Cycling: 30 years later, Éric Boyer will finish his Tour de France… 1995
Thirty years ago, Éric Boyer, 5th in the 1988 Tour de France, abandoned the Tour de France on the climb to Marie-Blanque in the Pyrenees. Then he retired. For his love of cycling, he decided to finish the last five stages...
By Benoît LallementHis voice says it all about the feelings he's going through. It betrays a little stress and impatience, a lot of desire. It tells of the happiness he's ready to embrace as he literally comes full circle. Closing a parenthesis left open with frustration, a sense of unfinished business, and abandonment. That was 30 years ago...
Eric Boyer was then a name in the peloton, a very good rider, one of the best in the world, a French big shot. In 1988, the climber from Essonne finished 5th in the Tour de France , under the orders of Cyrille Guimard, thus placing himself in the landscape, with Bernard Hinault above and Laurent Fignon not far behind.
Le Parisien
