Didier Rous

Didier Rous

Rous in 2006
Personal information
Full name	Didier Rous
Born	(1970-09-18) September 18, 1970 Montauban, France
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Professional team(s)
1993–1996	GAN
1997–1999	Festina
2000–2007	Bouygues Télécom
Major wins
Tour de France, 1 stages (1997) French National Road Race Champion (2001, 2003) Grand Prix du Midi Libre (2000)
Infobox last updated on December 26, 2007

Didier Rous (born September 18, 1970 in Montauban, France) is a French former professional road bicycle racer.

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

See also

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

External links

• Profile at Bouygues Télécom official website (French)
• Didier Rous at Trap-Friis.dk. Archive copy at the Wayback Machine (archived 24 May 2011)