Robert Sassone (cyclist) explained

Robert Sassone
Birth Date:23 November 1978
Birth Place:Nouméa, New Caledonia
Death Place:Nouméa, New Caledonia
Discipline:Road and track
Role:Rider
Proyears1:2000–2003

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. 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)
    2001
  • 1st Madison, UCI World Track Championships (with Jérôme Neuville)
  • National Track Championships
  • 1st Points race
  • 1st Madison (with Jean-Michel Tessier)
  • 1st Six Days of Nouméa (with Jean-Michel Tessier)
  • UCI World Cup
  • 1st Team pursuit, Mexico
  • 3rd Team pursuit, Cali
    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

    Notes and References

    1. https://www.lequipe.fr/Cyclisme-sur-route/Actualites/Robert-sassone-ex-cofidis-est-mort/626741 Robert Sassone (ex-Cofidis) est mort
    2. Web site: Former Cofidis rider Robert Sassone dies aged 37 . 22 January 2016 . Cycling Weekly. 22 January 2016 .
    3. Web site: Robert Sassone . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417201720/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sa/robert-sassone-1.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 22 January 2016 . Sports Reference.
    4. Web site: Former Cofidis rider Robert Sassone dies aged 37 . 22 January 2016 . Cycling News. 21 January 2016 .
    5. Web site: Retired French pro Robert Sassone dead at 37 . 22 January 2016 . Velo News.
    6. Web site: Cofidis, le suicide de Sassone et les spectres du vélo . 26 November 2018 . Liberation.

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