Charly Mottet

Charly Mottet is a French former professional road cyclist, born on 16 December 1962 in Valence in the Drôme department, who raced as a professional from 1983 to 1994 and was counted among the best French road riders of his era. He won 67 races in all, among them the Tour de Romandie in 1990. He started the Tour de France eight times, finishing fourth overall in both 1987 and 1991, and took three stage wins there, one in 1990 and two in 1991. He also placed second in the 1990 Giro d'Italia. He was known in the peloton as a rider who never used performance-enhancing drugs, and he held the number one place in the FICP world ranking in May and August 1989. After retiring he worked in race organisation, including fourteen years at the Criterium du Dauphiné, and he later became sports manager of the Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec and the Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal. He also served as a selector for the French national team and as a technical delegate for the UCI at two Olympic Games.