Éric Boyer (born 2 December 1963) is a French former professional road bicycle racer.[2]
.jpg) Boyer at the 1993 Tour de France | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Éric Boyer |
| Born | 2 December 1963 Choisy-le-Roi, France |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Retired |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role |
|
| Professional teams | |
| 1985 | Renault–Elf[1] |
| 1986–1988 | Système U[1] |
| 1989–1994 | Z–Peugeot[1] |
| 1995 | Polti–Granarolo–Santini[1] |
| Managerial team | |
| 2005–2012 | Cofidis |
| Major wins | |
| Grand Tours | |
Boyer was born in Choisy-le-Roi. In the 1988 Tour de France, he finished in 5th place in the overall classification - the highest placed French finisher.[3] Boyer won two stages of the 1990 Giro d'Italia and one stage the following year.
After his racing career, Boyer worked for television (including Eurosport and L'Equipe)[3] and newspapers. He was manager of the Cofidis team from 2005 until June 2012.[4] In addition he briefly served as president of the AIGCP from 2008 to 2009.[5][6]
Major results
- 1981
- 3rd Road race, National Junior Road Championships
- 1984
- 1st Stage 2 Ruban Granitier Breton
- 3rd Overall Tour du Limousin
- 1985
- 5th Overall Tour Midi-Pyrénées
- 1986
- 1st Grand Prix de Rennes
- 1st Grand Prix d'Antibes
- 1st Stage 2 (TTT) Tour de France
- 4th Overall Étoile de Bessèges
- 1987
- 1st Stage 2 Grand Prix du Midi Libre
- 2nd Overall Tour Midi-Pyrénées
- 4th Giro di Lombardia
- 5th Overall Paris–Nice
- 6th Overall Tour de la Communauté Européenne
- 1st Prologue (TTT) & Stage 9
- 10th Overall Tour of Ireland
- 1st Stage 4a (TTT)
- 10th Overall Tour du Haut Var
- 1988
- 4th Amstel Gold Race
- 5th Overall Tour de France
- 1989
- 2nd Overall Grand Prix du Midi Libre
- 2nd Overall Route du Sud
- 1990
- 1st Stages 2 & 15 Giro d'Italia
- 2nd Polynormande
- 5th Overall Paris–Nice
- 1991
- 6th Overall Giro d'Italia
- 1st Stage 4
- 1992
- 1st
Overall Tour du Limousin- 1st Stage 1
- 8th Overall Tour de Suisse
- 1st Stage 9
- 1993
- 1st
Overall Route du Sud- 1st Stage 2
- 3rd Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
| Grand Tour | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Vuelta a España | 40 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 Giro d'Italia | — | — | — | — | 23 | 6 | — | — | — | 69 |
 Tour de France | 98 | — | 5 | DNF | 19 | 38 | 12 | 63 | — | DNF |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
References
External links
- Éric Boyer at Cycling Archives
- Éric Boyer at ProCyclingStats
- Éric Boyer at CycleBase
- Éric Boyer – official Tour de France results (archive)
