# Jacques Michaud

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{{short description|French cyclist}}
{{Infobox cyclist
| name        = Jacques Michaud
| image       = Jacques Michaud - Six jours de Grenoble 2011.jpg
| fullname    = Jacques Michaud
| nickname    = 
| birth_date  = {{Birth date and age|1951|7|11|df=y}}
| birth_place = [Saint-Julien-en-Genevois](/source/Saint-Julien-en-Genevois), [France](/source/France)
| height      = 
| weight      = 
| currentteam = 
| discipline  = Road
| role        = Rider
| ridertype   = 
| proyears1   = 
| proteam1    = 
| majorwins   = 1 stage 1983 Tour de France
}}

'''Jacques Michaud''' (born 11 July 1951) is a French former professional [road bicycle racer](/source/road_bicycle_racer), who won the eighteenth stage in the [1983 Tour de France](/source/1983_Tour_de_France). In that stage, he climbed the [Col des Aravis](/source/Col_des_Aravis), the [Col de la Colombière](/source/Col_de_la_Colombi%C3%A8re) and the [Col de Joux Plane](/source/Col_de_Joux_Plane) first, and finished with an advantage of 66 seconds on the next cyclist.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1978_2005/tdf1983_18.php|title=70ème Tour de France 1983 - 18ème étape|language=French|accessdate=2 January 2010}}</ref>

Michaud rode the Tour de France five times; he completed the course all five times, and his best result in the [general classification](/source/general_classification_in_the_Tour_de_France) was 18th.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.letour.fr/HISTO/us/TDF/coureur/4426.html|title=The Tour - Jacques Michaud|publisher=[Amaury Sport Organisation](/source/Amaury_Sport_Organisation)|accessdate=2 January 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100709033905/http://www.letour.fr/HISTO/us/TDF/coureur/4426.html|archive-date=9 July 2010|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

==Major results==
{{div col}}
;1979
:[Étoile de Bessèges](/source/%C3%89toile_de_Bess%C3%A8ges)
;1983
:[Tour de France](/source/1983_Tour_de_France):
::Winner stage 18
:Cluses
{{div col end}}

==References==
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== External links ==
*{{cycling Archives|6019}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20100709033905/http://www.letour.fr/HISTO/us/TDF/coureur/4426.html Official Tour de France results for Jacques Michaud]

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Category:1951 births
Category:Living people
Category:People from Saint-Julien-en-Genevois
Category:Cyclists from Haute-Savoie
Category:French male cyclists
Category:French Tour de France stage winners
Category:20th-century French sportsmen

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