Charly Mottet

Charly Mottet (born 16 December 1962 in Valence, Drôme) is a French former professional cyclist (1983 to 1994). He was one of the best French road cyclists of his era.

His daughter, Eva Mottet, was also a road racing cyclist. She competed as a junior at the 2012 UCI Road World Championships, where she heavily crashed in the women's junior road race. Charly Mottet was an UCI-official at the race. Eva would never fully recover. She died young in April 2020, aged 25.

Career
Mottet won a total of 67 races, including the Tour de Romandie in 1990, and rode eight times in the Tour de France. His best results in the Tour de France were 4th-place finishes in 1987 and 1991. He won three stages, one in 1990 (Stage 15 : Millau – Revel) and two in 1991 (Stage 11 : Quimper – Saint-Herblain and Stage 12 : Pau – Jaca). He also finished 2nd in the 1990 Giro d'Italia.

During his professional cycling career, Mottet had a reputation within the peloton as being a totally clean rider who never used performance-enhancing drugs. He is former FICP World No. 1 (in May and August 1989).

After retiring from racing, Mottet became involved in race organising, working on the Critérium du Dauphiné (where he was assistant director) for 14 years, before being appointed sports manager of the Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec and Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal in 2010. He also served as selector for the French national cycling team at the 1997 and 1998 Road World Championships, and as a technical delegate for the Union Cycliste Internationale at the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics.

Major results

 * 1982
 * 2nd Paris–Troyes


 * 1983
 * 2nd Overall Tour de Luxembourg
 * 1st Stage 1
 * 2nd Overall Route du Sud
 * 1st Stage 2
 * 5th Overall Tour du Vaucluse
 * 6th Overall Tour de l'Avenir


 * 1984
 * 1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Tour de l'Avenir
 * 1st Stage 7
 * 1st Jersey white.svg Young rider classification Giro d'Italia
 * 1st Liedekerkse Pijl
 * 1st Stage 5 Clásico RCN
 * 2nd Paris–Brussels
 * 6th Grand Prix de Cannes
 * 9th Overall Tour de Romandie


 * 1985
 * 1st Overall Tour du Haut Var
 * 1st Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise
 * 1st Grand Prix des Nations
 * 1st Giro del Piemonte
 * 1st Duo Normand (with Thierry Marie)
 * 1st Stages 9 & 11 Tour de l'Avenir
 * 2nd Overall Paris–Bourges
 * 3rd Firenze–Pistoia
 * 5th Overall Critérium International
 * 6th Overall Étoile de Bessèges
 * 1st Stage 3
 * 8th Overall Tour du Limousin
 * 9th Overall Paris–Nice
 * 1st Stage 7a


 * 1986
 * 1st Stages 9 & 11 Vuelta a España
 * 1st Grand Prix Eddy Merckx
 * 1st Breuillet
 * 1st Stage 2 Tour du Vaucluse
 * 2nd Silver medal blank.svg Road race, UCI Road World Championships
 * 2nd Overall Route du Sud
 * 1st Stage 1
 * 2nd Firenze–Pistoia
 * 3rd Overall Volta a Catalunya
 * 3rd Paris–Tours
 * 4th Overall Critérium International
 * 4th Grand Prix des Nations
 * 9th Overall Paris–Nice
 * 10th La Flèche Wallonne


 * 1987
 * 1st Jersey yellow-bluebar.svg Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
 * 1st Six-Days of Grenoble (with Bernard Vallet)
 * 1st Overall Tour du Limousin
 * 1st Stage 1
 * 1st Châteauroux–Limoges
 * 1st Critérium des As
 * 1st Grand Prix des Nations
 * 1st GP de Vannes
 * 1st Montreuil
 * 1st Quilan
 * 3rd Overall Four Days of Dunkirk
 * 3rd GP Eddy Merckx
 * 4th Overall Tour de France
 * 4th Paris–Tours
 * 9th Giro di Lombardia


 * 1988
 * 1st Giro di Lombardia
 * 1st Overall Six-Days of Grenoble (with Roman Hermann)
 * 1st Giro del Lazio
 * 1st Grand Prix des Nations
 * 1st Overall Tour du Vaucluse
 * 1st Stage 2b
 * 2nd Overall Four Days of Dunkirk
 * 1st Stage 6a (ITT)
 * 2nd GP Ouest–France
 * 2nd Overall Paris–Bourges
 * 1st Stage 2
 * 2nd Overall Tour Méditerranéen
 * 3rd Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
 * 1st Stage 3
 * 3rd Overall Euskal Bizikleta
 * 3rd Trofeo Baracchi
 * 3rd Grand Prix de Wallonie
 * 4th La Flèche Wallonne
 * 5th Overall Ronde van Nederland
 * 7th Tour of Flanders
 * 7th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
 * 8th GP Eddy Merckx
 * 10th Trophée des Grimpeurs


 * 1989
 * 1st Jersey yellow-bluebar.svg Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
 * 1st Stage 3
 * 1st Overall Four Days of Dunkirk
 * 1st Stage 3b
 * 1st Overall Six Days of Paris (with Etienne De Wilde)
 * 1st Boucles de l'Aulne
 * 1st Giro del Lazio
 * 1st Châteaulin
 * 1st Stage 3 Tour d'Armorique
 * 2nd Overall Tour of Ireland
 * 2nd Overall Critérium International
 * 2nd Tre Valli Varesine
 * 3rd Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
 * 1st Stage 6
 * 3rd Overall Vuelta a la Comunidad Valenciana
 * 3rd GP des Amériques
 * 3rd Grand Prix des Nations
 * 4th Clásica de San Sebastián
 * 4th Overall Grand Prix du Midi-Libre
 * 1st Prologue
 * 6th Overall Tour de France
 * 7th Trophée des Grimpeurs
 * 10th Overall Driedaagse van De Panne-Koksijde


 * 1990
 * 1st Stage 15 Tour de France
 * 1st Jersey green.svg Overall Tour de Romandie
 * 1st Prologue & Stage 3b
 * 1st Züri-Metzgete
 * 2nd Overall Giro d'Italia
 * 1st Stage 16
 * 5th Overall Tour Méditerranéen
 * 5th 1990 UCI Road World Cup Finale
 * 6th Trofeo Baracchi


 * 1991
 * 1st Overall Four Days of Dunkirk
 * 1st Classique des Alpes
 * 1st Stage 2 Tour d'Armorique
 * 2nd Coppa Ugo Agostoni
 * 3rd Overall Critérium International
 * 1st Stage 2
 * 3rd Giro dell'Emilia
 * 4th Overall Tour de France
 * 1st Stages 11 & 12
 * 5th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía
 * 6th Trophée des Grimpeurs
 * 9th Trofeo Luis Puig
 * 10th Clásica de San Sebastián


 * 1992
 * 1st Jersey yellow-bluebar.svg Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
 * 1st Stage 8
 * 1st Coppa Bernocchi
 * 3rd Overall Tour de Romandie
 * 5th Trophée des Grimpeurs
 * 8th Overall Volta a Catalunya
 * 10th Overall Paris–Nice


 * 1993
 * 1st Overall Tour du Limousin
 * 1st Stage 4b
 * 1st Overall Tour Méditerranéen
 * 1st Stage 3
 * 2nd Züri-Metzgete
 * 3rd Overall Étoile de Bessèges
 * 4th Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise
 * 5th Giro di Lombardia


 * 1994
 * 1st Stage 7 Paris–Nice
 * 2nd Paris–Camembert
 * 3rd Overall Route du Sud
 * 5th Overall Tour Méditerranéen
 * 5th Grand Prix des Nations
 * 8th Overall Étoile de Bessèges