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Franck Bouyer
Personal information
Full name	Franck Bouyer
Born	17 March 1974 (age 50); Beaupréau, France
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Professional teams
1995	Castorama
1996	Agrigel–La Creuse–Fenioux
1997–1999	Française des Jeux
2000–2006	Bonjour
2009–2013	Bbox Bouygues Telecom
Major wins
	Tour du Limousin (2001); Tour de Vendée (2002); Paris–Camembert (2004)

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.^[1] Bouyer competed for the Castorama, Agrigel–La Creuse–Fenioux, Française des Jeux, Bouygues Télécom and Team Europcar squads during his career.^[2] Bouyer suffers from narcolepsy, resulting in sudden sleep attacks and cataplexy, and was unable to compete or train without Modafinil.^[3]

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.^[4] 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.^[5] Yet, following an appeal to CAS by the UCI, Bouyer was once again banned.^[6] In January 2007, Bouyer's contract with Bouygues Télécom expired and the team released him.^[7] Bouyer filed a civil lawsuit against the UCI and WADA in July 2007, arguing they were preventing him from working.^[8] After confirmation from the UCI that a new drug for treating narcolepsy (Xyrem) was not on the banned list, he signed again for the Bbox Bouygues Telecom team for the 2009 season.^[9]

Bouyer retired at the end of the 2013 season.^[1]

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

Grand Tour	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Giro d'Italia	—	—	—	—	—	DNF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Tour de France	DNF	—	94	—	122	74	114	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Vuelta a España	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	DNF

Legend
DSQ	Disqualified
DNF	Did not finish

References

^ ^a ^b "La boucle est bouclée pour Duret" [The career is complete for Duret]. Ouest-France (in French). Groupe Ouest-France. 29 November 2013. Retrieved 2 December 2013. Après Franck Bouyer, mardi, Sébastien Duret a désormais la certitude que le point placé au terme de la saison 2013 serait un point final. [After Franck Bouyer on Tuesday, Sébastien Duret is now satisfied that the point placed at the end of the 2013 season would be an end point.]
^ Deneits, Stephane (8 January 2012). "Équipes 2012: Europcar" [Teams 2012: Europcar]. Velochrono.fr (in French). Velochrono. Retrieved 12 January 2012.
^ "Bouyer sidelined". Cyclingnews.com. 2004-06-17. Retrieved 2007-08-31.
^ "CAS refutes Bouyer's appeal". Cyclingnews.com. 2005-03-20. Retrieved 2007-08-31.
^ "WADA allows Bouyer to race". Cyclingnews.com. 2005-08-23. Retrieved 2007-08-31.
^ "No more racing for Bouyer". Cyclingnews.com. 2006-03-19. Retrieved 2007-08-31.
^ "Bouyer without a team". Cyclingnews.com. 2007-01-24. Retrieved 2007-08-31.
^ "Bouyer files suit against UCI, WADA". Cyclingnews.com. 2007-07-20. Retrieved 2007-08-31.
^ "INDOM : Noms de domaine". Archived from the original on 2012-02-20. Retrieved 2009-01-25.