Cédric Vasseur

Cédric Vasseur is a French racing cyclist, born the August 18th 1970 with Hazebrouck. It begins its professional path in 1994 in the Novemail team. Its first professional victory occurs on the Lathe of the Rhineland-Palatinat in 1994. Three years later, it gains a stage of the Tour de France in 1997 after an escape as a recluse. It will take at the same time the yellow jersey of leader whom it will carry during 5 days.

Ten years later, Cédric Vasseur gains a new victory over the Tour de France in Marseilles while being essential on the sprint in front of another French, Sandy Casar. Its team, Quickstep records on this Lathe 2007 four victories of stage (Steegmans, Boonen x2, Vasseur).

He is the son of Alain Vasseur, former racing cyclist French (victorious of a stage on the Tour de France 1970).

Although not having never been positive control, it was put in examination (in 2004) in a business of doping (known as Affaire Cofidis). It was then cleared since it was established that its capillary analyzes were negative and that its signature had been imitated on the statements.

It disputed its last race at the time of the Tour of Lombardy 2007.

October 19th, 2007 he is elected with the presidency of the international association of the professional racing cyclists.

Prize list

1994

final Classification of the Turn of the Rhineland-Palatinat

1996

4th stage of the Grand Prix of Midi Libre

1997

5th stage of the Tour de France

1999

1 stage of the Circuit of the Sarthe
3rd of the championship of France

2002

Grand Prix of Isbergues
5th stage of the Four days of climbing Dunkirk
Better of the Four days of Dunkirk
3rd of the Grand Prix of Fourmies

2003

7th stage of the Critérium of Dauphiné Libéré
2nd stage of the Turn of the Limousin
2nd stage of Paris-Corrèze
final Classification of Paris-Corrèze
1st stage of the Turn of Hesse
final Classification of the Turn of Hesse
2nd stage of the Turn of the Limousin
6th of the Turn of Lombardy

2004

4th stage of the Turn of the Limousin
4th stage of the Turn of Ain

2006

Grand Prix of Isbergues

2007

10th stage of the Tour de France
2nd of the Grand Prix of Wallonia

Results on the large lathes

Tour de France

1996 : 69e of general classification
1997: 40e of general classification - 1 victory of stage (5th stage: Chantonnay - Châtre), carrying the yellow jersey during 5 days
1998: 24e of general classification
1999: 83e of general classification
2000: 52e of general classification
2002: 55e of general classification
2003: 97e of general classification
2005: 44e of general classification
2006: 95e of general classification
2007: 55e of general classification - 1 victory of stage (10 {{E}} stage: Tallard - Marseilles)

Turn of Italy

2005 : 54e

Turn of Spain

2004 : 36e

Anecdotes

It is the nineteenth cyclists of the turn of France to have gained several stages over one 10 years period or more. It is the second to gain only 2 stages over the lathe and only 2 to 10 years of interval. Only Ferdinand Bracke had obtained 2 victories at 10 years of interval. But it is Rene Vietto which holds the record of the greatest number of years past between 2 victories of stages over the Tour de France with its successes of stages in 1935 then in 1947. Gino Bartali also obtained victories of stages but especially the victories of the Tour de France at 10 years of interval in 1938 and 1948. The performances of Rene Vietto and Gino Bartali are all the more important because of second world war. Jean Alavoine, Henri Pelissier, Philippe Thys, Louis Mottiat, Andre Leducq, Antonin Magne, Andre Darrigade, Jean Stablinski, Raymond Poulidor, Felice Gimondi, Gerben Karstens, Joaquim Agostinho, Lucien Van Impe, Lance Armstrong and Richard Virenque also made a success of this performance since the creation of the Tour de France in 1903.
Cédric Vasseur is titular of a diploma of Engineer obtained with the Isen of Lille.

External bond

The Tour de France 2007 with Cédric Vasseur

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