Didier Rous

Didier Rous (born 18 September 1970 in Montauban, France) is a French former professional road bicycle racer. He competed in the men's individual road race at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Biography
He started his professional career with Gan in 1993 before leaving for Festina in 1997, the year in which he won a stage of the Tour de France. In 1998 the Tour and in particular the Festina team were struck by a doping scandal which led to revelations that the team had organised a doping fund under the managemt of Bruno Roussel, the directeur sportif, and the team's doctor, Erik Rykaert. Rous said he had taken the blood enhancer, EPO.

In 2000 he joined a new team, Bonjour, sponsored by a newspaper chain and managed by the former rider Jean-René Bernaudeau. He stayed with Bernaudeau as the team's sponsors changed and ride under its new sponsor, Brioches La Boulangère (2003–2004) and then Bouygues Telecom (2005).

Rous said on 11 June 2007 that he was stopping racing because of health problems and joined the management of the Bouygues Telecom team.

Major results

 * 1993
 * 1st, Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise


 * 1994
 * 4th, Overall, Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré


 * 1996
 * 1st, Stage 4, Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
 * 1st, Stage 3 (ITT), Critérium International
 * 2nd, La Flèche Wallonne


 * 1997
 * 1st, Stage 18, Tour de France


 * 2000
 * 1st, Overall, Grand Prix du Midi Libre
 * 1st, Paris–Camembert


 * 2001
 * 🇫🇷 National Road Race Champion
 * Four Days of Dunkirk
 * 1st, Overall, Stage 5 and 6 (ITT)
 * 1st, Overall, Tour de Vendée
 * 1st, Trophée des Grimpeurs
 * 1st, Prologue, Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
 * 11th, Overall, Tour de France


 * 2002
 * 1st, Overall, Circuit de la Sarthe
 * 2nd, Overall, Four Days of Dunkirk


 * 2003
 * 🇫🇷 National Road Race Champion
 * 1st, Trophée des Grimpeurs
 * 1st, Overall, Tour du Limousin
 * 2nd, Overall, Four Days of Dunkirk


 * 2004
 * 1st, GP Ouest-France
 * 1st, Stage 3, Four Days of Dunkirk


 * 2005
 * 1st, Stage 3 (ITT), Route du Sud


 * 2006
 * Paris–Corrèze
 * 1st, Overall, Points Competitions and Stage 1
 * 1st, Trophée des Grimpeurs