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Luc Alphand (born in Briançon, France, August 6, 1965) is a French Occitan former alpine skier, who is now a race car driver. Briançon is a town and commune in the French départment of Hautes-Alpes (Provence-Alpes-Côte dAzur), of which it is the sous-préfecture. ...
August 6 is the 218th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (219th in leap years), with 147 days remaining. ...
1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ...
Occitania refers to the lands where the Occitan language is spoken. ...
Alpine skiing (or downhill skiing) is a recreational activity and sport involving sliding down snow-covered hills with long, thin skis attached to each foot. ...
Auto racing (also known as automobile racing, autosport or motorsport) is a sport involving racing automobiles. ...
Alphand made his World Cup skiing debut in 1984. In 1997, he won the World Cup. He retired in 1997 and started a career in auto racing. First in the Nissan Micra Stars Cup (1997-1998), then in the European Le Mans Series (2001), the FIA GT Championship (2002), and the Lamborghini Supertrophy (2002). He won the 2006 Dakar Rally, in which he had finished runner-up a year earlier. With this victory, he was the first ex ski driver who won the Paris-Dakar. He recently paid $1M for a Corvette C5-R from Pratt & Miller in Detroit to enter the 2006 Le Mans series. 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
See also: 1996 in sports, other events of 1997, 1998 in sports and the list of years in sports. // Auto Racing Stock car racing: Jeff Gordon is the youngest driver ever to win the Daytona 500 on February 16 NASCAR Championship - Jeff Gordon Indy Racing League - Indianapolis 500 - Arie Luyendyk...
The alpine skiing World Cup is a circuit of alpine skiing competitions regulated by the FIS. Held at ski resorts across Europe and Scandanavia, south-east Asia, Australia and New Zealand, the continental US, and Canada, competitors compete to achieve the best time in four disciplines: Slalom, Giant Slalom, Super...
The Nissan Micra is a supermini produced by the Japanese automaker Nissan Motors since 1982. ...
The Le Mans Endurance Series or LMES is a European sports car racing series created as a support series to the famed 24 Hours of Le Mans race. ...
The FIA GT Championship is a sports car motorsport series organized by the Stéphane Ratel Organisations (SRO) at the behest of the Fédération Internationale de lAutomobile (FIA). ...
A support truck during the 2004 Dakar The Dakar Rally (or simply The Dakar; formerly known as The Paris Dakar Rally) is an annual off-road race, organised by the Amaury Sport Organisation. ...
Palmares
- World Alpine Skiing Championships
- Bronze medal of the downhill in 1996
- Junior World Champion of the downhill in 1983
- World Cup
- World Cup (overall title) in 1997
- World Cup downhill title in 1995, 1996, 1997
- World Cup Super G title in 1997
- Winner of 12 World Cup races (10 downhill, 2 Super G)
- French Alpine Skiing Championship
- Champion of the downhill in 1985, 1987, 1989, 1990 and 1994
- Champion of the super-G in 1988
- Champion of combined in 1987
The alpine skiing World Cup is a circuit of alpine skiing competitions regulated by the FIS. Held at ski resorts across Europe and Scandanavia, south-east Asia, Australia and New Zealand, the continental US, and Canada, competitors compete to achieve the best time in four disciplines: Slalom, Giant Slalom, Super...
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