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| Full name | Laurent Jalabert |
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| Nickname | Jaja
Le panda |
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| Born | (1968-11-30) 30 November 1968
Mazamet, France |
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| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) |
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| Weight | 66 kg (146 lb; 10 st 6 lb) |
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| Current team | Retired |
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| Discipline | Road |
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| Role | Rider |
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| Rider type | All-rounder |
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| 1987 | US Montauban |
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| 1988 | GSC Blagnac |
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| 1989–1991 | Toshiba |
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| 1992–2000 | ONCE |
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| 2001–2002 | CSC–Tiscali |
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Grand Tours
- Tour de France
- Points classification (1992, 1995)
- Mountains classification (2001, 2002)
- 4 individual stages (1992, 1995, 2001)
- 1 TTT stage (2000)
- Combativity award (2001, 2002)
- Giro d'Italia
- Points classification (1999)
- 3 individual stages (1999)
- Vuelta a España
- General classification (1995)
- Points classification (1994–1997)
- Mountains classification (1995)
- 18 individual stages (1993–1997)
Stage races
- Paris–Nice (1995, 1996, 1997)
- Volta a Catalunya (1995)
- Tour de Romandie (1999)
- Tour of the Basque Country (1999)
One-day races and Classics
- World Time Trial Championships (1997)
- National Road Race Championships (1998)
- Milan–San Remo (1995)
- Giro di Lombardia (1997)
- La Flèche Wallonne (1995, 1997)
- Milano–Torino (1997)
- Clásica de San Sebastián (2001, 2002)
Other
- UCI Road World Rankings
- (1995, 1996, 1997, 1999)
- Vélo d'Or (1995)
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Laurent Jalabert (born 30 November 1968) is a French former professional road racing cyclist, from 1989 to 2002.
Affectionately known as "Jaja" (slang for a glass of wine; when he continued drinking wine as a professional, the nickname stuck because of the similarity to his name), he won many one-day and stage races and was ranked number 1 in the world in 1995, 1996, 1997 and 1999.
Although he never won the Tour de France, where he suffered altitude sickness, he won the Vuelta a España in 1995; as well as the leader's jersey, he won the sprinter's jersey and climber's jersey in the same race — only the third rider to have done this in a Grand Tour. With Alessandro Petacchi, Eddy Merckx, Djamolidine Abdoujaparov and Mark Cavendish, he is one of only five riders to win the points classification in all three grand tours.