Cédric Vasseur

Cédric Vasseur ( born August 18, 1970 in Hazebrouck, Nord ) is a former French cyclist. He was also President of the Radprofiverbands Cyclistes Professionnels Associés and Dario Cioni, together with representatives of the drivers in the Council of the International Cyclist Union.

Sporting career

Vasseur began his professional career in 1995 with the team Novemail. The following year he switched to Gan. From mid- 1998 to 1999 he drove in the follow-up team Crédit Agricole, but then switched in 2000 as an assistant for Lance Armstrong U.S. Postal. After he was not taken by his team to the Tour de France in 2001 and supposedly existed personal differences between him and Lance Armstrong, he moved in 2002 to the team Cofidis. Since the 2007 season, he worked for the team of Quickstep Innergetic.

His greatest success came Vasseur, who was an all-rounder, in the fifth stage of the 1997 Tour de France, which he won by a single engine of 147 kilometers. He was after the stage first overall and wore the yellow jersey five days. Only on the tenth leg he lost it to Jan Ullrich, who then carried it to Paris. 2003 Vasseur won the Hessen- tour; more stage wins he achieved at the Tour du Limousin, in the four days of Dunkirk and the Circuit de la Sarthe ride. On 18 July 2007 he won out another stage of the Tour de France in Marseille from the sprint of a breakaway group. At the end of the 2007 season Vasseur ended his cycling career, during which he was ten times started in the Tour.

Vasseur is one of the few professional cyclists, whose father has also participated in the Tour de France. Alain Vasseur drove in France cruises in 1970, 1971 and 1974 and could - as later his son - a stage ( Stage 8 1970) after a successful breakaway win.

Doping

In January 2004, residues were found cocaine in a hair sample from Vasseur. He was suspended from his team Cofidis. Although the B sample was negative, however Vasseur was not admitted to the Tour de France 2004. An investigation of the French law enforcement authorities was discontinued in the fall of 2004; 2005 Vasseur was able to attend the seventh time in the Tour de France. His best finish in the final overall standings was the 28th place in 1998.

Achievements

  • A stage of the Tour du Limousin

Pictures of Cédric Vasseur

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