Pascal Richard

Pascal Richard (born 16 March 1964) is a Swiss former racing cyclist. He is most notable as a former King of the Mountains winner at the Giro d'Italia and Olympic Games gold medalist. He won the Swiss National Road Race championship in 1989 and 1993.^[1]

Key Information

Richard at the 1998 Paris–Tours
Personal information
Full name	Pascal Richard
Born	(1964-03-16) 16 March 1964 (age 61) Vevey, Switzerland
Team information
Discipline	Cyclo-cross/Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	Climber
Professional teams
1985	Ferraroli–VCF Genève–Denti
1986	Kas
1987	Toshiba–Look
1988–1991	Helvetia–La Suisse
1992	Lotus–Festina
1993	Ariostea
1994–1996	GB-MG Maglificio
1997–1998	Casino
1999	Mobilvetta Design–Northwave
2000	Linda McCartney Foods
Major wins
Grand Tours Tour de France 2 individual stages (1989, 1996) Giro d'Italia Mountains classification (1994) 4 individual stages (1994, 1995, 1996) Stage races Tour de Romandie (1993, 1994) Tour de Suisse (1994) One-day races and Classics World Cyclo-cross Championships (1988) National Road Race Championships (1993) Olympic Road Race (1996) Giro di Lombardia (1993) Liège–Bastogne–Liège (1996)
Medal record Representing  Switzerland Men's road bicycle racing Olympic Games 1996 Atlanta Road race Men's cyclo-cross World Championships 1988 Hägendorf Elite race 1986 Lembeek Elite race
Representing  Switzerland
Men's road bicycle racing
Olympic Games
	1996 Atlanta	Road race
Men's cyclo-cross
World Championships
	1988 Hägendorf	Elite race
	1986 Lembeek	Elite race
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Richard was born in Vevey. At the start of his career, he was a successful cyclo-cross cyclist, becoming world champion in this discipline in 1988. Later on, he switched to road-cycling, and showed a considerable talent for climbing. He won the classics Giro di Lombardia in 1993 and Liège–Bastogne–Liège in 1996. In 1996 he also gained Olympic gold after winning a sprint in a successful three-man breakaway in the men's road race.

He won the "King of the Mountains" jersey in the 1994 Giro d'Italia and Stage 12 of the 1996 Tour de France; he captured the overall titles in the 1994 Tour de Suisse and the 1993 and 1994 Tour de Romandie.

Grand Tour	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000
Giro d'Italia	—	—	—	—	56	—	15	13	DNF	—	DNF	55	DNF
Tour de France	DNF	23	DNF	49	DNF	—	—	—	47	—	—	—	—
Vuelta a España	—	—	—	—	DNF	—	—	—	—	34	—	—	—

• Pascal Richard at Cycling Archives
• Pascal Richard at ProCyclingStats
• Pascal Richard at CycleBase
• Pascal Richard at Olympedia