Christophe Rinero

Christophe Rinero is a French former professional road racing cyclist. His sporting career began with CA Castelsarrazin. Rinero's greatest achievements have been to win the Tour de l'Avenir in 1998 and the King of the Mountains in the 1998 [Tour de France]. He retired at the end of 2008.

Career

After riding for second and third division teams from 2002 to 2005 he returned to the UCI ProTour in 2006 to ride with. He renewed with for the 2007 season.
Rinero went to the 2007 Tour de France as a domestique for Iban Mayo. He was the only French rider on their squad for the Tour. During stage 16 he was in the break of the day, he won the first intermediate sprint.
Rinero left after two seasons heading to for his final year as a professional cyclist.

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