Franck Bouyer

Franck Bouyer (born 17 March 1974, in Beaupréau) is a French former professional road bicycle racer, who competed as a professional between 1995 and 2013. Bouyer competed for the , Agrigel–La Creuse–Fenioux, , and squads during his career. Bouyer has narcolepsy, resulting in sudden sleep attacks and cataplexy, and was unable to compete or train without Modafinil.

However, the UCI ruled in June 2004 that Bouyer could not be given a therapeutic use exemption to allow him to compete having taken the drug, so Bouyer was unable to race. The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) upheld the decision of the UCI citing that it could not be determined that Modafinil did not provide an extra increase in performance and that the dosage was hard to measure. Despite the rulings by both the UCI and CAS, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) gave Bouyer permission to return to racing in August 2005. Yet, following an appeal to CAS by the UCI, Bouyer was once again banned. In January 2007, Bouyer's contract with Bouygues Télécom expired and the team released him. Bouyer filed a civil lawsuit against the UCI and WADA in July 2007, arguing they were preventing him from working. After confirmation from the UCI that a new drug for treating narcolepsy (Xyrem) was not on the banned list, he signed again for the team for the 2009 season.

Bouyer retired at the end of the 2013 season.

Career achievements Major results

1999 4th A Travers le Morbihan 8th Giro della Provincia di Siracusa 2000 4th Grand Prix de la Ville de Lillers 2001 1st Overall Tour du Limousin 1st Stage 1 3rd Overall Circuit de la Sarthe 4th GP de la Ville de Rennes 8th Boucles de l'Aulne 9th Grand Prix de Cholet-Pays de Loire 2002 1st Tour de Vendée 2nd Grand Prix de Cholet-Pays de Loire 3rd Trophée des Grimpeurs 5th Boucles de l'Aulne 10th Overall Tour du Limousin 10th Tour du Haut Var 2003 2nd Grand Prix de Cholet-Pays de Loire 3rd Overall Étoile de Bessèges 7th Tour du Finistère 2004 1st Paris–Camembert 2nd Overall Circuit de la Sarthe 1st Stage 1 4th Tour de Vendée 2010 1st Overall Tour de Bretagne 2011 9th Overall Boucles de la Mayenne 2013 7th Overall Boucles de la Mayenne

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

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