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	Daily Peloton - Pro Cycling News
		Didier Rous wins third Trophee des Grimpeurs in six years; Philippe Gilbert, Tristan Valentin podium.
		Last year’s winner Phillipe Gilbert was the big favourite together with Bouygues Telecom rider Didier Rous who won the race already in 2001 and 2003.
		Rous and Beneteau were still in the lead with 54 sec on Gilbert, Valentin and Mederel.
	www.dailypeloton.com /displayarticle.asp?pk=9300 (309 words)

	CNN.com - Tour still dogged by drugs scandal - July 6, 2001
		PARIS, France -- Didier Rous is the captain of France's Bonjour racing team and the French national champion.
		A professional cyclist for nine years, Rous is not a favourite to win the Tour de France, which starts on Saturday in Dunkirk, but the 31-year-old can expect to be among the frontrunners.
		Rous himself was implicated in the 1998 Tour doping scandal and was suspended from racing for six months.
	edition.cnn.com /2001/WORLD/europe/07/06/tour.preview (762 words)

	Active.com - Tour de France injuries pile up after dramatic seventh stage (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Didier Rous, the former French champion who rides for the Bonjour team, has been forced to abandon the race after he fractured his collarbone in the day's most serious pile-up.
		Sheffer was taken to hospital where he was reported to have had 30 stitches in head and face wounds.
		Didier Rous of France and Team Bonjour broke his collar bone and abandoned the race during stage 7.
	www.active.com /story.cfm?story_id=9014&sidebar=622&category=tdf2002_peloton (289 words)

	NewStandard: 7/25/97
		The winner was Didier Rous, a Frenchman with Festina, for whom he has done heavy labor, setting the pace for team leaders, sheltering them from the wind and chasing down their opponents.
		He finished 62nd, 5 minutes 29 seconds behind, after Rous took off about halfway through the hot and humid, 175.5-kilometer (109-mile) journey from the charming city of Colmar to Montbeliard in eastern France.
		Rous completed his ride in 4 hours 24 minutes 48 seconds, so clear a winner that he celebrated by whipping up the huge crowds along the road as he waved his arms to encourage cheering and then imitated a man conducting a band.
	www.southcoasttoday.com /daily/07-97/07-25-97/d04sp139.htm (497 words)

	www.cyclingnews.com presents theGP Plouay - GP Ouest France - Plouay
		Rous, a stage winner in the recent Tour du Limousin, is back to top form after a lacklustre Tour de France and continuing his team's winning ways, after successes in recent months by Jérôme Pineau, Sylvain Chavanel, and above all Thomas Voeckler.
		Didier Rous celebrates as he crosses the line - and goes for the gurning prime too.
		Didier Rous (Brioches La Boulangere) thanks his team-mates in a united performance.
	www.cyclingnews.com /road/2004/worldcup04/GPplouay04/?id=results/GPplouay042 (680 words)

	ABC Sport - Cycling - Rous dedicates French title win to dead team-mate (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Didier Rous won the French cycling road championship for the second time on Sunday and dedicated his victory to his team-mate Fabrice Salanson, who died earlier this month.
		Rous, champion in 2001, broke away on his own 80 kms from the finish of the 222.4-km race held in Brittany to win with a 33-second lead over Richard Virenque while Patrice Halgand was third, 58 seconds behind.
		I was burnt out but I resisted for him," said Rous, who pointed to the sky as he crossed the line.
	www.abc.net.au /cgi-bin/common/printfriendly.pl?http://www.abc.net.au/sport/content/s890885.htm (192 words)

	Rous wins Tour stage with ease after a 75-kilometer solo break Formidable Festina looks perfect for Alex Zuelle FIFA ...
		Rous said it was Festina's last chance to upset Ullrich's Telekom because they were not as strong as the German team in the sprints or today's Disneyland time trial.
		Rous went out alone on the last climb, reaching the top of the Ballon d'Alsace at 1,060 meters three minutes ahead of the chasing group and nearly five in front of the second group which contained Virenque and Ullrich.
		Rous was four minutes ahead of the first chasing group of nine men, including Herve and Dufaux, 40 kilometers from Montbeliard and six minutes in front of the main peloton.
	www.turkishdailynews.com.tr /archives.php?id=3629 (3758 words)

	Bell Sports Press Releases
		The flashy Moreau made his presence known on stage four as he and fellow Frenchman Didier Rous (Brioches La Boulangère) broke away with 23 of the day's 180 kilometers remaining.
		Rous struggled to hold Moreau's wheel and could not jump as they hit the finish line.
		Moreau would catapult from 35th on the overall to first, while Rous would ascend similarly, from 29th to second, just three seconds back.
	www.bellsports.com /main/about/May1203.html (236 words)

	Didier Rous wins Trophée des Grimpeurs
		The weather conditions were very bad but Rous managed to stay in front and win the race.
		His teammate was caught by the chasing group, where last year's winner Gilbert seemed to be the strongest and occupied the second spot.
		After winning the French race in 2001 and 2003, it's Rous' third victory with which he equals Pierre Bachellerie's performance who won the race in 1924, 1926 and 1927.
	www.cyclingpost.com /other/article_002634.shtml (205 words)

	WashingtonPost.com: Ullrich Maintains Tour de France Lead
		So, with three days remaining in the tour, Ullrich leads by 6 minutes, 22 seconds, and is almost certain to become the first German winner, barring a mishap or an accident.
		Rous had an advantage of more than five minutes over the rest of the field as he broke away from a small group halfway through the 18th stage from Colmar to Montbeliard, 108.7 miles.
		Rous felt that other teams would help Festina's efforts to speed up the efforts to leave Ullrioch behind but no one did.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/sports/cycling/longterm/1997/tour/tour25.htm (291 words)

	Roadcycling.com - News - Rous wins Midi Libre
		Rous, however, held on to win the race.
		Totschnig was expected to attack Rous but was not strong enough to do so.
		He was more than half an hour behind Didier Rous on GC when he abandoned.
	www.roadcycling.com /news/05212000a.shtml (555 words)

	BBC SPORT \| Other Sports \| Cycling \| Bonjour
		Their bid in France will be led by Didier Rous although some believe that the youngster Sylvain Chavanel could impress with his aggressive approach.
		But few expect him to be given as much leeway as last year, when he was part of a break which went 35 minutes clear on a damp transitional stage.
		Bonjour have only been in existence since 2000 and added a fresh edge to French cycling when Rous, Simon and Jean-Cyril Robin, who has since left the team, were brought in from rivals.
	news.bbc.co.uk /sport2/hi/other_sports/cycling/2051997.stm (267 words)

	thedailypeloton.com - Story
		After having won the Tour de Vendée about 15 days ago, the Trophée des Grimpeurs last Sunday, Didier Rous continues to add to his list of victories, by winning the time trial in Saint-Pol-sur-Mer, a bit of a surprise to many.
		In fact, we didn't expect Didier Rous to have such a good race in an individual stage against all those specialists like David Millar, Christophe Moreau or Laurent Jalabert.
		Didier Rous beat Laurent Jalabert, who finished at 40 seconds adrift and would have been thé man to beat, after having put on the pressure from the first day on.
	eurocyclingnews.rivals.net /default.asp?sid=1041&p=2&stid=8118537 (615 words)

	thedailypeloton.com - Story
		Didier Rous (Bonjour) is still in the lead in the Four Days of Dunkerque.
		Didier Rous became the leader on Saturday after winning the fifth stage.
		Didier Rous (Fra/Bonjour),12,9 km 15:07 (51,198 km/h) 2.
	eurocyclingnews.rivals.net /?sid=1041&p=2&stid=8118085 (188 words)

	BBC SPORT \| CYCLING \| Jalabert sprints to stage win
		Larent Jalabert got the better of fellow Frenchman Didier Rous in the final sprint to claim the third stage of the Paris-Nice on Wednesday.
		Rous had no answer to Jalabert's acceleration at the end of the 91.5-mile course that began and ended in Saint-Etienne, in south-eastern France.
		Rous holds a two-second lead over Jalabert, riding for CSC Tiscali, with Spain's Javier Pascual-Rodriguez a further 18 seconds back in third.
	news.bbc.co.uk /sport1/hi/other_sports/cycling/1871541.stm (258 words)

	Paris-Nice 2002: welcome on the official web site
		Hungarian rider Laszlo Bodrogi from the Mapei Team won the Prologue of the 60th Paris-Nice, ahead of French Champion Didier Rous (Bonjour), timed 0.280 second behind.
		Didier Rous finished close to the leader (same time, I mean 0.280 sec behind…) Thanks to this short lead, the former Tour de l'Avenir Yellow Jersey (2000), who last year gave to the Mapei squad its 500th pro success, will tomorrow wear the White and Yellow Jersey.
		The gap with Didier (Rous) is so narrow, I can't belive it.
	www.letour.fr /stf/parisnice/2002/us/etape_00.html (397 words)

	Paris-Nice: Jalabert takes stage; Rous takes jersey
		France's national champion Didier Rous took the leader's jersey at Paris-Nice after CSC's Laurent Jalabert won the third stage, a 147.5km race around Saint Etienne.
		Rous, standing fourth at the start, came in second on the day to claim the leader's yellow and white jersey after a 4hr battle.
		Jalabert, at 33, is still going strong in the twilight of his career as he won the Tour du Haut-Var in February.
	www.velonews.com /race/int/articles/1908.0.html (174 words)

	www.cyclingnews.com news and analysis
		I was able to win one stage in the three tours and that's something very few riders have been able to achieve.
		Didier Rous, winner of Sunday's Grand Prix Ouest France in Plouay announced that he will carry on his career with team director Jean-René Bernaudeau for two more years.
		Rous, who has been with Bernaudeau on the Bonjour and Brioches La Boulangère teams, will move into the next incarnation when Bouygues Telecom takes over as title sponsor in 2005.
	www.cyclingnews.com /news.php?id=news/2004/aug04/aug30news2 (1161 words)

	Navigators Insurance Cycling Team: News
		As the gap went to 2 minutes, the Landbouwkredit-Colnago boys drove the peloton over the series of rolling hills and narrow roads, and when the break hit the final climb before the still hilly finishing circuit, the leaders were coming apart and within sight of the chase.
		The two 'baker boys' were in their perfect element on the hilly finishing circuit, quickly gaining over 1 minute.
		Didier Rous (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 0.51 3.
	www.navpro.com /news-2004/pr_050704.asp (484 words)

	CNNSI.com - Cycling - Jalabert wins third stage; Rous takes lead in Paris-Nice - Wednesday March 13, 2002 11:16 AM
		Posted: Wednesday March 13, 2002 11:16 AM SAINT-ETIENNE, France (AP) -- Pre-race favorite Laurent Jalabert won the third stage of the Paris-Nice on Wednesday, beating fellow Frenchman Didier Rous in a sprint at the end of a mountainous course.
		Rous, riding for Bonjour, took the overall lead however, after the 147.5-kilometer (91.5-mile) course through the Massif Central range that began and ended in Saint-Etienne, in southeastern France.
		Spaniard Javier Pascual is third, trailing Rous by 20 seconds.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /cycling/news/2002/03/13/paris_nice_ap (197 words)

	.:. procycling .:.
		It seems that Koldo Gil's coming-together with a motorbike on the Santa Tecla climb that the left the Spaniard with a broken back wheel was the least of his Liberty Seguros team's problems.
		Rous quit the race because of what was described as "violent vomiting", and under racing regulations cannot compete in another pro event until the one he quit has finished, effectively ruling him out of competition for the full three weeks of the Giro.
		Bouygues have delivered a medical report on Rous' illness to RCS in the hope that they will lift the embargo on the Frenchman competing.
	www.procycling.com /news.aspx?ID=1155 (387 words)

	Roadcycling.com - News - Stangelj wins stage 5 of Midi Libre; Rous takes overall lead (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The stage knocked Christophe Moreau (Festina) out of the overall lead and Didier Rous (Bonjour) into it.
		Didier Rous finished ninth, 36 seconds behind Stangelj.
		Georg Totschnig (Telekom) is second on GC and is only four seconds behind Rous.
	www.roadcycling.com /news/05202000a.shtml (192 words)

	Another victory for Festina
		"I thought we were about to shake up the Tour," Rous said.
		However, each time he needed help from his teammates to guide him back, they were there.
		WINNER: Didier Rous of France had a solo breakaway from a small group to win by more than five minutes.
	www.canoe.ca /TourDeFrance97/jul24_festina.html (443 words)

	Rous rides away with win in Tour's last tough stage; Julich, U.S. Postal's Robin back in hunt \| Outside Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		That's American Bobby Julich (Cofidis) describing Festina's Didier Rous, who rode with wind in his sails to win Thursday's 18th stage by more than five minutes in the Tour de France's last tough stage.
		With only three days left before the three-week Tour concludes Sunday in Paris, Julich and U.S. Postal's Jean-Cyril Robin were among nine riders who choked on Rous's dust throughout the hot, four-climb stage in the sun-baked Vosges Mountains of eastern France.
		Attacking with Festina teammate Pascal Herve, who finished second in the stage, Rous pulled away for good midway through the stage, topping out on the category-2 Ballon d'Alsace nearly four minutes ahead of the Julich/Robin chase group with 50 kilometers to go.
	outside.away.com /events/tdf97/stage18.html (950 words)

	Merde in France
		Last week Didier Rous declared that Hamilton could not possibly have a broken collarbone and said outright that Hamilton was faking.
		La semaine dernière Didier Rous a déclaré que Hamilton ne pourrait en aucun cas rouler comme il fait avec une clavicule fracturée et que Hamilton faisait ça au chiqué.
		Rous a vraiment une grande gueule sur lui, d'autant plus que n'importe quel coureur français qui a, ne serait-ce qu'une ongle cassée, aurait obtenu un certificat médical pour ensuite se bourrer de médicaments avant d'abandonner la course.
	www.merdeinfrance.blogspot.com /2003_07_20_merdeinfrance_archive.html (2244 words)

	Solo Rous Takes 18th For Festina
		COLMAR, France -- Didier Rous of France won the second straight stage for a member of the Festina team in the Tour de France on Thursday.
		Rous had an advantage of more than five minutes over the rest of the field as he broke away from a small group halfway through the 18th stage from Colmar to Montbeliard, 175 kilometers.
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	www.themoscowtimes.com /stories/1997/07/25/050.html (158 words)

	Rous wins Dauphine Libere prologue
		Frenchman Didier Rous of the Bonjour team won the 4km prologue at the rain-soaked curtain raiser to the 53rd edition of the Dauphine Libere cycle race in Morzine, France, on Sunday.
		Rous, France's No. 1 rider this season who won the Four Days of Dunkirk race and the Climbers Trophy, finished a second faster than Australian Bradley McGee.
		Britain's David Millar, who won the Tour de France prologue last year in his first appearance in the world's greatest cycling race, came in third, 3 seconds adrift of Rous.
	www.velonews.com /race/int/articles/712.0.html (98 words)

	USA TODAY Latest news (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		COLMAR, France - Didier Rous of France won Thursday's stage of the Tour de France, giving his Festina team its second straight victory.
		Overall leader Jan Ullrich of Germany and runnerup Richard Virenque finished 5 minutes, 28 seconds behind Rous, who was far back in the overall standings.
		Rous finished more than five minutes ahead of the field today as he broke away from a small group halfway through the 18th stage, a 102-mile run from Colmar to Montbeliard.
	www.usatoday.com /sports/cycling/scycw18.htm (201 words)

	CNNSI.com - Cycling - Cycling Weekly Team Profiles: Bonjour - Thursday July 11, 2002 07:17 AM
		With some good wins this season Bonjour deserved their place at the Tour and charismatic team boss Jean-René Bernaudeau is determined to have a good race.
		Extra sponsorship from System-U fell through but Didier Rous, François Simon and Damien Nazon will still be giving it everything for some glory in their national tour.
		As well as Rous, Simon and Nazon, the other riders are Sylvian Chavanel, Pascal Déramé, Emmanuel Magnien, Franck Rénier, Franck Bouyer and Walter Bénéteau.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /cycling/news/2002/07/11/bonjour_cw (247 words)

	ESPN.com: OLY - Italy's Petacchi wins first stage of Paris-Nice race
		Petacchi is first in the overall standings, 2 seconds ahead of Laszlo Bodrogi of Hungary, who won Sunday's prologue.
		Didier Rous of France was third, 4 seconds behind the leader.
		Defending champion Dario Frigo, returning from a six-month ban for drug use, placed 10th overall, 9 seconds slower than Petacchi.
	espn.go.com /oly/news/2002/0311/1349451.html (117 words)

	Navigators Insurance Cycling Team: News
		Although Landbouwkredit Colnago had the leaders jersey on the back of Tuesday breakaway hammer, Marc Streel, the understanding in the peloton was that the Brioches la Boulangere pair of Chavanel and Rous would be the men to beat on this tough circuit.
		The bakery sponsored team from the Vendee region is known for its mastery of this type of terrain, and the team did not hesitate to take control of the situation, and limit the escapee's advantage.
		Chavanel took the leaders jersey with Brochard moving into 2nd, and Rous now third.
	www.navpro.com /news-2004/pr_050804.asp (504 words)

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