Philippe Gaumont
Professional Road Racing Cyclist, Cyclist
1973 – 2013
Who was Philippe Gaumont?
Philippe Gaumont was a French professional road racing cyclist. He was awarded a bronze medal in the 1992 Summer Olympics, 100 km team time trial. In 1997 he won the Belgian classic Gent–Wevelgem and he was twice individual pursuit French national champion, in 2000 and 2002. In 2004, Gaumont quit professional cycling and later ran a café in Amiens.
Gaumont was well known for having confessed to extensive doping and explaining a lot of the tricks of the trade. Gaumont gave a series of interviews, and wrote a book, Prisonnier du dopage in which he explained doping methods, masking methods, the use of drug cocktails such as the pot belge for training and for recreation, and how the need to make money makes racers dope themselves. In April 2013 he suffered a major heart attack and was reported to be in a coma. On 13 May 2013, several news sources reported his death, but according to La Voix du Nord he remained in an artificial coma, though had suffered brain death. He died on 17 May 2013.
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- Born
- Feb 22, 1973
France - Nationality
- France
- Profession
- Lived in
- Amiens
- Died
- May 17, 2013
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on July 23, 2013
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