Luc Alphand

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Luc Alphand
Competitor for France
Men’s alpine skiing
World Championships
Bronze	1996 Sierra Nevada	Downhill

Luc Alphand (born August 6, 1965) is a French former alpine skier, who is now a race car driver.

Born in Briançon, Alphand made his World Cup skiing debut in 1984. In 1997 he won the World Cup. He retired in 1997 and started a career in auto racing. First in the Nissan Micra Stars Cup (1997–1998), then in the European Le Mans Series (2001), the FIA GT Championship (2002), and the Lamborghini Supertrophy (2002). He won the 2006 Dakar Rally, in which he had finished runner-up a year earlier. With this victory, he was the first ex ski driver who won the Paris-Dakar. He recently paid purchased two Corvette race cars from Pratt & Miller for use in the Le Mans Series and 24 Hours of Le Mans.

1 World Cup victories
- 1.1 Overall victories
- 1.2 Individual victories
2 Other results
3 External links

[edit] World Cup victories

[edit] Overall victories

Season	Discipline
1995	Downhill
1996	Downhill
1997	Overall
1997	Downhill
1997	Super-G

[edit] Individual victories

Date	Location	Race
13 January 1995	Kitzbühel	Downhill
14 January 1995	Kitzbühel	Downhill
15 March 1995	Bormio	Downhill
1 December 1995	Vail	Downhill
9 December 1995	Val-d'Isère	Downhill
2 February 1996	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	Downhill
20 December 1996	Gröden-Val Gardena	Downhill
29 December 1996	Bormio	Downhill
24 January 1997	Kitzbühel	Downhill
29 January 1997	Laax	Super-G
21 February 1997	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	Super-G
22 February 1997	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	Downhill

[edit] Other results

Junior World Champion of the downhill in 1983
French Alpine Skiing Championship
- Champion of the downhill in 1985, 1987, 1989, 1990 and 1994
- Champion of the super-G in 1988
- Champion of combined in 1987
2006 Dakar Rally Winner Cars (Mitsubishi Pajero)