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{{Short description|French cyclist (born 1968)}}
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{{Infobox cyclist
| name = Laurent Brochard
| image = Laurent BROCHARD.jpg
| image_size = 
| caption = Brochard at the 1998 [[Paris–Tours]]
| fullname = Laurent Brochard
| nickname = la Brochette
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1968|3|26|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Le Mans]], France
| death_date = 
| death_place = 
| height = {{height|m=1.80}}
| weight = {{convert|68|kg|lb stlb|0|abbr=on}}
| currentteam = Retired
| discipline = [[Road bicycle racing|Road]]
| role = Rider
| ridertype = 
| amateuryears1 = 
| amateurteam1 = 
| amateuryears2 = 
| proyears1 = 1992–1994
| amateurteam2 = 
| proteam1 = [[Castorama (cycling team)|Castorama]]
| proyears2 = 1995–1999
| proteam2 = {{UCI team code|FES|1995}}
| proyears3 = 2000–2002
| proteam3 = {{UCI team code|JDT|2000}}
| proyears4 = 2003–2004
| proteam4 = {{UCI team code|ALM|2003}}
| proyears5 = 2005–2008
| proteam5 = {{UCI team code|EUC|2005}}
| majorwins = [[Tour de France]], 1 stage (1997)<br />[[Vuelta a España]], 1 stage<br />[[Paris–Camembert]] (2001, 2003, 2005)<br />[[Critérium International]] (2003)<br />[[Tour de Pologne]] (2002)<br />[[Regio-Tour]] (2002)<br />[[Étoile de Bessèges]] (2004)
| medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry| {{flagu|France}} }}
{{MedalSport| Men's [[road bicycle racing]] }}
{{MedalCompetition|[[UCI Road World Championships|World Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold |[[1997 UCI Road World Championships|1997 San Sebastián]] | [[1997 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race|Road race]]}}
| show-medals = yes
}}
'''Laurent Brochard''' ({{IPA|fr|lɔʁɑ̃ bʁɔʃaʁ}}; born 26 March 1968) is a retired professional [[road racing cyclist]] from France. In 1997 he won a stage of the [[Tour de France]] and became [[1997 UCI Road World Championships|world road champion]] in [[San Sebastián]], 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 [[Doping at the Tour de France#Festina scandal 1998|Festina scandal]] in the [[1998 Tour de France]].

After serving his suspension, Brochard joined Ag2r Prévoyance as leader and had successes in races such as Critérium International and Étoile de Béssèges.  He then moved to Bouygues Télécom.

He is a fan of Belgian [[comic]] character [[Marsupilami]], often wearing Marsupilami logo and clothing at races.

==Major results==
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;1989
: 1st Stage 4 [[Tour Poitou-Charentes en Nouvelle-Aquitaine]]
;1990
: 10th Overall [[Tour de l'Avenir|Tour de la Communauté Européenne]]
;1991
: 10th Overall [[Circuit Franco-Belge]]
;1992
: 1st Stage 3 [[Tour Méditerranéen]]
: 6th Overall [[Tour de l'Avenir]]
: 7th Overall [[1992 Tirreno–Adriatico|Tirreno–Adriatico]]
: 7th [[Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne]]
: 7th [[1992 Paris–Tours|Paris–Tours]]
: 9th [[Trophée des Grimpeurs]]
;1993
: 1st Stage 2 [[Tour Méditerranéen]]
: 2nd [[French National Road Race Championships|Road race]], National Road Championships
: 2nd Overall [[Route d'Occitanie|Route du Sud]]
: 4th [[Paris–Camembert]]
: 6th Overall [[1993 Paris–Nice|Paris–Nice]]
: 9th Overall [[Tour du Limousin]]
: 9th [[1993 Omloop Het Volk|Omloop Het Volk]]
;1994
: 1st [[File:Jersey yellow.svg|20px]] Overall [[Regio-Tour]]
::1st Stage 5
: 1st [[Tour du Haut-Var]]
: 2nd Overall [[Circuit de la Sarthe (cycling)|Circuit de la Sarthe]]
::1st Stage 3
: 3rd Overall [[Tour Méditerranéen]]
: 3rd [[Paris–Camembert]]
: 7th [[1994 GP Ouest–France|GP Ouest–France]]
: 8th [[Grand Prix de Rennes]]
;1995
: [[Tour de l'Ain]]
::1st Stages 2, 3 & 4
: 2nd [[Paris–Camembert]]
: 6th Overall [[Four Days of Dunkirk]]
: 9th Overall [[Tour Méditerranéen]]
;1996
: 1st [[File:Jersey yellow.svg|20px]] Overall [[Tour du Limousin]]
::1st Stages 1 & 2
: 1st [[La Polynormande]]
: 2nd [[French National Road Race Championships|Road race]], National Road Championships
: 2nd Overall [[Grand Prix du Midi Libre]]
: 2nd [[1996 GP Ouest–France|GP Ouest–France]]
: 2nd [[Chrono des Herbiers]]
: 5th Overall [[1996 Paris–Nice|Paris–Nice]]
: 5th [[Trophée des Grimpeurs]]
: 7th Overall [[1996 Three Days of De Panne|Three Days of De Panne]]
: 7th Overall [[1996 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré|Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré]]
: 7th [[1996 Tour of Flanders|Tour of Flanders]]
: 8th [[1996 La Flèche Wallonne|La Flèche Wallonne]]
: 9th [[1996 Milan–San Remo|Milan–San Remo]]
;1997
: 1st [[File:Jersey rainbow.svg|20px]] [[1997 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race|Road race]], [[1997 UCI Road World Championships|UCI Road World Championships]]
: 1st Stage 9 [[1997 Tour de France|Tour de France]]
: [[Grand Prix du Midi Libre]]
::1st Stages 3, 5 & 6
: 4th [[French National Road Race Championships|Road race]], National Road Championships
;1998
: 2nd [[Paris–Bourges]]
: 3rd Overall [[Grand Prix du Midi Libre]]
::1st Stage 6
: 3rd [[La Polynormande]]
: 6th [[Tour de Vendée]]
;1999
: 1st Stage 9 [[1999 Vuelta a España|Vuelta a España]]
: 2nd [[Bordeaux–Caudéran]]
: 4th [[French National Time Trial Championships|Time Trial]], National Road Championships
: 8th [[1999 Züri-Metzgete|Züri–Metzgete]]
: 8th Overall [[Vuelta a Asturias]]
;2000
: 1st [[Paris–Bourges]]
: 1st [[Route Adelié]]
: 2nd Overall [[2000 Paris–Nice|Paris–Nice]]
::1st Prologue
: 2nd [[Classic Haribo]]
: 3rd Overall [[Circuit de la Sarthe]]
: 4th [[Gran Premio Città di Camaiore]]
: 7th Overall [[Critérium International]]
::1st Stage 3 ([[Individual time trial|ITT]])
: 7th Overall [[Tour of Sweden]]
: 9th [[Cholet-Pays de Loire]]
: 9th [[LuK Challenge Chrono|EnBW Grand Prix]]
: 9th [[Boucles de l'Aulne]]
;2001
: 1st [[Paris–Camembert]]
: 1st [[Grand Prix de Villers-Cotterêts]]
: 2nd [[Cholet-Pays de Loire]]
: 2nd [[Trophée des Grimpeurs]]
: 3rd Overall [[Tour Méditerranéen]]
: 3rd [[Route Adélie]]
: 4th [[Gran Premio di Lugano]]
: 4th [[Paris–Bourges]]
: 5th Overall [[Circuit de la Sarthe (cycling)|Circuit de la Sarthe]]
::1st Stage 1
: 7th [[Gran Premio di Chiasso]]
: 8th Overall [[Étoile de Bessèges]]
: 9th [[Boucles de l'Aulne]]
: 10th [[Grand Prix de Denain]]
;2002
: 1st [[File:Jersey yellow.svg|20px]] Overall [[2002 Tour de Pologne|Tour de Pologne]]
::1st Stage 7
: 1st [[File:Jersey yellow.svg|20px]] Overall [[Regio-Tour]]
::1st Stage 4
: 1st Stage 4 [[Grand Prix du Midi Libre]]
: 2nd [[La Polynormande]]
: 3rd Overall [[Four Days of Dunkirk]]
: 3rd [[Route Adélie]]
: 4th Overall [[Circuit de la Sarthe (cycling)|Circuit de la Sarthe]]
: 5th Overall [[Critérium International]]
: 7th [[Cholet-Pays de Loire]]
: 7th [[Paris–Bourges]]
: 10th [[Classic Haribo]]
;2003
: 1st [[File:Jersey yellow.svg|20px]] Overall [[Critérium International]]
::1st [[File:Jersey green.svg|20px]] [[Points classification]]
::1st Stage 2
: 1st [[Paris–Camembert]]
: 1st [[File:Jersey green.svg|20px]] [[Points classification]] [[2003 Paris–Nice|Paris–Nice]]
: 1st Stage 5 [[Vuelta a Castilla y León]]
: 2nd Overall [[Tour Méditerranéen]]
: 3rd Overall [[Circuit de la Sarthe (cycling)|Circuit de la Sarthe]]
: 3rd Overall [[Four Days of Dunkirk]]
: 3rd [[Route Adélie]]
: 3rd Overall [[Danmark Rundt]]
: 4th Overall [[Tour Poitou-Charentes en Nouvelle-Aquitaine]]
: 4th Overall [[2003 Tour de Pologne|Tour de Pologne]]
;2004
: 1st [[File:Jersey yellow.svg|20px]] Overall [[Étoile de Bessèges]]
::1st Stage 4
: 2nd Overall [[Four Days of Dunkirk]]
: 5th Overall [[Circuit de la Sarthe (cycling)|Circuit de la Sarthe]]
::1st Stage 3
: 5th Overall [[Grand Prix du Midi Libre|Tour du Languedoc-Rousillon]]
: 7th Overall [[Tour Méditerranéen]]
: 7th [[Paris–Camembert]]
;2005
: 1st [[Paris–Camembert]]
: 2nd [[French National Road Race Championships|Road race]], National Road Championships
: 5th Overall [[2005 Tirreno–Adriatico|Tirreno–Adriatico]]
: 8th Overall [[Circuit de la Sarthe (cycling)|Circuit de la Sarthe]]
: 10th Overall [[Tour Méditerranéen]]
;2007
: 1st [[File:Jersey pink.svg|20px]] [[Mountains classification]] [[2007 Tour de Romandie|Tour de Romandie]]
: 1st [[File:Jersey green.svg|20px]] [[Points classification]] [[2007 Tour Down Under|Tour Down Under]]
: 2nd Overall [[Tour de Luxembourg]]
::1st Stage 2
: 7th Overall [[Étoile de Bessèges]]
: 9th Overall [[Critérium International]]
: 9th Overall [[Paris–Corrèze]]
: 10th [[Paris–Camembert]]
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==See also==
* [[List of doping cases in cycling]]
*[[List of sportspeople sanctioned for doping offences]]

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070813220351/http://www.equipebouyguestelecom.fr/home/pages/ebt/v4/l3/s18/personprofil_lng3_spo18_prs13306_sitebt.shtml Profile at Bouygues Télécom official website]
* [http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/riders/2003/interviews/?id=laurent_brochard03 Cyclingnews interview 2003]
*{{Cycling Archives|2689}}

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