Jonathan Boyer

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Jonathan "Jacques" also "Jock" Boyer (born October 8, 1955 in Moab , Utah ) is a former American cyclist .

Jonathan Boyer, known as “Jacques” or “Jock”, was a professional cyclist from 1977 to 1987 and the first US-American to take part in the Tour de France . Overall, he started five times on the tour between 1981 and 1987; his best placement was twelfth overall in 1983 . In 1980 he finished fifth at the World Road Championships in Sallanches and won the Coors International Bicycle Classic . In 1985 he won the Race Across America and was able to repeat this success in 2006 in the 50-59 age group.

Boyer was considered an outsider in the peloton because he is a vegetarian , prefers to eat nuts and fruits and, as a professed Christian, reads the Bible frequently .

In November 2002 Boyer was sentenced to 20 years in prison for seducing minors, which was later reduced to one year in prison and five years probation. Since 2007 he has lived in Rwanda for most of the year , where he looks after the national team there and initiated the Africa Rising Cycling Center .

In 1998 Jonathan Boyer was inducted into the United States Bicycling Hall of Fame under the name Jacques Boyer , but was excluded again in 2016 for ethical reasons.

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  1. ↑ The Biggest Breakaway on sportsillustrated.cnn.com v. June 29, 1981 ( Memento of the original from December 5, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.si.com
  2. ↑ Tim Lewis: The Land of Second Chance. The amazing story of the Rwandan cycling team . Covadonga Verlag , Bielefeld 2013, ISBN 978-3-936973-87-7 , p. 100 f .
  3. ↑ Anthony Costello: Inductees Removed Due to Ethical Violations. (No longer available online.) In: usbhof.org. September 1, 2016, archived from the original on April 18, 2017 ; accessed on May 24, 2017 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.usbhof.org
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SURNAME Boyer, Jonathan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Boyer, Jacques; Boyer, jock
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH October 8, 1955
PLACE OF BIRTH Moab ,