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Dominique Arnould
Dominique Arnould (born 19 November 1966 in Luxeuil-les-Bains in Haute-Saône, France) is a French former professional road, cyclo-cross and mountain bike cyclist. As a professional, the greatest wins in Arnould's career were the UCI Cyclo-Cross World Championships in 1993 and a stage win in the 1992 Tour de France. In addition Arnould was the Cyclo-Cross Champion of France five times between 1989 and 2003. He also raced professionally for the Giant mountain bike team, earning several top ten results at world championships in this discipline as well. He retired from professional cycling in 2004 and assumed the position of Directeur Sportif for the French ProTour cycling team Bouygues Télécom, now known as Team TotalEnergies.
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| Full name | Dominique Arnould | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 19 November 1966 Luxeuil-les-Bains, France | ||||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||||
| Current team | Team TotalEnergies | ||||||||||||||
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| Professional teams | |||||||||||||||
| 1988–1989 | Toshiba–Look | ||||||||||||||
| 1990–1994 | Castorama | ||||||||||||||
| 1995 | Le Groupement | ||||||||||||||
| 1995 | CSM Persan–Bic | ||||||||||||||
| 1996 | Force Sud | ||||||||||||||
| 1996 | Agrigel–La Creuse–Fenioux | ||||||||||||||
| 1997 | ProFlex–Mastercard | ||||||||||||||
| Managerial team | |||||||||||||||
| 2005– | Bouygues Télécom | ||||||||||||||
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| 1993 World Championship cyclo-cross | |||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Major results edit
Road edit
- 1987
- 1st Overall Ronde de l'Isard
- 1988
- 4th Overall Tour du Limousin
- 9th Grand Prix de Wallonie
- 1989
- 9th Overall Étoile de Bessèges
- 9th Trophée des Grimpeurs
- 1990
- 6th Grand Prix d'Isbergues
- 1991
- 9th GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano
- 1992
- 1st Overall Giro di Puglia
- 1st Stage 2
- 1st Stage 1 Tour de France
- 2nd GP du canton d'Argovie
- 1993
- 1st Stage 2 Tour de l'Avenir
- 2nd Overall Grand Prix du Midi Libre
- 1994
- 2nd Bordeaux–Caudéran
- 7th Overall Four Days of Dunkirk
Grand Tour general classification results timeline edit
| Grand Tour | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 |
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| Vuelta a España | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Giro d'Italia | 29 | 25 | — | — | — | — |
| Tour de France | 68 | 48 | 81 | — | — | DNF |
| — | Did not compete |
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| DNF | Did not finish |
Cyclo-cross edit
- 1986–1987
- 1st National Under-23 Championships
- 1988–1989
- 1st National Championships
- 1989–1990
- 2nd National Championships
- 1991–1992
- 2nd National Championships
- 1992–1993
- 1st UCI World Championships
- 1st National Championships
- 1993–1994
- 1st National Championships
- UCI World Cup
- 1st Saint-Herblain
- 1994–1995
- 1st Overall Coupe de France de cyclo-cross
- UCI World Cup
- 1st Wangen
- 1st Sablé-sur-Sarthe
- 1996–1997
- 3rd National Championships
- 1997–1998
- 2nd National Championships
- 1999–2000
- 1st Challenge de la France Cycliste 1, Dercy
- 2nd National Championships
- 2001–2002
- 1st National Championships
- 1st Challenge de la France Cycliste 3, Dangu
- 2002–2003
- 1st National Championships
External links edit
- Dominique Arnould at Cycling Archives