# Charly Mottet

Charly Mottet (born 16 December 1962 in Valence, Drôme) is a French former professional cyclist (1983 to 1994). He was one of the best French road cyclists of his era.

## Career

Mottet won a total of 67 races, including the Tour de Romandie in 1990, and rode eight times in the Tour de France. His best results in the Tour de France were 4th-place finishes in 1987 and 1991. He won three stages, one in 1990 (Stage 15 : Millau – Revel) and two in 1991 (Stage 11 : Quimper – Saint-Herblain and Stage 12 : Pau – Jaca). He also finished 2nd in the 1990 Giro d'Italia.
During his professional cycling career, Mottet had a reputation within the peloton as being a totally clean rider who never used performance-enhancing drugs. He is former FICP World No. 1 (in May and August 1989).
After retiring from racing, Mottet became involved in race organising, working on the Critérium du Dauphiné (where he was assistant director) for 14 years, before being appointed sports manager of the Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec and Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal in 2010. He also served as selector for the French national cycling team at the 1997 and 1998 Road World Championships, and as a technical delegate for the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics.

## Family

Charly Mottet's daughter, Eva Mottet, was also a road racing cyclist. She competed in women's junior events at the 2012 World Championships, finishing sixth in the time trial before a serious crash in the road race. Charly Mottet was a UCI official at the race. Eva never fully recovered from her injuries and died in April 2020, aged 25.

## Career achievements
### Major results
#### 1982

    2nd Paris–Troyes

#### 1983

    2nd Overall Tour de Luxembourg
       1st Stage 1
    2nd Overall Route du Sud
       1st Stage 2
    5th Overall Tour du Vaucluse
    6th Overall Tour de l'Avenir

#### 1984

    1st Overall Tour de l'Avenir
       1st Stage 7
    1st Young rider classification Giro d'Italia
    1st Liedekerkse Pijl
    1st Stage 5 Clásico RCN
    2nd Paris–Brussels
    6th Grand Prix de Cannes
    9th Overall Tour de Romandie

#### 1985

    1st Overall Tour du Haut Var
    1st Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise
    1st Grand Prix des Nations
    1st Giro del Piemonte
    1st Duo Normand (with Thierry Marie)
    1st Stages 9 & 11 Tour de l'Avenir
    2nd Overall Paris–Bourges
    3rd Firenze–Pistoia
    5th Overall Critérium International
    6th Overall Étoile de Bessèges
       1st Stage 3
    8th Overall Tour du Limousin
    9th Overall Paris–Nice
       1st Stage 7a

#### 1986

    1st Stages 9 & 11 Vuelta a España
    1st Grand Prix Eddy Merckx
    1st Breuillet
    1st Stage 2 Tour du Vaucluse
    2nd Road race, UCI Road World Championships
    2nd Overall Route du Sud
       1st Stage 1
    2nd Firenze–Pistoia
    3rd Overall Volta a Catalunya
    3rd Paris–Tours
    4th Overall Critérium International
    4th Grand Prix des Nations
    9th Overall Paris–Nice
    10th La Flèche Wallonne

#### 1987

    1st Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
    1st Six-Days of Grenoble (with Bernard Vallet)
    1st Overall Tour du Limousin
       1st Stage 1
    1st Châteauroux–Limoges
    1st Critérium des As
    1st Grand Prix des Nations
    1st GP de Vannes
    1st Montreuil
    1st Quilan
    3rd Overall Four Days of Dunkirk
    3rd GP Eddy Merckx
    4th Overall Tour de France
    4th Paris–Tours
    9th Giro di Lombardia

#### 1988

    1st Giro di Lombardia
    1st Overall Six-Days of Grenoble (with Roman Hermann)
    1st Giro del Lazio
    1st Grand Prix des Nations
    1st Overall Tour du Vaucluse
       1st Stage 2b
    2nd Overall Four Days of Dunkirk
       1st Stage 6a (ITT)
    2nd GP Ouest–France
    2nd Overall Paris–Bourges
       1st Stage 2
    2nd Overall Tour Méditerranéen
    3rd Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
       1st Stage 3
    3rd Overall Euskal Bizikleta
    3rd Trofeo Baracchi
    3rd Grand Prix de Wallonie
    4th La Flèche Wallonne
    5th Overall Ronde van Nederland
    7th Tour of Flanders
    7th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
    8th GP Eddy Merckx
    10th Trophée des Grimpeurs

#### 1989

    1st Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
       1st Stage 3
    1st Overall Four Days of Dunkirk
       1st Stage 3b
    1st Overall Six Days of Paris (with Etienne De Wilde)
    1st Boucles de l'Aulne
    1st Giro del Lazio
    1st Châteaulin
    1st Stage 3 Tour d'Armorique
    2nd Overall Tour of Ireland
    2nd Overall Critérium International
    2nd Tre Valli Varesine
    3rd Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
       1st Stage 6
    3rd Overall Vuelta a la Comunidad Valenciana
    3rd GP des Amériques
    3rd Grand Prix des Nations
    4th Clásica de San Sebastián
    4th Overall Grand Prix du Midi-Libre
       1st Prologue
    6th Overall Tour de France
    7th Trophée des Grimpeurs
    10th Overall Driedaagse van De Panne-Koksijde

#### 1990

    1st Stage 15 Tour de France
    1st Overall Tour de Romandie
       1st Prologue & Stage 3b
    1st Züri-Metzgete
    2nd Overall Giro d'Italia
       1st Stage 16
    5th Overall Tour Méditerranéen
    5th 1990 UCI Road World Cup Finale
    6th Trofeo Baracchi

#### 1991

    1st Overall Four Days of Dunkirk
    1st Classique des Alpes
    1st Stage 2 Tour d'Armorique
    2nd Coppa Ugo Agostoni
    3rd Overall Critérium International
       1st Stage 2
    3rd Giro dell'Emilia
    4th Overall Tour de France
       1st Stages 11 & 12
    5th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía
    6th Trophée des Grimpeurs
    9th Trofeo Luis Puig
    10th Clásica de San Sebastián

#### 1992

    1st Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
       1st Stage 8
    1st Coppa Bernocchi
    3rd Overall Tour de Romandie
    5th Trophée des Grimpeurs
    8th Overall Volta a Catalunya
    10th Overall Paris–Nice

#### 1993

    1st Overall Tour du Limousin
       1st Stage 4b
    1st Overall Tour Méditerranéen
       1st Stage 3
    2nd Züri-Metzgete
    3rd Overall Étoile de Bessèges
    4th Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise
    5th Giro di Lombardia

#### 1994

    1st Stage 7 Paris–Nice
    2nd Paris–Camembert
    3rd Overall Route du Sud
    5th Overall Tour Méditerranéen
    5th Grand Prix des Nations
    8th Overall Étoile de Bessèges

### Grand Tour general classification results timeline

| Grand Tour | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 |
| Vuelta a España | — | — | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Giro d'Italia | 21 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — |
| Tour de France | — | 36 | 16 | 4 | DNF | 6 | 49 | 4 | DNF | 40 | 46 |