Christophe Capelle (born 15 August 1967) is a French former racing cyclist.
Capelle won a gold medal for France in the 4000-meter team pursuit at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, riding alongside Philippe Ermenault, Jean-Michel Monin, and Francis Moreau.Wallechinsky, David. The Complete Book of the Summer Olympics: Sydney 2000 Edition, p. 365. Overlook Press, Woodstock, N.Y., 2000. . In 2000, he represented France in the points raceCNNSI.com. "2000 Olympic Results - Track Cycling: Points race". 22 September 2000. Retrieved on 17 July 2013. and Madison events,CNNSI.com. "2000 Olympic Result - Cycling: Track: Madison". 30 September 2000. Retrieved on 17 July 2013. finishing outside the medals in both events. Capelle also competed in the Olympic road race, but failed to finish.ESPN.com. "Summer Olympics 2000 Results - Cycling". 27 September 2000. Retrieved on 17 July 2013.
Capelle also raced for the Big Mat–Auber 93 team at the 1999 Tour de France, completing the race in 115th place.CyclingNews.com. "Tour de France, Stage 20, Arpajon - Paris Champs-Elysées, 160 km". 25 July 1999. Retrieved on 17 July 2013.
Career achievements Major results
1988 3rd Bordeaux-Caudéran 3rd Grand Prix de France 1990 1st Overall Hessen-Rundfahrt 7th Overall Tour du Limousin 1991 1st Stage 7 Tour Méditerranéen 4th Paris–Brussels 7th Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne 10th Dwars door België 1992 2nd Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne 8th Overall Paris–Bourges 1993 6th Overall 4 Jours de Dunkerque 7th Paris–Camembert 8th Road race, National Road Championships 1994 3rd Overall Tour d'Armorique 3rd Road race, National Road Championships 5th Circuit des Frontières 1995 1st Stage 3 Circuit Cycliste Sarthe 1st Stage 4 Tour du Limousin 4th Tour de Vendée 5th Classic Haribo 6th Paris–Brussels 1996 1st Stage 1 Critérium International 1st Stage 2a Tour de Picardie 4th Tour du Haut Var 1997 6th Classic Haribo 1998 1st Stage 7 Paris–Nice 10th Dwars door België 2000 1st Road race, National Road Championships 1st Bordeaux-Caudéran 2001 4th GP de Denain 7th GP de Villers-Cotterêts 2002 7th Overall Tour of Qatar
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
Grand Tour 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Giro d'ItaliaDNF106————————— Tour de France——115DNFDNFDNF——115—123 Vuelta a España———————DNF———
+ LegendDSQ DisqualifiedDNF Did not finish
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