Laurent Roux | |
Full Name: | Laurent Roux |
Birth Date: | 3 December 1972 |
Birth Place: | Cahors, France |
Currentteam: | Retired |
Discipline: | Road |
Role: | Rider |
Amateuryears1: | 1992 |
Amateurteam1: | US Montauban |
Proyears1: | 1994 |
Proteam1: | Castorama-MaxiSport |
Proyears2: | 1995 |
Proteam2: | Castorama |
Proyears3: | 1996 |
Proteam3: | TVM |
Proyears4: | 1997 - 1998 |
Proteam4: | TVM-Farm Frites |
Proyears5: | 1999 |
Proteam5: | Casino |
Proyears6: | 2000 |
Proteam6: | Mobilvetta Design-Rossin |
Proyears7: | 2001 - 2002 |
Proteam7: | Jean Delatour |
Majorwins: | Giro d'Italia, 1 stage |
Laurent Roux (born 3 December 1972 in Cahors) is a French former road bicycle racer.
In 1999, he was found guilty of using amphetamines and was suspended for six months.[1] In 2002, he was tested non-negative for amphetamines after an out of competition control.[2] In 2006 he also confessed at a doping trial in Bordeaux that he used EPO, human growth hormone, cortisone and testosterone and sold "Pot Belge" to other riders.[1]
His father, Jacques Roux (1948-2021), was mayor of Goujounac.[3]