1. Florent Brard was born on 7 February 1976 and is a French former road bicycle racer.
12 Facts About Florent Brard
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Florent Brard won three national championships, including the professional road race.
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Florent Brard became a professional in 1999 and stopped racing in November 2009 after not finding a place in a team.
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Florent Brard's father bought two copies of cycling magazines, one to read and the other to save, untouched.
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Florent Brard raced as an amateur as a member of the Cercle Paul-Bert in the Tours region of France.
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Florent Brard won the national youth pursuit championship in 1992 and 1993 and the junior pursuit in 1994.
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Florent Brard tried professional racing as a stagiaire, or apprentice, with the Francaise des Jeux team in 1997, riding at the Elite 2 level.
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Florent Brard did not finish the Tour de France, falling during the penultimate stage.
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Florent Brard was prescribed corticoid to recover from a crash in the Grand Prix du Midi Libre.
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Florent Brard was suspended for nine months by the Federation Francaise de Cyclisme.
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Florent Brard rode then for Belgian teams because, he said, Roger Legeay, his former boss at Credit Agricole, was president of AC2000.
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Florent Brard is married to Nathalie, with whom he has two daughters.