RIP Pierre-Henri Mentheour

iainf72

Dead at 53 - On Renault with Fignon back in the day. Cancer as well I believe.

http://www.ouest-france.fr/node/2159240

knedlicky

Mentheour held the French hour-record for a while and won a TdF stage in 1984. He almost won one earlier, in 1982 – leading a two-man sprint against Pascal Simon 200 m before the line, his right foot slipped off the pedal when the toeclip snapped.

He later worked in television and in 2008 got an award for his documentary about the war in Afghanistan. Here in 3 parts: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x4sl20_envoye-special-une-guerre-au-nom-de_news

And he was a philosopher amongst riders, being a big fan of Albert Camus.

shazzz

Thanks for this - I saw someone tweet his death (JV?) but didn't know who he was. Sounds like an interesting guy who I am sure will be missed.

RichN95.

They talked about him a little in the pre-race Paris Roubaix programme on Eurosport as he worked for them and he'd ridden with LeMond