User:Shirt58/Lapierre (bicycle manufacturer)

Lapierre is a French bicycle manufacturer. It was established in 1946 by Gaston Lapierre, and was initially located in Dijon, France.

In 1960, Gaston Lapierre's son Jackie Lapierre took over running the company. In the 1980s, Lapierre was one of the largest French manufacturers of mountain bikes. From 1988 the company sponsored several teams and riders. In 1993, the Dutch ATAG Group (now Accell Group) purchased a one-third share of the company. In 1996 they bought the entire Lapierre business.

Lapierre equipped the professional cycling team La Française Des Jeux in 2002, and in the same year Nicolas Vogondy of FDJ won the French National Road Race Championship

Lapierre now builds more than 90,000 bikes at three locations in France.