Kurzinfos:

Date of birth: 19/03/1955
Place of birth: Nancy / FRA
Place of residence: Nancy / FRA
Family status: 3 children
Hobbies: motorcycle (off road and road racing), mountain bike

Summary of his Rally Experience:

2012

11. Platz Rallye Dakar

2011

• 3rd place OiLybia Rally Morocco

2008

• 4th place Central Europe Rally
• 1st place Rally Transiberico
• 3rd place PAX Rally

2007

• 2nd place Rally Dakar (Co-driver of Luc Alphand)
• 1st place Por las Pampas

2006

• 1st place Rally Dakar (Co-driver of Luc Alphand)
• 1st place Rally Patagonia-Atacama (Co-driver of Luc Alphand)
• 1st place UAE Desert Challenge
• 3rd place Rally Transiberico

2005

• 2nd place Rally Dakar (Co-driver of Luc Alphand)
• 1st place Rally of Tunisia (Co-driver of Luc Alphand)
• 1st Baja 500 Portalegre (Co-driver of Luc Alphand)

2004

• 2nd place Rally Dakar (Co-driver of Hiroshi Masuoka)

2003

• 2nd place Rally Dakar (Co-driver of Jean-Pierre Fontenay)
• 1st place Baja Italy (Co-driver of Hiroshi Masuoka)

2002

• 4th place Rally Dakar (Co-driver of Jean-Pierre Fontenay)
• 2nd place UAE Desert Challenge (Co-driver of Jean-Pierre Fontenay)
• 3rd place Baja Italy

2000

• 3rd place Rally Dakar (Co-driver of Jean-Pierre Fontenay)
• 3rd place Rally of Morocco (Co-driver of Jean-Pierre Fontenay)
• 4th place UAE Desert Challenge (Co-driver of Jean-Pierre Fontenay)

1998

• 1st place UAE Desert Challenge (Co-driver of Jean-Pierre Fontenay)
• 1st place Rally Dakar (Co-driver of Jean-Pierre Fontenay)

1993 - 1997

• Part of the Citroen factory team on rally raids (Co-driver of Hubert Auriol and Ari Vatanen)

1973 - 1992

• Participation in cross-country rallies in the bike class.
• Official Husqvarna rider, before joining the Cagiva team with Hubert Auriol and then the factory Yamaha team with Stéphane Peterhansel.