Jalabert

Frenchman Laurent Jalabert is second with 55, followed by Armstrong with 37.

Fans make sure riders get the message 2000

Laurent Jalabert launches a winning attack on the Jaizkibel in 2001.

Racing this Week: post-Tour crits, harder Clásica, women’s World Cup 2010

The green jersey on the attack: Jalabert at the 1995 Tour.

Inside the Tour de France with John Wilcockson: Why wait for the Pyrénées? 2010

Stephens eventually rode himself into the ground, and the gap was cut to six minutes by the finish, where Jalabert rode away from the others on the 3km, 10-percent “wall” at Mende to claim his most famous victory.

Inside the Tour de France with John Wilcockson: Why wait for the Pyrénées? 2010

The 31-year-old will be the unofficial leader said Jalabert even though as he conceded Chavanel lacks ‘perhaps the freshness and the rhythm required for such a race’.

France’s world’s team selector bemoans Thomas Voeckler’s decision not to race 2010

Jalabert bemoaned the fact that there was no standout candidate and revealed he had tried to persuade French champion Voeckler to revise his decision not to compete.

France’s world’s team selector bemoans Thomas Voeckler’s decision not to race 2010

But his small stature did not stop him from beating some big names to the line in the Mende aerodrome, which sits a kilometer after the prestigious climb of the steep 3. 1km La Croix Neuve, now known as the “Jalabert” climb, for Laurent Jalabert.

Small Joaquin Rodriguez shows big names his heels 2010

“The target is to get a medal,” said Jalabert, who was in Montreal this weekend.

France’s world’s team selector bemoans Thomas Voeckler’s decision not to race 2010

To that end, I made the following chart, which I hope Jalabert will see and take the time to study:

Fromage for Thought: The Science of Losing BikeSnobNYC 2009

Jalabert says he finds the state of French cycling "disturbing," which is hardly surprising since in recent years French cyclists have been performing about as well as Greg LeMond at a sporting conference.

Fromage for Thought: The Science of Losing BikeSnobNYC 2009