Jacques Boyer

Quick Facts

Full Name	Jacques Boyer
Occupation	Sport Cyclist
Date Of Birth	Oct 8, 1955(1955-10-08)
Age	69
Birthplace	Moab
Country	United States
Birth City	Moab
Horoscope	Capricorn

Jacques Boyer Biography

Jacques Boyer is one of the most popular and richest Sport Cyclist who was born on October 8, 1955 in Moab, Moab, United States. Jonathan “Jacques” or “Jock” Boyer (born October 8, 1955, in Moab, Utah) is a former professional cyclist who, in 1981, became the first American to participate in the Tour de France.

Boyer rode the Tour de France five times and finished 12th in 1983 (French Jean de Gribaldy Sem team with Sean Kelly). He was unusual in refusing to eat meat and became well known for the large quantities of nuts and fruit that he brought to the race. The French team manager, Cyrille Guimard, described Boyer as “un marginal”, a description hard to translate but which suggests an outsider, almost a hippie.

In November, 2002, Boyer was convicted after pleading guilty to 10 felony counts of child molestation. He was sentenced to 20 year prison term which was suspended by the judge and had him serve one year in jail and five years probation. In January, 2006, after successful completion of his probation conditions, his probation officer recommended that Boyer be released from probation.

In 2006, Boyer participated in the Race Across America again, this time in the new “Solo Enduro” category which requires all participants to use 40 hours of rest (stopping) during the race at official stations along the course. Early in the race Boyer showed he was using a different strategy from other favorites. While the two ahead of him were using minimal rests (30 minutes and 2½ hours after the first 36 hours of racing), Boyer had already used 5½ hour of off-bike time. In the end, all Enduro contenders used their required 40 hours’ off-bike time well before the finish, where Boyer prevailed in the Enduro division.

The British journalist Dennis Donovan, working for the London magazine Cycling remarked on Boyer’s intense religious beliefs. In the 1981 Tour, he said, English-speaking journalists felt sorry for him as a colleague in a French- speaking world and offered him a collection of girlie magazines. Boyer, said Donovan, declined politely and said he preferred to read his Bible.

Jacques Boyer Net Worth

Jacques Boyer is one of the richest Sport Cyclist from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Jacques Boyer 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Boyer grew up in Monterey, California and was a member of the Velo Club Monterey there. He raced as an amateur in Europe from 1973, after joining the ACBB club in the Parisian suburb of Boulogne-Billancourt. The club frequently provided riders for the Peugeot professional team, which had had English- speaking riders since the Briton, Tom Simpson, led it in the 1960s. Boyer, however, turned professional in 1977 for the smaller Lejeune-BP team, sponsored by a Parisian cycle company and an international oil giant. He first competed in the Tour in 1981, when the organiser, Félix Lévitan, encouraged him to wear not his team jersey but a Stars and Stripes design which suggested that he was the American national champion. Many have said that Lévitan, who looked after the financial aspects of the race while his colleague Jacques Goddet managed the sporting side, saw Boyer as a way to attract further American interest and money.

Boyer also competed in and won the 1980 Coors Classic in the USA, and the 1985 Race Across America completing the 3,120 miles in nine days, two hours, and six minutes. His career included 87 amateur victories and 49 professional ones.

Boyer was inducted into the United States Cycling Hall of Fame in 1998.

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In late 2019, Boyer published an open letter listing alleged misconduct within the Rwandan cycling federation, which resulted in the resignation of the federation president and his entire executive team

Facts & Trivia

Jacques Ranked on the list of most popular Sport Cyclist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Jacques Boyer celebrates birthday on October 8 of every year.