Laurent Desbiens

Laurent Desbiens (born 16 September 1969) is a French former road cyclist, who competed professionally between 1992 and 2001. He won the 1993 Four Days of Dunkirk and won a stage in the 1997 Tour de France and wore the yellow jersey as leader of the general classification for two days in the 1998 Tour.

His name was on the list of doping tests published by the French Senate on 24 July 2013 that were collected during the 1998 Tour de France and found positive for EPO when retested in 2004.

Major results

1991 2nd Overall Circuit Franco-Belge 1992 1st Cholet-Pays de Loire 6th Tour de Vendée 7th Overall Tour d'Armorique 8th Tour de Vendée 1993 1st Overall Four Days of Dunkirk 1st Stage 1 3rd Paris–Bourges 6th Overall Ronde van Nederland 8th Overall Route du Sud 1994 4th Overall Grand Prix du Midi Libre 1st Stage 3 10th Coppa Bernocchi 1995 6th Overall Tour du Limousin 6th GP Ouest–France 6th Grand Prix d'Isbergues 1996 1st Tour de Vendée 2nd Overall Tour de Luxembourg 2nd Overall Tour de l'Oise 1st Stage 4 3rd Trophée des Grimpeurs 3rd Cholet-Pays de Loire 6th Overall Four Days of Dunkirk 1997 1st Stage 11 Tour de France 1st Stage 1 Grand Prix du Midi Libre 9th Trophée des Grimpeurs 10th Tour de Vendée 1998 1st A Travers le Morbihan Tour de France

2nd Trophée des Grimpeurs 2nd Tour de Vendée 5th Gent–Wevelgem 1999 1st Stage 4 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré 1st Stage 4 Tour du Limousin 2nd Châteauroux Classic 2nd A Travers le Morbihan 2000 9th Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli 2001 1st Mountains classification, Tour de Romandie

Grand Tour general classification results timeline