Éric Boyer (2 December 1963) is a French former professional

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. Boyer was born in

Choisy-le-Roi Choisy-le-Roi () is a commune in the Val-de-Marne department, in the southeastern suburbs of Paris, Île-de-France. Geography Choisy-le-Roi is located southeast from the center of Paris, on both banks of the river Seine. The neighbouring com ...

. In the

1988 Tour de France The 1988 Tour de France was the 75th edition of the Tour de France, taking place from 4 to 24 July. It consisted of 22 stages over . The race was won by Pedro Delgado with the top three positions at the end of the race being occupied by speciali ...

, he finished in 5th place in the overall classification - the highest placed French finisher. Boyer won a stage in the

1991 Giro d'Italia The 1991 Giro d'Italia was the 74th edition of the race. It began on May 26 with a mass-start stage that began and ended in the Italian city of Olbia. The race came to a close in Milan on June 16. Twenty teams entered the race, which was w ...

. After his racing career, Boyer worked for television (including

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and L'Equipe) and newspapers. He was manager of the Cofidis team from 2005 until June 2012. In addition he briefly served as president of the

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from 2008 to 2009.

Major results

;1986 :Antibes :

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: ::Winner stage 2 ( TTT) ;1988 :Meymac :

: ::5th place overall classification ;1990 : Giro d'Italia: ::Winner stages 2 and 15 :Castillon-la-Bataille ;1991 : Giro d'Italia: ::Winner stage 4 ;1992 :

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;1993 :

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* * 1963 births Living people People from Choisy-le-Roi French male cyclists Sportspeople from Val-de-Marne Tour de Suisse stage winners Cyclists from Île-de-France French Giro d'Italia stage winners {{France-cycling-bio-1960s-stub