Luc Alphand
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Luc Aimé Alphand (born 6 August 1965) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from France. He specialized in the speed events and later became a race car driver.
Ski racing
Born in Briançon (Hautes-Alpes), Alphand was world junior champion in 1983 and made his World Cup debut in 1984. It took a decade for him to make his breakthrough winning his first world cup at Kitzbühel 1995, and going on to take the overall downhill title 3 years in a row. In 1997 he won the World Cup overall title by collecting points only in the two speed disciplines, downhill and super G – a unique achievement in World Cup history. For this accomplishment he was voted L'Equipe Champion of Champions in 1997.[1] The previous year he won a bronze medal at the 1996 World Championships at Sierra Nevada, Spain.
In the village of Chantemerle (which neighbours his home town of Briançon in the Serre-Chevalier region), an expert ski run has been named in his honour.
His daughter, Estelle Alphand, represents Sweden in FIS Alpine Ski World Cup. His son Nils Alphand skied for France at the 2026 Olympics.
World Cup results
Season standings
| Season | Age | Overall | Slalom | Giant slalom |
Super-G | Downhill | Combined |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 22 | 61 | — | — | 16 | 37 | — |
| 1989 | 23 | 40 | — | — | 10 | — | — |
| 1990 | 24 | 80 | — | — | 21 | — | — |
| 1991 | 25 | 35 | — | — | 10 | 17 | — |
| 1992 | 26 | 53 | — | — | 19 | 25 | — |
| 1993 | 27 | 59 | — | — | 20 | 40 | 23 |
| 1994 | 28 | 27 | — | — | 17 | 14 | — |
| 1995 | 29 | 8 | — | — | 14 | 1 | 11 |
| 1996 | 30 | 4 | — | — | 4 | 1 | — |
| 1997 | 31 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — |
Season titles
| Season | Discipline |
|---|---|
| 1995 | Downhill |
| 1996 | Downhill |
| 1997 | Overall |
| Downhill | |
| Super G |
Race victories
- 12 wins (10 DH, 2 SG)
- 23 podiums (18 DH, 5 SG)
| Season | Date | Location | Discipline |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 13 Jan 1995 | Template:Flagicon Kitzbühel, Austria | Downhill |
| 14 Jan 1995 | Downhill | ||
| 15 Mar 1995 | Template:Flagicon Bormio, Italy | Downhill | |
| 1996 | 1 Dec 1995 | Template:Flagicon Vail, USA | Downhill |
| 9 Dec 1995 | Template:Flagicon Val-d'Isère, France | Downhill | |
| 2 Feb 1996 | Template:Flagicon Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany | Downhill | |
| 1997 | 20 Dec 1996 | Template:Flagicon Val Gardena, Italy | Downhill |
| 29 Dec 1996 | Template:Flagicon Bormio, Italy | Downhill | |
| 24 Jan 1997 | Template:Flagicon Kitzbühel, Austria | Downhill | |
| 29 Jan 1997 | Template:Flagicon Laax, Switzerland | Super-G | |
| 21 Feb 1997 | Template:Flagicon Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany | Super-G | |
| 22 Feb 1997 | Downhill |
Other results
- Junior World Champion of the downhill in 1983
- French Alpine Skiing Championship
- Champion of the downhill in 1985, 1987, 1989, 1990 and 1994
- Champion of the super-G in 1988
- Champion of combined in 1987
Auto racing
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| 24 Hours of Le Mans career | |
| Years | 2001–2009 |
| Teams | Luc Alphand Aventures |
| Best finish | 7th (2006) |
| Class wins | 0 |
Alphand retired from competitive skiing in 1997 and started a career in auto racing. First in the Nissan Micra Stars Cup (1997–1998), then in the European Le Mans Series (2001), the FIA GT Championship (2002), and the Lamborghini Supertrophy (2002). He won the 2006 Dakar Rally, in which he had finished runner-up a year earlier. With this victory, he was the first ex-skier to win the Paris-Dakar. He recently purchased two Corvette race cars from Pratt & Miller for use in the Le Mans Series and 24 Hours of Le Mans.
Alphand suffered severe back injuries in an accident on the Rand'Auvergne all-terrain motorcycle race on 27 June 2009.[2] In November 2010, he retired from competitive auto racing for health reasons.
From 2021 to 2022, Alphand was the sporting director for the Silk Way Rally. He departed the position following the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[3] Alphand became the Extreme E team principal for Veloce Racing in late 2022.[4]
24 Hours of Le Mans results
Dakar Rally results
| Year | Class | Vehicle | Position | Stages won |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Car | Template:Flagicon Mitsubishi | DNF | 0 |
| 1999 | 16th | 0 | ||
| 2000 | Template:Flagicon Schlesser-Renault | DNF | 0 | |
| 2001 | DNF | 0 | ||
| 2002 | Template:Flagicon Mitsubishi | 7th | 0 | |
| 2003 | Template:Flagicon BMW | 9th | 1 | |
| 2004 | 4th | 2 | ||
| 2005 | Template:Flagicon Mitsubishi | 2nd | 1 | |
| 2006 | 1st | 2 | ||
| 2007 | 2nd | 0 | ||
| 2008 | Event cancelled – replaced by the 2008 Central Europe Rally | |||
| 2009 | Car | Template:Flagicon Mitsubishi | DNF | 0 |
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Silk Way Rally 2016: The new adventure". Silk Way Rally. 16 November 2015. Archived from the original on 17 August 2016. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Beer, Matt (29 June 2009). "Alphand injured in motorbike crash". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 29 June 2009.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Minisini, Lucas (21 April 2023). "A Russian spy in Paris: Bulat Yanborisov, rally organizer and high-flying Kremlin agent". Le Monde. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Luc Alphand puts veloce Racing through its pre-season paces". Veloce Racing. 3 March 2023. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
External links
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- Official website
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- Luc Alphand World Cup standings at the International Ski Federation
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- Template:SR/Olympics profile
- Luc Alphand – Valeo MotorSports
- Luc Alphand and Valeo – 24H of Le Mans Luc Alphand and Valeo – 24H of Le Mans
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