Facts: - weight: 68 kg lb st on - discipline: road - role: rider - caption: brochard at the 1998 paris -- tours - height: 1.80 m ftin on - proteam: castorama fes 1995 jdt 2000 alm 2003 euc 2005 - majorwins: tour vuelta a espana , 1 stage paris -- camembert -lrb- de 2001 , 2003 , 2005 -rrb- criterium international -lrb- 2003 france -rrb- tour de pologne -lrb- 2002 -rrb- regio-tour -lrb- 2002 , -rrb- Etoile de besseges -lrb- 2004 -rrb- 1 stage -lrb- 1997 -rrb- - proyears: 1992 2003 -- 2004 2005 -- 2008 -- 1994 1995 -- 1999 2000 -- 2002 - nickname: la brochette - fullname: laurent brochard - birth date: 26 march 1968 - name: laurent brochard - currentteam: retired - image: laurent brochard.jpg - birth place: le mans , france Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of laurent brochard .
laurent brochard -lrb- born march 26 , 1968 in le mans , france -rrb- is a retired professional road racing cyclist from france .in 1997 he won a stage of the tour de france and became world road champion in san sebastian , spain .brochard was a runner and started cycling competitively at 19 .he started with castorama and became part of festina cycling team .his role in festina was '' super-domestique '' , supporting stars such as richard virenque but able to ride competitively when given the chance .he was implicated in the festina scandal in the 1998 tour de france .after serving his suspension , brochard joined ag2r prevoyance as leader and had successes in races such as criterium international and etoile de besseges .he then moved to bouygues telecom .he is a fan of belgian comic character marsupilami , often wearing marsupilami logo and clothing at races .