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Further Personal Information | |
| Residence | Curepipe, MRI |
Sport Specific Information | |
| Club / Team | Moka SC-Synergy: Mauritius |
General Interest | |
| Hobbies | Cooking. (sport.defimedia.info, 01 May 2016) |
| Memorable sporting achievement | Winning the 2005 Tour of Mauritius. ''I still get goosebumps when I think about it.'' (lemauricien.com, 12 Dec 2015) |
| Other sports | He is also a mountain biker, and won a gold medal in the marathon race at the 2016 African Continental Mountain Bike Championships in Lesotho, South Africa. (inthebunch.co.za, 01 Apr 2016; SportsDeskOnline, 20 Apr 2014) |
| Famous relatives | His wife Aurelie Halbwachs has also competed in road cycling and mountain biking at international level, and took part in the road cycling race at the 2008 and 2012 Olympic Games. His younger brother Christophe competed in the cycling road race at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, VIC, Australia, but did not finish the race. (5plus.mu, 12 Oct 2015; SportsDeskOnline, 20 Apr 2014; sports-reference.com, 2012) |
Sport Specific Information | |
| Why this sport? | His father introduced him to the sport. He was also involved in basketball, football and horse riding but decided to take up cycling. ''It was a complete sport, which was closer to what I wanted.'' |
General Interest | |
| Hero / Idol | Spanish cyclist and five times Tour de France winner Miguel Indurain. (lemauricien.com, 12 Dec 2015) |
| Awards and honours | He was named Sportsman of the Year 2005 in Curepipe, Mauritius. (5plus.mu, 2005) |
Sport Specific Information | |
| Name of coach | Bertrand Carabin [personal] |
| Training Regime | He trains three hours in the morning before he goes to work. |
| When and where did you begin this sport? | He took up cycling at age six. |
Further Personal Information | |
| Occupation | Personal Trainer |
| Languages | English, French |
General Interest | |
| Nicknames | Yan (Instagram profile, 2016) |
| Other information | RACE ORGANISER He has organised the Omnicane Southern Tropical Challenge mountain bike race in Mauritius since 2009. (dirtjam.co.za, 13 Jun 2013; marathonmtb.com, 12 Nov 2012) |
Further Personal Information | |
| Family | Wife Aurelie Halbwachs, daughter Lana [2015] |