He ran Gitane-Campagnolo, Renault-Elf-Gitane, Système U-Gitane, Super U, Castorama, and Cofidis; riders under his direction included Van Impe, Hinault, Laurent Fignon, Greg LeMond, Charly Mottet and Marc Madiot.
The French team manager, Cyrille Guimard, described Boyer as "un marginal", a description hard to translate but which suggests an outsider, almost a hippie.
Hector Guimard | Cyrille Regis | Cyrille Adoula | Marie-Madeleine Guimard | Cyrille Thouvenin | Cyrille Guimard | Cyrille Delannoit |