Laurent Jalabert

Laurent Jalabert
Jalabert at the 1993 Tour de France
Personal information
Full nameLaurent Jalabert
NicknameJaja
Le panda
Born (1968-11-30) 30 November 1968 (age 55)
Mazamet, France
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9+12 in)
Weight66 kg (146 lb; 10 st 6 lb)
Team information
Current teamRetired
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeAll-rounder
Amateur teams
1987US Montauban
1988GSC Blagnac
Professional teams
1989–1991Toshiba
1992–2000ONCE
2001–2002CSC–Tiscali
Major wins
Grand Tours
Tour de France
Points classification (1992, 1995)
Mountains classification (2001, 2002)
Combativity award (2001, 2002)
4 individual stages
Giro d'Italia
Points classification (1999)
3 individual stages
Vuelta a España
General classification (1995)
Points classification (19941997)
Mountains classification (1995)
18 individual stages

Stage races

Paris–Nice (1995, 1996, 1997)
Volta a Catalunya (1995)
Critérium International (1995)
Vuelta a Burgos (1997)
Tour de Romandie (1999)
Tour of the Basque Country (1999)

One-day races and Classics

World Time Trial Championships (1997)
National Road Race Championships (1998)
Milan–San Remo (1995)
La Flèche Wallonne (1995, 1997)
Giro di Lombardia (1997)
Milano–Torino (1997)
Clásica de San Sebastián (2001, 2002)

Other

UCI Road World Rankings
(1995, 1996, 1997, 1999)
Vélo d'Or (1995)
Medal record
Representing  France
Men's road bicycle racing
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1997 San Sebastián Elite Men's Time Trial
Silver medal – second place 1992 Benidorm Elite Men's Road Race

Laurent Jalabert (born 30 November 1968) is a French former professional road racing cyclist, from 1989 to 2002.

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.