![]() Boyer at the
1993 Tour de France | |
Personal information | |
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Full name | Éric Boyer |
Born | Choisy-le-Roi, France | 2 December 1963
Team information | |
Current team | Retired |
Discipline | Road |
Role |
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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 |
Éric Boyer (born 2 December 1963) is a French former professional road bicycle racer. [2]
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]
Grand Tour | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 |
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40 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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— | — | — | — | 23 | 6 | — | — | — | 69 |
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98 | — | 5 | DNF | 19 | 38 | 12 | 63 | — | DNF |
— | Did not compete |
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DNF | Did not finish |