Robert Sassone (cyclist)
French cyclist
![]() Robert Sassone in 2001 | |
Personal information | |
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Born | (1978-11-23)23 November 1978 Nouméa, New Caledonia |
Died | 21 January 2016(2016-01-21) (aged 37) Nouméa, New Caledonia |
Team information | |
Discipline | Road and track |
Role | Rider |
Professional team | |
2000–2003 | Cofidis |
Robert Sassone (23 November 1978 – 21 January 2016) was a French racing cyclist.[1] He had cancer and killed himself.[2]
He rode in the men's Madison at the 2000 Summer Olympics.[3] He also rode in the 2002 Vuelta a España, finishing in 129th place.[2] He was banned from cycling for two years in 2004, after testing positive for betamethasone during the Six Days of Nouméa race in New Caledonia.[4][5]
Death
Sassone was suffering from cancer and killed himself in his native New Caledonia in January 2016, aged 37.[6]
Major results
Road
- 2001
- 8th Overall Circuit des Mines
- 1st Stages 4 & 8
- 2002
- 1st Stage 3 Tour du Limousin
- 2003
- 1st Stage 2 Tour du Poitou-Charentes
- 3rd Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen
Track
- 1996
- 3rd Six Days of Nouméa (with Jean-Michel Tessier)
- 1997
- 2nd Six Days of Nouméa (with Jean-Michel Tessier)
- 1998
- 1st Six Days of Nouméa (with Jean-Michel Tessier)
- 1999
- 1st
Madison, UEC European Track Championships (with Damien Pommereau)
- 1st Six Days of Nouméa (with Christian Pierron)
- 2000
- National Track Championships
- 1st
Madison (with Damien Pommereau)
- 1st
Team pursuit (with Francis Moreau, Philippe Gaumont and Damien Pommereau)
- 1st
- 2001
- 1st
Madison, UCI World Track Championships (with Jérôme Neuville)
- National Track Championships
- 1st
Points race
- 1st
Madison (with Jean-Michel Tessier)
- 1st
- 1st Six Days of Nouméa (with Jean-Michel Tessier)
- UCI World Cup
- 2002
- 1st
Madison, National Track Championships (with Jean-Michel Tessier)
- 2003
- 1st Six Days of Nouméa (with Jean-Michel Tessier)
- 2nd Scratch, UCI World Track Championships
- 3rd Madison, National Track Championships
References
- ^ Robert Sassone (ex-Cofidis) est mort (in French)
- ^ a b "Former Cofidis rider Robert Sassone dies aged 37". Cycling Weekly. 22 January 2016. Retrieved 22 January 2016.
- ^ "Robert Sassone". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 22 January 2016.
- ^ "Former Cofidis rider Robert Sassone dies aged 37". Cycling News. 21 January 2016. Retrieved 22 January 2016.
- ^ "Retired French pro Robert Sassone dead at 37". Velo News. Retrieved 22 January 2016.
- ^ "Cofidis, le suicide de Sassone et les spectres du vélo". Liberation. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
External links
- Robert Sassone at Cycling Archives
- Robert Sassone at ProCyclingStats
- Robert Sassone at Cycling Quotient
- Robert Sassone at Olympedia
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- 1995–96: Italy (Silvio Martinello, Marco Villa)
- 1997: Spain (Joan Llaneras, Miguel Alzamora)
- 1998: Belgium (Etienne De Wilde, Matthew Gilmore)
- 1999: Spain (Joan Llaneras, Isaac Gálvez)
- 2000: Germany (Stefan Steinweg, Erik Weispfennig)
- 2001: France (Robert Sassone, Jérôme Neuville)
- 2002: France (Jérôme Neuville, Franck Perque)
- 2003: Switzerland (Franco Marvulli, Bruno Risi)
- 2004: Argentina (Walter Pérez, Juan Curuchet)
- 2005: Great Britain (Mark Cavendish, Rob Hayles)
- 2006: Spain (Isaac Gálvez, Joan Llaneras)
- 2007: Switzerland (Bruno Risi, Franco Marvulli)
- 2008: Great Britain (Mark Cavendish, Bradley Wiggins)
- 2009: Denmark (Michael Mørkøv, Alex Rasmussen)
- 2010–11: Australia (Leigh Howard, Cameron Meyer)
- 2012: Belgium (Kenny De Ketele, Gijs Van Hoecke)
- 2013: France (Vivien Brisse, Morgan Kneisky)
- 2014: Spain (David Muntaner, Albert Torres)
- 2015: France (Bryan Coquard, Morgan Kneisky)
- 2016: Great Britain (Mark Cavendish, Bradley Wiggins)
- 2017: France (Morgan Kneisky, Benjamin Thomas)
- 2018–19: Germany (Roger Kluge, Theo Reinhardt)
- 2020–21: Denmark (Michael Mørkøv, Lasse Norman Hansen)
- 2022: France (Donavan Grondin, Benjamin Thomas)
- 2023: Netherlands (Jan-Willem van Schip, Yoeri Havik)