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.

Christopher Lagane
At the 2024 Summer Olympics
Personal information
Full nameChristopher Rougier-Lagane
Born (1998-09-24) 24 September 1998 (age 26)
Curepipe, Mauritius
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight69 kg (152 lb)
Team information
Current teamTeam MCB
DisciplinesRoad
RoleRider
Amateur teams
2017World Cycling Centre
2018Team MCB
2018Team Fybolia-Locminé Auto
2019–2020VC Villefranche Beaujolais
2020–2023Faucon Flacq SC–KFC
2021Team MCB
2024–Team MCB

Career

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In 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

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2015
National Junior Road Championships
1st   Road race
1st   Time trial
2016
National Junior Road Championships
1st   Road race
1st   Time trial
African Junior Road Championships
2nd   Road race
2nd   Time trial
2nd Overall Tour de Maurice
2017
1st   Time trial, National Road Championships
1st Overall Tour Cycliste Antenne Réunion [fr]
2018
National Road Championships
1st   Time trial
2nd Road race
1st Overall Tour Cycliste Antenne Réunion [fr]
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
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 Overall Tour de Maurice
1st Stages 2, 3 (ITT) & 5
2023
National Road Championships
1st   Road race
1st   Time trial
African Road Championships
1st   Mixed relay TTT
4th Time trial
6th Road race
Indian Ocean Island Games
1st   Road race
1st   Team time trial
4th Time trial
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
3rd Overall Tour d'Algérie
1st Stage 10
5th Overall Tour de Maurice
5th Grand Prix de la Ville d'Oran

References

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  1. ^ "Christopher Rougier-Lagane". FirstCycling.com. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
  2. ^ "Christopher Rougier-Lagane". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
  3. ^ "Promis à un bel avenir". Le Telegramme (in French). 13 August 2015. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ "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.
  6. ^ "Tour de Maurice (NE) - Victoire finale de Christopher Rougier-Lagane". velo-club.net (in French). 22 October 2022. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
  7. ^ "Frenchman Geoffrey Soupe wins 16th edition of the Tropicale in Gabon". Africanews. 31 January 2023. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
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