Ronan Pensec

Ronan Pensec
Personal information

Full name	Ronan Pensec
Nickname	Pinpin
Born	(1963-07-10) July 10, 1963 (age 49) Douarnenez, France
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	Climber
Professional team(s)
1985-1986 1987-1989 1990 1991 1992 1993-1994 1995 1996-1997	Peugeot Shell Michelin Z-Peugeot Z Amaya Seguros R.M.O. Novemail-Histor Le Groupement GAN
Major wins
Étoile de Bessèges 1987 Grand Prix des Rennes 1988 GP Ouest-France 1992
Infobox last updated on August 7, 2012

Ronan Pensec (born July 10, 1963) is a former French professional road bicycle racer. He was professional from 1985 to 1997.

Pensec was born in Douarnenez, Finistère, France. He became professional with the Peugeot cycling team. His best performances in the Tour de France were in the first editions he competed in, where he finished sixth in the 1986 edition and seventh in the 1988 Tour de France. In the 1990 Tour de France Pensec wore the yellow jersey. While he defended his lead on the Alpe d'Huez, Pensec lost the lead to Italian Claudio Chiappucci in an Individual time trial.^[1] Pensec retired in 1997 after riding the French national championships.^[2] In 1994 he created the cycling event called La Ronan Pensec which is an event that raises money for AIDS research and AIDS fighting organisations.^[3] Pensec is now a television commentator and consultant for France Télévision and organises cycling tours during the Tour de France. He is also President of the cycling team Bretagne Armor-lux.