title: Laurent Roux
text: # Laurent Roux
  
  Laurent Roux (born 3 December 1972 in Cahors) is a French former road bicycle racer.
  
  ## Doping
  
  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.
  
  ## Major results
  
  ### 1996
  
      1st, Stage 2b, Route du Sud
  
  ### 1997
  
      1st, Classique des Alpes
      1st, Paris–Bourges
      1st, Stage 3, Route du Sud
      1st, Overall, Tour de l'Avenir
  
  ### 1998
  
      1st, Stage 13, Giro d'Italia
  
  ### 1999
  
      1st, Trophée des Grimpeurs
      1st, Stage 4, Paris–Nice
  
  ### 2001
  
      1st, Stage 2, Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
      1st, Stage 3, Route du Sud
  
  ## Goujounac
  
  His father, Jacques Roux (1948-2021), was mayor of Goujounac.
  
  