Éric Boyer (born 2 December 1963) is a French former professional

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. Boyer was born in

Choisy-le-Roi Choisy-le-Roi () is a commune in the Val-de-Marne department, in the southeastern suburbs of Paris, Île-de-France. History The current Hôtel de Ville was completed in 1988. Geography Choisy-le-Roi is located southeast from the center of ...

. In the

1988 Tour de France The 1988 Tour de France was the 75th edition of the Tour de France, taking place from 4 to 24 July. It consisted of 22 stages over . The race was won by Pedro Delgado with the top three positions at the end of the race being occupied by special ...

, he finished in 5th place in the overall classification - the highest placed French finisher. Boyer won two stages of the

1990 Giro d'Italia The 1990 Giro d'Italia was the 73rd edition of the race. It started off in Bari on May 18 with a individual time trial. The race came to a close with a mass-start stage that began and ended in Milan on June 6. Twenty-two teams entered the ra ...

and one stage the following year. After his racing career, Boyer worked for television (including

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and L'Equipe) and newspapers. He was manager of the Cofidis team from 2005 until June 2012. In addition he briefly served as president of the

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from 2008 to 2009.

Major results

;1981 : 3rd Road race, National Junior Road Championships ;1984 : 1st Stage 2 Ruban Granitier Breton : 3rd 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 ...

;1985 : 5th Overall Tour Midi-Pyrénées ;1986 : 1st Grand Prix de Rennes : 1st : 1st Stage 2 ( TTT)

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: 4th Overall

Étoile de Bessèges The Étoile de Bessèges () is an early-season five-day road bicycle racing stage race held annually around Bessèges, in the Gard department of the Languedoc-Roussillon region of France. First organized in 1971 as a one-day race, it became a ...

;1987 : 1st Stage 2

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: 2nd Overall Tour Midi-Pyrénées : 4th

Giro di Lombardia The Giro di Lombardia (), officially ''Il Lombardia'', is a cycling race in Lombardy, Italy. It is traditionally the last of the five 'Cycling monument, Monuments' of the season, considered to be one of the most prestigious one-day events in cycli ...

: 5th Overall

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: 6th Overall Tour de la Communauté Européenne ::1st Prologue ( TTT) & Stage 9 : 10th Overall

Tour of Ireland The Tour of Ireland ( Irish: Turas na hÉireann, known from 1985 to 1992 as the Nissan Classic) was a bicycle stage race held in August, which ran for 35 editions over a 56-year period. Irish rider Seán Kelly recorded the most wins, four. T ...

::1st Stage 4a ( TTT) : 10th Overall

Tour du Haut Var The Tour des Alpes-Maritimes, formerly known as the Tour du Haut Var, () is an early-season two-day road bicycle race in the Var department region in the south of France. Until 2008 it was run as a one-day race, part of the UCI Europe Tour. In 20 ...

;1988 : 4th

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: 5th Overall

;1989 : 2nd Overall

: 2nd Overall

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 ...

;1990 : 1st Stages 2 & 15

Giro d'Italia The Giro d'Italia (; ), also known simply as the Giro, is an annual stage race, multiple-stage bicycle racing, bicycle race primarily held in Italy, while also starting in, or passing through, other countries. The first race was organized in 19 ...

: 2nd

Polynormande The Polynormande is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in August in the region of Normandy, France. Between 1980 and 2002 it was a criterium. Since 2003, the race is organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour, also being part of t ...

: 5th Overall

;1991 : 6th Overall

::1st Stage 4 ;1992 : 1st Overall

::1st Stage 1 : 8th Overall

Tour de Suisse The Tour de Suisse () is an annual road cycling stage race. Raced over eight days, the event covers two weekends in June, and along with the Critérium du Dauphiné, it is considered a proving ground for the Tour de France, which is on the calend ...

::1st Stage 9 ;1993 : 1st Overall

::1st Stage 2 : 3rd Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

References

External links

* * 1963 births Living people People from Choisy-le-Roi French male cyclists Cyclists from Val-de-Marne Tour de Suisse stage winners French Giro d'Italia stage winners 20th-century French sportsmen {{France-cycling-bio-1960s-stub