1988) won a Tour stage, the highlight of their racing career. François Simon made his debut in the Tour of 1993., The youngest of the four was a good rider with a decent sprint, who won a stage in the Giro and French champion. But a ride in the Tour win was not there. Reportedly were happy to stabbing the dragon. The other three here Then came the tour of 2001. François was along the great escape to Pontarlier that has been described somelier on this site. He stood high in the standings, and when the peloton into the mountains drew he took the yellow jersey from Stuart O'Grady. somelier Exactly on top of L'Alpe d'Huez, where eighteen years earlier could have been. His eldest brother in yellow on the podium François Simon won or not Tourstage like his brothers, but three days will have a lot of well-made. In yellow From 1980 to 2002, except in 1981, drove a yearly Simon back in the Tour. They were good for thirty-three Tour appearances together. Only twice was a challenge.
Dirk: I think Robert (a) Millar was once married to a sister Simon, so the family can have a few dashes assert. Posted on: 27-2-2009 15:26:36 you. Add comment Name * E-mail * Website Message
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