Laurent Desbiens Explained

Laurent Desbiens
Fullname:Laurent Desbiens
Birth Date:16 September 1969
Birth Place:Mons-en-Barœul, France
Weight:690NaN0
Currentteam:Retired
Discipline:Road
Role:Rider
Proyears1:1991
Proteam1:Tonton Tapis–GB (stagiaire)
Proyears2:1992
Proyears3:1993–1995
Proyears4:1996
Proyears5:1997–2000
Proyears6:2001
Majorwins:Four Days of Dunkirk (1993)
1 Stage Tour de France (1997)

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.

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

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
  • 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

    Grand Tour199319941995199619971998199920002001
    Giro d'Italia71DNF102
    Tour de France109DNF12761100DNFDNF
    Vuelta a EspañaDNF

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: French Senate releases positive EPO cases from 1998 Tour de France.