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{{short description|Swiss cyclist}}
{{for|the skeleton racer|Pascal Richard (skeleton racer)}}
{{Infobox cyclist
| name           = Pascal Richard
| image          = Pascal RICHARD.jpg
| caption        = Richard at the 1998 [[Paris–Tours]]
| fullname       = Pascal Richard
| nickname       = 
| birth_date     = {{Birth date and age|1964|3|16|df=y}}
| birth_place    = [[Vevey]], Switzerland
| height         = 
| weight         = 
| currentteam    = 
| discipline     = Cyclo-cross/Road
| role           = Rider
| ridertype      = Climber
| amateuryears1  = 
| amateurteam1   = 
| proyears1      = 1985
| proteam1       = Ferraroli–VCF Genève–Denti
| proyears2      = 1986
| proteam2       = {{UCI team code|KAS|1986}}
| proyears3      = 1987
| proteam3       = {{UCI team code|LVC|1987}}
| proyears4      = 1988–1991
| proteam4       = {{UCI team code|HEL|1989}}
| proyears5      = 1992
| proteam5       = {{UCI team code|FES|1992}}
| proyears6      = 1993
| proteam6       = {{UCI team code|ARI|1993}}
| proyears7      = 1994–1996
| proteam7       = [[MG Maglificio (cycling team)|GB-MG Maglificio]]
| proyears8      = 1997–1998
| proteam8       = {{UCI team code|ALM|1997}}
| proyears9      = 1999
| proteam9       = {{UCI team code|MDN|1999}}
| proyears10      = 2000
| proteam10       = {{UCI team code|LIN|2000}}
| majorwins      = '''[[Grand Tour (cycling)|Grand Tours]]''' 
:'''[[Tour de France]]'''
::2 individual stages ([[1989 Tour de France|1989]], [[1996 Tour de France|1996]])
:'''[[Giro d'Italia]]'''
::[[Mountains classification in the Giro d'Italia|Mountains classification]] ([[1994 Giro d'Italia|1994]])
::4 individual stages ([[1994 Giro d'Italia|1994]], [[1995 Giro d'Italia|1995]], [[1996 Giro d'Italia|1996]])
'''[[Race stage|Stage races]]'''
:[[Tour de Romandie]] ([[1993 Tour de Romandie|1993]], [[1994 Tour de Romandie|1994]])
:[[Tour de Suisse]] ([[1994 Tour de Suisse|1994]])
'''[[Classic cycle races|One-day races and Classics]]'''
:[[UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships – Men's elite race|World Cyclo-cross Championships]] (1988)
:{{nowrap|[[Swiss National Road Race Championships|National Road Race Championships]] (1993)}}
:[[Cycling at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Road Race]] ([[Cycling at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's road race|1996]])
:[[Giro di Lombardia]] ([[1993 Giro di Lombardia|1993]])
:[[Liège–Bastogne–Liège]] ([[1996 Liège–Bastogne–Liège|1996]])
| show-medals = no
| medaltemplates = 
{{MedalCountry| {{SUI}} }}
{{MedalSport | Men's [[road bicycle racing]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Olympic Games]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[1996 Summer Olympics|1996 Atlanta]]| [[Cycling at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's individual road race|Road race]]}}
{{MedalSport|Men's [[cyclo-cross]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships|World Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[1988 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships|1988 Hägendorf]]|[[1988 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships – Men's elite race|Elite race]]}}
{{MedalSilver | [[1986 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships|1986 Lembeek]]|[[1986 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships – Men's elite race|Elite race]]}}
}}

'''Pascal Richard''' (born 16 March 1964) is a Swiss former [[racing cyclist]]. He is most notable as a former [[King of the Mountains]] winner at the [[Giro d'Italia]] and [[Olympic Games]] gold medalist. He won the [[Swiss National Road Race Championships|Swiss National Road Race championship]] in 1989 and 1993.<ref name="SwissChamp">{{cite web |url=http://www.cyclingarchives.com/wedstrijdfiche.php?wedstrijdid=1236 |title=National Championship, Road, Elite, Switzerland (Men) |access-date=14 March 2015 |work=Cycling Archives}}</ref>

==Biography==
Richard was born in [[Vevey]]. At the start of his career, he was a successful [[cyclo-cross]] cyclist, becoming [[World Cyclo-cross Championships|world champion]] in this discipline in 1988. Later on, he switched to [[bicycle road racing|road-cycling]], and showed a considerable talent for climbing. He won the classics [[Giro di Lombardia]] in 1993 and [[Liège–Bastogne–Liège]] in 1996. In 1996 he also gained Olympic gold after winning a sprint in a successful three-man breakaway in the [[Cycling at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's individual road race|men's road race]].

He won the "[[King of the Mountains]]" jersey in the 1994 [[Giro d'Italia]] and Stage 12 of the [[1996 Tour de France]]; he captured the overall titles in the 1994 [[Tour de Suisse]] and the 1993 and 1994 [[Tour de Romandie]].

==Major results==
{{Div col|colwidth=20em}}
;1985
: 1st [[File:Jersey yellow.svg|20px]] Overall [[Grand Prix Guillaume Tell]]
::1st Stage 7b
;1986
: 1st [[File:MaillotSuiza.svg|20px]] [[Swiss National Cyclo-cross Championships|National Cyclo-cross Championships]]
: 1st Stage 5b [[Vuelta a Asturias]]
;1987 
: 3rd Overall [[Grand Prix Guillaume Tell]]
::1st Stage 1 
;1988
: 1st [[File:Jersey rainbow.svg|20px]] [[UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships – Men's elite race|UCI World Cyclo-cross Championships]]
;1989
: 1st [[File:MaillotSuiza.svg|20px]] [[Swiss National Road Race Championships|Road race]], National Road Championships
: 1st [[File:MaillotSuiza.svg|20px]] [[Swiss National Cyclo-cross Championships|National Cyclo-cross Championships]]
: 1st Stage 16 [[1989 Tour de France|Tour de France]]
: 6th [[Grand Prix des Amériques (cycling race)|Grand Prix des Amériques]]
;1990
: 1st [[Tre Valli Varesine]]
: 2nd [[1990 Giro di Lombardia|Giro di Lombardia]]
: 2nd [[Giro del Veneto]]
: 9th [[1990 Clásica de San Sebastián|Clásica de San Sebastián]]
;1991
: 1st [[Trofeo Laigueglia]]
: 1st Stage 2 [[1991 Tirreno–Adriatico|Tirreno–Adriatico]]
: [[1991 Tour de Romandie|Tour de Romandie]]
::1st Prologue & Stage 6 
: 2nd Overall [[1991 Tour de Suisse|Tour de Suisse]]
: 2nd [[Tre Valli Varesine]]
: 4th Overall [[La Méditerranéenne|Tour Méditerranéen La Méditerranéenne]]
: 4th [[Coppa Bernocchi]]
;1993
: 1st [[File:MaillotSuiza.svg|20px]] [[Swiss National Road Race Championships|Road race]], National Road Championships
: 1st [[File:Jersey green.svg|20px]] Overall [[1993 Tour de Romandie|Tour de Romandie]]
::1st Stage 3 
: 1st [[1993 Giro di Lombardia|Giro di Lombardia]]
: 1st [[Giro del Lazio]]
: 1st [[Giro della Romagna]]
: 1st Stage 8 [[1993 Tour de Suisse|Tour de Suisse]]
: 2nd [[Giro dell'Emilia]]
: 4th Overall [[1993 Tour of the Basque Country|Tour of the Basque Country]]
: 4th Overall [[Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali]]
::1st Stage 4 
: 4th [[Grand Prix of Aargau Canton]]
: 5th Overall [[Critérium International]]
::1st Stage 1 
: 8th [[Giro del Veneto]]
;1994
: 1st [[File:Jersey yellow.svg|20px]] Overall [[1994 Tour de Suisse|Tour de Suisse]]
::1st Stage 3
: 1st [[File:Jersey green.svg|20px]] Overall [[1994 Tour de Romandie|Tour de Romandie]]
:: 1st Stages 3 & 5 ([[Individual time trial|ITT]])
: [[1994 Giro d'Italia|Giro d'Italia]]
::1st [[File:Jersey green.svg|20px]] [[Mountains classification in the Giro d'Italia|Mountains classification]]
::1st Stage 21
: 1st [[Grand Prix of Aargau Canton]]
: 1st [[Tour du Lac Léman]]
: 2nd [[Giro di Toscana]]
: 2nd [[Tour de Berne]]
: 3rd [[1994 Giro di Lombardia|Giro di Lombardia]]
: 4th [[Trofeo Pantalica]]
: 5th [[Milano–Torino]]
: 7th Overall [[1994 Paris–Nice|Paris–Nice]]
::1st Stage 5 
: 7th [[Züri-Metzgete]]
;1995
: [[1995 Giro d'Italia|Giro d'Italia]]
::1st Stages 13 & 19
: 1st [[Giro del Lazio]]
: 1st [[Giro della Provincia di Reggio Calabria]]
: 1st [[Grand Prix of Aargau Canton]]
: 1st [[Trofeo Melinda]]
: 1st Stage 7 [[1995 Paris–Nice|Paris–Nice]]
: 5th [[1995 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race|Road race]], [[1995 UCI Road World Championships|UCI Road World Championships]]
: 8th [[1995 Giro di Lombardia|Giro di Lombardia]]
;1996
: 1st [[File:Gold medal olympic.svg|15px]] [[Cycling at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's individual road race|Road race]], [[1996 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
: 1st [[1996 Liège–Bastogne–Liège|Liège–Bastogne–Liège]]
: 1st Stage 12 [[1996 Tour de France|Tour de France]]
: 1st Stage 14 [[1996 Giro d'Italia|Giro d'Italia]]
: 2nd [[Klasika Primavera]]
: 6th [[Tour de Berne]]
;1998
: 3rd Overall [[À travers Lausanne]]
: 5th [[1998 Giro di Lombardia|Giro di Lombardia]]
: 8th [[Coppa Ugo Agostoni]]
: 10th [[1998 Giro del Trentino|Giro del Trentino]]
::1st Stage 4 
;1999
: 1st [[Criterium d'Abruzzo]]
: 1st Stage 1 [[1999 Tour de Suisse|Tour de Suisse]]
: 5th Overall [[Giro della Provincia di Lucca]]
: 6th [[Tour de Berne]]
: 7th [[Coppa Sabatini]]
;2000
: 4th Overall [[Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali]]
{{Div col end}}

=== Grand Tour general classification results timeline ===

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|-
! scope="col" | [[Grand Tour (cycling)|Grand Tour]]
! scope="col" | 1988
! scope="col" | 1989
! scope="col" | 1990
! scope="col" | 1991
! scope="col" | 1992
! scope="col" | 1993
! scope="col" | 1994
! scope="col" | 1995
! scope="col" | 1996
! scope="col" | 1997
! scope="col" | 1998
! scope="col" | 1999
! scope="col" | 2000
|- style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | [[File:Jersey pink.svg|20px|link=|alt=A pink jersey]] [[General classification in the Giro d'Italia|Giro d'Italia]]
|—
|—
|—
|—
|[[1992 Giro d'Italia|56]]
|—
|[[1994 Giro d'Italia|15]]
|[[1995 Giro d'Italia|13]]
|[[1996 Giro d'Italia|DNF]]
|—
|[[1998 Giro d'Italia|DNF]]
|[[1999 Giro d'Italia|55]]
|[[2000 Giro d'Italia|DNF]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | [[File:Jersey yellow.svg|20px|link=|alt=A yellow jersey]] [[General classification in the Tour de France|Tour de France]]
|[[1988 Tour de France|DNF]]
|[[1989 Tour de France|23]]
|[[1990 Tour de France|DNF]]
|[[1991 Tour de France|49]]
|[[1992 Tour de France|DNF]]
|—
|—
|—
|[[1996 Tour de France|47]]
|—
|—
|—
|—
|- style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | [[File:Jersey gold.svg|20px|link=|alt=A gold jersey]] [[General classification in the Vuelta a España|Vuelta a España]]
|—
|—
|—
|—
|[[1992 Vuelta a España|DNF]]
|—
|—
|—
|—
|[[1997 Vuelta a España|34]]
|—
|—
|—
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Legend
|-
! scope="row" | —
| Did not compete
|-
! scope="row" | [[Did not finish|DNF]]
| Did not finish
|}

==References==
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== External links ==
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{{Giro di Lombardia winners}}
{{Liège–Bastogne–Liège winners}}
{{Tour de Suisse winners}}
{{Swiss National Road Race Championships (men)}}
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