- Philippe Gaumont
Philippe Gaumont (born
February 22 ,1973 inAmiens ) is a former French professionalroad racing cyclist . He is notorious for having confessed to extensive doping and explaining a lot of the tricks of the trade.Racing results
* He got the bronze medal in the
1992 Summer Olympics , 100 km against the clock cycling.
* He was twice individual pursuit French national champion, in 2000 and 2002.
* He won the Belgian classicGent-Wevelgem in 1997.In 2004, Philippe Gaumont quit professional cycling. He now runs a
café in Amiens.Doping usage
* He began his professional career in 1994 in the
Castorama team.
* In 1996 he joined theGAN team, and was tested positive fornandrolone in two races.
* In 1997 he joined theCofidis team, in which he stayed until the end of his career.
* In 1998 he was tested positive twice for the nandrolone drug, but obtained that the case was dismissed.
* In 1999, a blood test conducted in the "Docteur Mabuse" justice case showed he was positive foramphetamine s.
* In 2004, he was interrogated by French police and justice in the enquiry for the Cofidis doping case. He declared that he had repeatedly and consistently used doping products, including EPO, since the beginning of his professional career. He then said that he thought that 95% of professional racers doped themselves and expressed very strong doubts that a racer could win a major tour, such as theTour de France , without doping.Following from this case, he quit professional racing. He gave a series of interviews, and wrote a book, "Prisonnier du dopage" ("Prisoner of doping") in which he explained various things that he witnessed in professional cycling: doping methods, masking methods, and how the need to make money makes racers dope themselves.
He gave details such as how to avoid being tested positive for
corticoid s: how, for instance, to irritate one's testicle sac using salt in order to provoke a rash and obtain a prescription for some corticoid cream. Since urine tests do not distinguish between (legal) corticoid applied as creams, with a prescription, and (illegal) injections, such prescriptions are used to mask doping.ee also
*
List of doping cases in cycling
*List of sportspeople sanctioned for doping offences External links
* [http://cyclisme.dopage.free.fr/portraits/gaumont.htm Portrait]
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