Laurent Desbiens (born 16 September 1969, Mons-en-Barœul) 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.
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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Laurent Desbiens |
| Born | 16 September 1969 Mons-en-Barœul, France |
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) |
| Weight | 69 kg (152 lb; 10 st 12 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Retired |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Professional teams | |
| 1991 | Tonton Tapis–GB (stagiaire) |
| 1992 | Collstrop–Garden Wood |
| 1993–1995 | Castorama |
| 1996 | GAN |
| 1997–2000 | Cofidis |
| 2001 | Kelme–Costa Blanca |
| Major wins | |
| Four Days of Dunkirk (1993) 1 Stage Tour de France (1997) | |
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.[1]
Major results edit
- 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
- Held Stages 8–9
- Held
- 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 edit
| Grand Tour | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Giro d'Italia
|
71 | — | DNF | — | — | — | — | — | 102 |
 Tour de France
|
109 | DNF | — | — | 127 | 61 | 100 | DNF | DNF |
 Vuelta a España
|
— | — | — | — | — | DNF | — | — | — |
References edit
External links edit
- Laurent Desbiens at Cycling Archives
- Laurent Desbiens at ProCyclingStats
- Laurent Desbiens at CycleBase
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