Didier Rous (born 18 September 1970 in
Montauban
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,
France
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) is a French former professional
road bicycle racer
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. He competed in the
men's individual road race at the
1996 Summer Olympics
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.
Biography
He started his professional career with Gan in 1993 before leaving for Festina in 1997, the year in which he won a stage of the Tour de France. In 1998 the Tour and in particular the Festina team were struck by a doping scandal which led to revelations that the team had organised a doping fund under the managemt of Bruno Roussel, the directeur sportif, and the
team's doctor, Erik Rykaert. Rous said he had taken the blood enhancer, EPO.
In 2000 he joined a new team, Bonjour, sponsored by a newspaper chain and managed by the former rider
Jean-René Bernaudeau
Jean-René Bernaudeau (born 8 July 1956) is a French former road bicycle racer, who competed professionally from 1978 to 1988. Bernaudeau currently works as the general manager for UCI ProTeam .
In 1982, he said that dope controls in cycling we ...
. He stayed with Bernaudeau as the team's sponsors changed and ride under its new sponsor, Brioches La Boulangère (2003–2004) and then Bouygues Telecom (2005).
Rous said on 11 June 2007 that he was stopping racing because of health problems and joined the management of the Bouygues Telecom team.
Major results
;1993
: 1st,
Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise
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;1994
: 4th, Overall,
Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
;1996
: 1st, Stage 4,
Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
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: 1st, Stage 3 (ITT),
Critérium International
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: 2nd,
La Flèche Wallonne
La Flèche Wallonne (, French for "The Walloon Arrow") is a men's professional cycle road race held in April each year in Wallonia, Belgium.
The first of two Belgian Ardennes classics, La Flèche Wallonne is today normally held mid-week betw ...
;1997
: 1st, Stage 18,
Tour de France
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;2000
: 1st, Overall,
Grand Prix du Midi Libre
The Grand Prix du Midi Libre (referred to as just Midi Libre) was a multiple-stage road cycling course in the south of France. The race, named after the newspaper that organized it, was first organized in 1949 and was an important preparation cou ...
: 1st,
Paris–Camembert
Paris–Camembert (also Paris–Camembert Trophée Lepetit or Paris–Camembert Lepetit) is a semi classic held annually in April. Since 2005, the race is organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. The route of the race has varied over t ...
;2001
: National Road Race Champion
:
Four Days of Dunkirk
:: 1st, Overall, Stage 5 and 6 (ITT)
: 1st, Overall,
Tour de Vendée
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: 1st,
Trophée des Grimpeurs
The Trophée des Grimpeurs, called Polymultipliée until 1970, was a single-day road bicycle race held annually in August in the region of Val-d'Oise, France, between Argenteuil and Sannois. Between 1980 and 2002 it was a criterium. Since 2005, t ...
: 1st, Prologue,
Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
: 11th, Overall,
Tour de France
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;2002
: 1st, Overall,
Circuit de la Sarthe
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: 2nd, Overall,
Four Days of Dunkirk
;2003
: National Road Race Champion
: 1st,
Trophée des Grimpeurs
The Trophée des Grimpeurs, called Polymultipliée until 1970, was a single-day road bicycle race held annually in August in the region of Val-d'Oise, France, between Argenteuil and Sannois. Between 1980 and 2002 it was a criterium. Since 2005, t ...
: 1st, Overall,
Tour du Limousin
Tour du Limousin is a 4-day road bicycle race held annually in Limousin, France. It was first held in 1968 and since 2005 it has been organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour
The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle raci ...
: 2nd, Overall,
Four Days of Dunkirk
;2004
: 1st,
GP Ouest-France
The Bretagne Classic, also called Bretagne Classic Ouest–France, is an elite cycling classic held annually in late summer around the Breton village of Plouay in western France.
The race was originally named Grand–Prix de Plouay and, from 19 ...
: 1st, Stage 3,
Four Days of Dunkirk
;2005
: 1st, Stage 3 (ITT),
Route du Sud
The Route d'Occitanie is a road bicycle race with 4 stages held annually in Southern France. It was first held in 1977 and since 2005 it has been organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. It is usually held a week before the Tour de France ...
;2006
:
Paris–Corrèze
Paris–Corrèze was a road bicycle race held annually in France, usually between a department near Paris and the department of Corrèze. It was created by Laurent Fignon and Max Mamers. It was first held in 2001 and since 2005 it has been organi ...
:: 1st, Overall, Points Competitions and Stage 1
: 1st,
Trophée des Grimpeurs
The Trophée des Grimpeurs, called Polymultipliée until 1970, was a single-day road bicycle race held annually in August in the region of Val-d'Oise, France, between Argenteuil and Sannois. Between 1980 and 2002 it was a criterium. Since 2005, t ...
See also
*
List of doping cases in cycling
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*
List of sportspeople sanctioned for doping offences
The following is an incomplete list of sportspeople who have been involved in doping offences. It contains those who have been found to have, or have admitted to having, taken illegal performance-enhancing drugs, prohibited recreational drugs or ...
References
External links
Profile at Bouygues Télécom official website *
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1970 births
Living people
French male cyclists
French Tour de France stage winners
Doping cases in cycling
Sportspeople from Tarn-et-Garonne
Olympic cyclists of France
Cyclists at the 1996 Summer Olympics
People from Montauban
Cyclists from Occitania (administrative region)