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Laurent Lefèvre

Key Stats

Nationality: French
Born: April 29, 1972
Hometown: Maubeuge, France
Height: 5-foot-9
Weight: 139 pounds
Strengths: all-rounder, experience
Turned Pro: 1997

Palmares

Career Highlights:

2007
2nd overall, Four Days of Dunkirk
3rd, stage 19, Tour de France

2006
8th overall, Tour de Langkawi

2003
1st, stage 1, Dauphiné Libéré
1st overall, Tour of Bavaria

2002
1st, Grand Prix de Villers Cotterêts
1st, A Travers le Morbihan

Biography

Known for his witty sense of humor, Lefèvre is one of the captains of the young team. He bounced around between Festina, Cofidis and Jean Delatour before settling in comfortably with the earlier incarnations of Bouygues in 2002.