Christopher Rougier-Lagane (born 24 September 1998) is a Mauritian cyclist, who rides for Mauritian club team Team MCB.[1][2] He has won the Mauritian national time trial championships five times, and has competed at the 2018 and 2022 Commonwealth Games.
 At the 2024 Summer Olympics | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Christopher Rougier-Lagane |
| Born | 24 September 1998 Curepipe, Mauritius |
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) |
| Weight | 69 kg (152 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Team MCB |
| Disciplines | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Amateur teams | |
| 2017 | World Cycling Centre |
| 2018 | Team MCB |
| 2018 | Team Fybolia-Locminé Auto |
| 2019–2020 | VC Villefranche Beaujolais |
| 2020–2023 | Faucon Flacq SC–KFC |
| 2021 | Team MCB |
| 2024– | Team MCB |
Career
editIn 2015 Rougier-Lagane went to France for the third consecutive year as a junior to race as part of a development squad.[3] At the national hill climb championships Rougier-Lagane won the overall posting a quicker time than everyone in every category.[4] While riding the Tour Antenne Réunion, in 2022, he fell sick and went from first overall to seven minutes down in stage three. he eventually abandoned before Stage 6.[5] In 2022 Rougier-Lagane won the Tour de Maurice for the second time.[6]
His first UCI podium other than the national championships came in 2023 where he placed third overall in La Tropicale Amissa Bongo.[7] In 2024, he finished third overall and won the final stage of the Tour d'Algérie.
Major results
edit- 2015
- National Junior Road Championships
- 1st
Road race - 1st Time trial
- 1st
- 2016
- National Junior Road Championships
- 1st Road race
- 1st Time trial
- 1st
- African Junior Road Championships
- 2nd
Road race - 2nd Time trial
- 2nd
- 2nd Overall Tour de Maurice
- 2017
- 1st Time trial, National Road Championships
- 1st Overall Tour Cycliste Antenne Réunion
- 2018
- National Road Championships
- 1st Time trial
- 2nd Road race
- 1st
- 1st Overall Tour Cycliste Antenne Réunion
- 1st Stages 4 & 7 (ITT)
- 2nd Overall Tour de Maurice
- 4th Overall Tour de Limpopo
- 2019
- 1st Time trial, National Road Championships
- Indian Ocean Island Games
- 1st
Team time trial - 2nd
Time trial - 3rd
Road race
- 1st
- 3rd Overall Tour de Maurice
- 1st Prologue (TTT) & Stage 5
- 2020
- 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
- 2021
- 1st Time trial, National Road Championships
- 1st Overall Tour de Maurice
- 1st Stages 2, 3, 4 (ITT) & 6
- 2022
- 1st
Mixed relay TTT, African Road Championships - National Road Championships
- 1st Time trial
- 5th Road race
- 1st
- 1st Overall Tour de Maurice
- 1st Stages 2, 3 (ITT) & 5
- 2023
- National Road Championships
- 1st Road race
- 1st Time trial
- 1st
- African Road Championships
- 1st Mixed relay TTT
- 4th Time trial
- 6th Road race
- 1st
- Indian Ocean Island Games
- 1st Road race
- 1st Team time trial
- 4th Time trial
- 1st
- 2nd Overall Tour de Maurice
- 3rd Overall La Tropicale Amissa Bongo
- 9th Courts Mammouth Classique de l'île Maurice
- 2024
- African Games
- 1st Mixed relay
- 3rd
Team time trial
- 1st
- 3rd Overall Tour d'Algérie
- 1st Stage 10
- 5th Overall Tour de Maurice
- 5th Grand Prix de la Ville d'Oran
References
edit- ^ "Christopher Rougier-Lagane". FirstCycling.com. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
- ^ "Christopher Rougier-Lagane". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
- ^ "Promis à un bel avenir". Le Telegramme (in French). 13 August 2015. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
- ^ Roy, Jac Daniel Jean Claude Le (6 September 2022). "Christopher Rougier-Lagane a remporté le Trophée des Grimpeurs". Maurice Info (in French). Retrieved 10 February 2023.
- ^ "Tour de l'île / Christopher Rougier-Lagane (MCB) : "Ça allait être compliqué"". Clicanoo | Premier de l'actualité à La Réunion et dans l'Océan Indien (in French). 21 September 2022. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
- ^ "Tour de Maurice (NE) - Victoire finale de Christopher Rougier-Lagane". velo-club.net (in French). 22 October 2022. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
- ^ "Frenchman Geoffrey Soupe wins 16th edition of the Tropicale in Gabon". Africanews. 31 January 2023. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
External links
edit- Christopher Lagane at Cycling Archives (archived)
- Christopher Lagane at ProCyclingStats
- Christopher Lagane at Cycling Quotient
