Laurent Jalabert
Laurent Jalabert (born 30 November 1968) is a French former professional road racing cyclist, from 1989 to 2002.
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| Full name | Laurent Jalabert | |||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Jaja Le panda | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 30 November 1968 Mazamet, France | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | |||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 66 kg (146 lb; 10 st 6 lb) | |||||||||||||||||
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| Current team | Retired | |||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Road | |||||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | |||||||||||||||||
| Rider type | All-rounder | |||||||||||||||||
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| 1987 | US Montauban | |||||||||||||||||
| 1988 | GSC Blagnac | |||||||||||||||||
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| 1989–1991 | Toshiba | |||||||||||||||||
| 1992–2000 | ONCE | |||||||||||||||||
| 2001–2002 | CSC–Tiscali | |||||||||||||||||
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Grand Tours
Stage races
Other
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Medal record
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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. With Alessandro Petacchi, Eddy Merckx, Djamolidine Abdoujaparov and Mark Cavendish, he is one of only five riders to win the points classification in all three grand tours.