Roger Legeay (born 8 August 1949, Beaufay[1]) is a French former professional racing cyclist and cycling team manager.
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Roger Legeay |
| Born | August 8, 1949 Beaufay, France |
| Team information | |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider & Manager |
| Professional teams | |
| 1973 | Flandria–Carpenter |
| 1974 | Maniglace–Juaneda |
| 1975 | Jobo–Wolber |
| 1976–1978 | Lejeune–BP |
| 1979–1981 | Peugeot–Esso–Michelin |
| 1982 | Peugeot–Shell–Michelin |
Biography
editLegeay was the manager of the Peugeot cycling team in its final year of existence in 1986. In 1987, he created the Vétements Z–Peugeot team as a continuation of the Peugeot cycling team, which he managed until 2008. During its existence, due to changes in sponsorship, the team was renamed Z–Peugeot (1988–89), Z–Tomasso (1990), Z (1991–92), GAN (1993–96) and Crédit Agricole (1997–2008). Legeay's team is best remembered for being the team which the American cyclist Greg LeMond rode for when he won the Tour de France in 1990.
He managed also Pascal Simon, Stephen Roche, Ronan Pensec, Cédric Vasseur, Gilbert Duclos-Lassalle, Frédéric Moncassin, Stéphane Heulot, Chris Boardman, Thor Hushovd, Stuart O'Grady.
The team disbanded at the end of the 2008 season when Crédit Agricole ended their sponsorship. He was vice-president of the French Cycling Federation too.
Legeay finished 84th in the 1980 Tour de France and during the 1976 Tour de France he finished 35th and was given the Combativity Award on two stages.
Doping
editIn 1974, Legeay tested positive for amphetamines at the Paris–Nice "race to the sun".[2]
In 2007 Legeay was involved in the founding of the Mouvement pour un cyclisme crédible, an organisation of teams and others involved in cycle racing promoting more rigorous standards regarding combating doping in the peloton. He became the movement's president and continued in this role after the disbanding of the Crédit Agricole team.[3]
Major results
edit- 1976
- 2nd Brette-les-Pins
- 3rd General Classification Quatre jours de Dunkerque
- 2nd Vailly-sur-Sauldre
- 3rd Vendôme
- 1977
- 2nd GP Ouest France
- 2nd Neufchâtel-en-Bray
- 3rd Stage 5, Tour de Suisse, Fiesch
- 3rd Le Quillo
- 1978
- 2nd Camors
- 2nd Chauffailles
- 1st Fougères
- 2nd GP de Mauléon Moulins
- 3rd GP des Herbiers
- 2nd Lannion
- 2nd Neufchâtel-en-Bray
- 1st Stage 4, Tour de Romandie, Montreux
- 1st Stage 2, Circuit de la Sarthe
- 1979
- 3rd Camors
- 3rd Châteauroux – Classic de l'Indre
- 2nd Plessala, Plessala
- 1st Agon-Coutainville
- 1980
- 1st Cholet-Pays de Loire
- 2nd Circuit des genêts verts
- 1st GP de Mauléon Moulins
- 3rd Ploërdut
- 2nd Tour de Vendée
- 2nd stage 1, Circuit de la Sarthe
- 1st Stage 3, Circuit de la Sarthe
- 2nd Maël-Pestivien
- 1st Josselin
- 2nd Changé
- 1981
- 1st Cholet-Pays de Loire
- 1st GP de Mauléon Moulins
- 1st Lisieux, Criterium, Lisieux
- 2nd Chateau-Chinon
- 2nd Pointe-à-Pitre
- 1982
- 1st Rouen
- 2nd Joeuf
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Roger Legeay at Cycling Archives (archived)
- ^ Cycling Fans - Database of Doping - Legeay, Roger[permanent dead link]
- ^ Brown, Gregor (16 November 2012). "Roger Legeay's MPCC is gaining momentum in the wake of the Armstrong Affair". VeloNews. Retrieved 18 October 2014.