Christophe Capelle

{{Short description|French cyclist (born 1967)}}

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| caption = Capelle in 1996

| fullname = Christophe Capelle

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1967|8|15|df=y}}

| birth_place = Compiègne, France

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| discipline = Road and track

| role = Rider

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| proyears1 = 1991–1995

| proteam1 = {{UCI team code|C.A|1991}}

| proyears2 = 1996

| proteam2 = Force Sud

| proyears3 = 1996

| proteam3 = {{UCI team code|AUB|1996}}

| proyears4 = 1997–1998

| proteam4 = {{UCI team code|COF|1997}}

| proyears5 = 1999–2002

| proteam5 = {{UCI team code|AUB|1999}}

| majorwins = Hessen-Rundfahrt (1990)
French National Road Race Champion (2000)

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Christophe Capelle (born 15 August 1967) is a French former racing cyclist.

Capelle won a gold medal for France in the 4000-meter team pursuit at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, riding alongside Philippe Ermenault, Jean-Michel Monin, and Francis Moreau.Wallechinsky, David. The Complete Book of the Summer Olympics: Sydney 2000 Edition, p. 365. Overlook Press, Woodstock, N.Y., 2000. {{ISBN|1-58567-046-4}}. In 2000, he represented France in the points raceCNNSI.com. [https://web.archive.org/web/20001017161337/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/olympics/results/2000/by_event/track_cycling_points_race.html "2000 Olympic Results - Track Cycling: Points race"]. 22 September 2000. Retrieved on 17 July 2013. and Madison events,CNNSI.com. [https://web.archive.org/web/20001017183404/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/olympics/results/2000/by_event/cycling_track_madison.html "2000 Olympic Result - Cycling: Track: Madison"]. 30 September 2000. Retrieved on 17 July 2013. finishing outside the medals in both events. Capelle also competed in the Olympic road race, but failed to finish.ESPN.com. [http://static.espn.go.com/oly/summer00/results/cycling.html "Summer Olympics 2000 Results - Cycling"]. 27 September 2000. Retrieved on 17 July 2013.

Capelle also raced for the Big Mat–Auber 93 team at the 1999 Tour de France, completing the race in 115th place.CyclingNews.com. [http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/results/1999/tour99/stage20.html "Tour de France, Stage 20, Arpajon - Paris Champs-Elysées, 160 km"]. 25 July 1999. Retrieved on 17 July 2013.