Franck Bouyer

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Franck Bouyer

Personal information
Full name	Franck Bouyer
Date of birth	March 17, 1974 (1974-03-17) (age 34)
Country	France
Team information
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Professional team(s)
1995 1996 1997–1999 2000–2006	Castorama Agrigel Française des Jeux Bouygues Télécom
Major wins
Tour du Limousin (2001) Tour de Vendée (2002) Paris-Camembert (2004)
Infobox last updated on:
August 31, 2007

Franck Bouyer (born March 17, 1974 in Beaupréau) is a French former professional road bicycle racer for who raced for Castorama, Agrigel, Française des Jeux and Bouygues Télécom during his career. Bouyer suffers from narcolepsy, resulting in sudden sleep attacks and cataplexy, and was unable to compete or train without Modafinil.^[1] However, the UCI ruled in June 2004 that Bouyer could not be given a therapeutic use exemption to allow him to compete having taken the drug, so Bouyer was unable to race. The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) upheld the decision of the UCI citing that it could not be determined that Modafinil did not provide an extra increase in performance and that the dosage was hard to measure.^[2] Despite the rulings by both the UCI and CAS, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) gave Bouyer permission to return to racing in August 2005.^[3] Yet, following an appeal to CAS by the UCI, Bouyer was once again banned.^[4] In January 2007, Bouyer's contract with Bouygues Télécom expired and the team released him.^[5] Bouyer filed a civil lawsuit against the UCI and WADA in July 2007, arguing they were preventing him from working.^[6]

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Persondata
NAME	Bouyer, Franck
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Road bicycle racer
DATE OF BIRTH	1974-03-17
PLACE OF BIRTH	Beaupréau, France
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH