French cyclist

Didier Rous (born 18 September 1970 in Montauban, France) is a French former professional road bicycle racer. He competed in the men's individual road race at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Contents

• 1 Biography
• 2 Major results
• 3 See also
• 4 References
• 5 External links

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. 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

19931st, Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise19944th, Overall, Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré19961st, Stage 4, Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana1st, Stage 3 (ITT), Critérium International2nd, La Flèche Wallonne19971st, Stage 18, Tour de France20001st, Overall, Grand Prix du Midi Libre1st, Paris–Camembert2001 National Road Race ChampionFour Days of Dunkirk1st, Overall, Stage 5 and 6 (ITT)1st, Overall, Tour de Vendée1st, Trophée des Grimpeurs1st, Prologue, Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré11th, Overall, Tour de France20021st, Overall, Circuit de la Sarthe2nd, Overall, Four Days of Dunkirk2003 National Road Race Champion1st, Trophée des Grimpeurs1st, Overall, Tour du Limousin2nd, Overall, Four Days of Dunkirk20041st, GP Ouest-France1st, Stage 3, Four Days of Dunkirk20051st, Stage 3 (ITT), Route du Sud2006Paris–Corrèze1st, Overall, Points Compe*ions and Stage 11st, Trophée des Grimpeurs

See also

• List of doping cases in cycling
• List of sportspeople sanctioned for doping offences

References

External links

• Profile at Bouygues Télécom official website (in French)
• Didier Rous at trap-friis.dk