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Philippe Gaumont (born February 22, 1973 in Amiens) is a former French professional road racing cyclist. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Road bicycle racing is a popular Bicycle racing Sport held on roads (following the Geography of the area using Racing bicycles The The Olympic Games is an international Multi-sport event established for both summer and winter games The 1992 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad, were an International Multi-sport event held in Barcelona, Final results for the Cycling competition at the 1992 Summer Olympics. Events 1495 - King Charles VIII of France enters Naples to claim the city's throne Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. Amiens (amjɛ̃ is a city and commune in northern France, 120 km north of Paris. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Road bicycle racing is a popular Bicycle racing Sport held on roads (following the Geography of the area using Racing bicycles The He is notorious for having confessed to extensive doping and explaining a lot of the tricks of the trade.
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Racing results
- He got the bronze medal in the 1992 Summer Olympics, 100 km against the clock cycling. The 1992 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad, were an International Multi-sport event held in Barcelona,
- He was twice individual pursuit French national champion, in 2000 and 2002. The French National Track Championships are held annually and are composed of competitions of various Track cycling disciplines across various age and gender categories
- He won the Belgian classic Gent-Wevelgem in 1997. Gent-Wevelgem is a professional cycle road race held in Belgium in early April each year falling on the Wednesday between the Ronde van Vlaanderen and
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. Castorama is a French retailer of DIY and Home improvement tools and supplies
- In 1996 he joined the GAN team, and was tested positive for nandrolone in two races. Nandrolone is an Anabolic steroid that may be present naturally in the human body, albeit in minute quantities of less than 0
- In 1997 he joined the Cofidis team, in which he stayed until the end of his career. Cofidis is a French company one of the Otto Group 's Financial services providers
- 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 for amphetamines. Amphetamine, and related drugs such as Methamphetamine are a group of drugs that act by increasing levels of Norepinephrine, Serotonin, and Dopamine
- 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. Erythropoietin (ɨˌɹɪθɹoʊˈpɔɪɨtɨn /ɨˌɹɪθɹoʊˈpɔɪtən/ or /ɨˌɹiːθɹoʊ-/ or EPO is a Glycoprotein Hormone that controls 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 the Tour de France, without doping. History See also:CategoryTour de France by year The dominant sports newspaper in France
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 corticoids: 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. Corticosteroids are a class of Steroid hormones that are produced in the Adrenal cortex. 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.
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