Geneviève Jeanson

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Geneviève Jeanson

Geneviève Jeanson (born August 29, 1981 in Lachine ) is a former Canadian cyclist .

Cycling career

In 1999 Geneviève Jeanson was double junior world champion in the title fights in Verona . The following year she was nominated for the Olympic squad of Canada for the Games in Sydney , where she finished 11th in the road race and 15th in the individual time trial . In the same year she also won the Flèche Wallone .

In the following years Jeanson succeeded in numerous road races. She won the Redland Bicycle Classic in 2001, the Tour of the Gila in 2001 and 2003 , and the Tour de Toona in 2001, 2002 and 2005 . She was Canadian road champion three times until 2005. Often times she won the races by running away and finishing with a lead of several minutes.

doping

Jeanson with her trainer Andre Aubut

At the 2003 Road World Championships in Hamilton , Jeanson was tested for an elevated hematocrit value and was banned from starting. The athlete attributed the increased value to training in a negative pressure chamber. At the Flèche Wallonne in 2004, she refused the doping control. In 2005, on the occasion of the Tour de Toona , an increased hematocrit value was found again, whereupon Jeanson was initially banned for life. In the USA the ban was later reduced to two years, in Canada it continued.

In April 2009, this lifelong ban was shortened to ten years because Jeanson cooperated with the judicial authorities and incriminated both her coach Andre Aubet and her doctor, who were then banned from sports for life. She stated that she had been doped with EPO since she was 16 . Although she should have been allowed to race again in the USA by now, she ended her cycling career. In an interview she said: "I've changed so much this past year that I have a hard time imagining who I was before." ("I have changed so much in the past year that I could hardly imagine who I had been before.")

Geneviève Jeanson now lives in Phoenix , Arizona and runs a restaurant there.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Cyclingnews.com: “No turning back for Jeanson” accessed on June 9, 2010 (English)

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personal data
SURNAME Jeanson, Genevieve
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH August 29, 1981
PLACE OF BIRTH Lachine