ROAD Cycling – Franck Bonnamour has decided to retire, at only 29 years old. Provisionally suspended since February, the 2021 Tour de France superfighter has decided to accept the UCI’s decision and end his career.
“It’s too expensive”he declares in the columns of West France. Franck Bonnamour has decided to accept the suspension imposed on February 5 by the International Cycling Union (UCI) for “unexplained anomalies in his biological passport”dating from before 2023. The team’s former rider Decathlon AG2R At the Worldstherefore puts an end to his career. He is only 29 years old.
Dismissed by the Savoyard team in March, which criticized him for not having informed them of the anomalies on his biological passport, the Breton decided to stop the costs. The legal fees for his defense had become too expensive. He would have already left an apartment in these expenses to defend himself. Franck Bonnamour had entered into a long legal process since March. In fact, he did not accept the deal proposed by the UCI. It was impossible for him to admit to the anti-doping rule violation to reduce his sanction. He always said he was innocent.
A revelation about the 2021 Tour de France
Professional since 2016, he reveals himself on the roads of the Grande Boucle in 2021. For his first Tour de France, Bonnamour escaped in the first stage, at home in Brittany. He also finished 6th in the 7th stage leading to Le Creusot, 5th in Tignes, 9th in Andorra and 5th in Saint-Gaudens. He is elected by the super-combatant jury of the Tour de France. The Costa Rican finished the three weeks in 22nd place in the general ranking. The following year, Franck Bonnamour wins his only professional victory, on the Polynormande.
