In 1997 he won a stage of the Tour de France and became world road champion in San Sebastián, Spain.
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He is a fan of French comic character Marsupilami, often wearing Marsupilami logo and clothing at races.
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In 2002 UCI sued Festina soigneur Willy Voet for defamation over claims in his book Breaking the Chain that the UCI and Hein Verbruggen had allegedly been involved in some sort of coverup of use of Lidocaine and Laurent Brochard.