Philippe Gaumont

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Philippe Gaumont (2003)

Philippe "La Gaume" Gaumont (born February 22, 1973 in Amiens , † May 17, 2013 in Arras ) was a French cyclist .

Career

Gaumont was active as an amateur for Marcq-en-Barœul . He achieved his most valuable international success as an amateur at the 1992 Summer Olympics when he won the bronze medal in the team time trial over 102.8 km. In 2000, he and his team became French team time trial champions. In 2000 and 2002 he also won the national championship in the individual pursuit .

His professional career began in 1994 with the Castorama team. In 1997 he won the Gent – ​​Wevelgem race . After his career he ran a café in Amiens. After a heart attack in April 2013, Gaumont was initially in a coma until he was diagnosed with brain death on May 13, 2013 .

Doping affairs

Philippe Gaumont was involved in doping affairs several times. In 1996 he switched to Team GAN and in the same year tested positive for nandrolone for the first time . A year later he moved to Team Cofidis , with whom he stayed until the end of his career in 2004. In 1998 he tested positive for nandrolone again twice. A year later, blood tests showed she was taking amphetamines.

In 2004, in the wake of the Cofidis affair , he admitted to having been doping regularly since the beginning of his career, including with EPO . After retiring from cycling, he wrote the book Prisonnier du dopage (Prisoner of doping).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Cyclisme: Philippe Gaumont est décédé , lavoixdunord.fr, May 17, 2013 (French).
  2. ↑ Heike Oberfeuchtner: Ex-professional Philippe Gaumont after a heart attack in an artificial coma. In: LiVE-Radsport.ch , April 25, 2013, accessed on May 14, 2013.
  3. ↑ Ex-professional cyclist Gaumont declared brain dead. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung , May 14, 2013, accessed on May 15, 2013.
  4. ^ A b Dorothea Hahn: Winner on the crooked tour. In: the daily newspaper , July 4, 2005, accessed on May 14, 2013.
personal data
SURNAME Gaumont, Philippe
ALTERNATIVE NAMES La Gaume (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH February 22, 1973
PLACE OF BIRTH Amiens
DATE OF DEATH 17th May 2013
Place of death Arras