Éric Boyer was manager of the Cofidis team for seven years (2005-2012) Former winner of three stages of the Giro. Involved in the fight against doping, his positions earned him some enmity in the cycling community.

Asked to look at the cleanliness or otherwise of his sport in 2024, Boyer accepted this interview. ‘Messages get across better when they are precise,’ he explains. “Everyone has given up’, he adds.