Robert Sassone

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Robert Sassone (2001)

Robert Sassone (born November 23, 1978 in Nouméa ; † January 21, 2016 ) was a French cyclist .

Career

Robert Sassone was a specialist in two-man team driving . In 2001 he became world champion in this discipline together with Jérôme Neuville . At the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney he finished tenth together with Christophe Capelle . In 2003 Robert Sassone won the Vice World Championship in scratch in Stuttgart . Sassone was able to win the six-day race in Nouméa at home five times ; his standard partner was Jean-Michel Tessier . Otherwise he mainly drove smaller road races in Europe, but also the Vuelta a España 2002 , which he finished in 217th overall.

In 2004 Robert Sassone, who was a member of the Équipe Cofidis until the end of 2003 , was sentenced to six months' imprisonment with probation in the course of the Cofidis affair for possession of doping drugs. After his last victory in the six-day race in Nouméa in 2003, he had also tested positive for doping. During searches of the house of Sassone and his wife, a cyclist, in Hyères in the south of France , EPO , amphetamines and anabolic steroids were found. In an open letter he apologized publicly for his "mistake", including a. on the grounds that "the world of cycling is merciless". As a result, Sassone, who had been considered great hope for the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, ended his career.

Robert Sassone committed suicide in 2016 at the age of 37 after developing cancer . After Frank Vandenbroucke († 2009) and Philippe Gaumont († 2013), he was the third driver of the former Équipe Cofidis involved in the Cofidis affair, who died at a young age.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Dopage. Des écoutes accablantes . ( Memento of August 2, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ) Drogue-danger-debat.org, accessed on May 2, 2010 (French).
    Dopage sport France… anti-dopage . fil-info-france.com, January 24, 2004, accessed January 22, 2016 (French).
  2. ^ Sassone reconnait son “ereur” et dénonce and milieu “sans pitié” . Article by TV5 Monde and AFP on cyclisme-dopage.com, March 25, 2004, accessed on January 22, 2016 (French).
  3. ↑ Peines de principe dans l'affaire Cofidis . L'Express , January 19, 2007, accessed May 2, 2010 (French).
    The Cofidis Affaire 2004 on cycling4fans.de , October 2004, accessed on January 22, 2016.
  4. ↑ MM: Robert Sassone (ex-Cofidis) est mort. In: lequipe.fr . January 21, 2016, accessed January 21, 2016 (French).
  5. ^ Décès de Robert Sassone, ancien champion du monde de cyclisme sur piste. In: francetvsport.fr. January 22, 2016, accessed January 22, 2016 (French).
personal data
SURNAME Sassone, Robert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH November 23, 1978
PLACE OF BIRTH Nouméa
DATE OF DEATH January 21, 2016