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Personal information | |
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Full name | Laurent Roux |
Born |
Cahors, France |
December 3, 1972
Team information | |
Current team | Retired |
Discipline | Road |
Role | Rider |
Amateur team(s) | |
1992 | US Montauban |
Professional team(s) | |
1994 | Castorama-MaxiSport |
1995 | Castorama |
1996 | TVM |
1997–1998 | TVM-Farm Frites |
1999 | Casino |
2000 | Mobilvetta Design-Rossin |
2001–2002 | Jean Delatour |
Major wins | |
Giro d'Italia, 1 stage |
Laurent Roux (born December 3, 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. In 2002, he was tested non-negative for amphetamines after an out of competition control. 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.