Christophe Bassons
- January 10, 2024
- Racer
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Christophe Bassons Biography
| Name | Christophe Bassons |
| Birthday | Jun 10 |
| Birth Year | 1974 |
| Place Of Birth | Mazamet |
| Home Town | Occitanie |
| Birth Country | France |
| Birth Sign | Gemini |
Christophe Bassons is one of the most popular and richest Racer who was born on June 10, 1974 in Mazamet, Occitanie, France.
Christophe Bassons was born in Mazamet, in the Tarn department. He studied and qualified in civil engineering. He began cycle-racing in 1991 in mountain biking. He started racing on the road in 1992 and won the Tour du Tarn et Garonne in 1995. That same year he won the world military time-trial championship and became national time-trial champion. He turned professional in 1996 for Force Sud and then, when the team failed, for Festina, a watch and clock maker.
In 1998 he turned down a 270,000 franc-per-month raise (more than 10 times what he was earning at the time) offered to him if he would use Erythropoietin (EPO). His stance against doping led other riders, most notably Lance Armstrong, to harass him for breaking the longstanding code of silence about doping in the sport.
Christophe Bassons Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Racer |
| House | Living in own house. |
Christophe Bassons is one of the richest Racer from France. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Christophe Bassons 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
Christophe Bassons (born 10 June 1974 in Mazamet, France) is a French former professional road racing cyclist. Bassons’ career ended when he spoke out about doping in the Tour de France.
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In 2011/2012, after investigations into past doping in cycling, especially the 2012 USADA report on Armstrong’s US Postal Service team, some media re-told Bassons’ story. In one interview for the BBC, Tyler Hamilton publicly apologized for being part of the peloton that shunned him, saying that he (Tyler) was “100% wrong” not to talk to Bassons. Bassons said “that’s life, it’s nothing. I don’t begrudge Hamilton. I understand.”
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Chris Ranked on the list of most popular Racer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in France. Christophe Bassons celebrates birthday on June 10 of every year.
On October 20, 2012, he was suspended for one year by the French Cycling Federation (FFC) for having missed an antidoping test during the 2012 French national mountain bike championships. He had quit the race partway through, and by the time he heard he was one of the riders chosen for testing, it was too late to get back to the race site for the test. His suspension was reduced to one month on appeal. Bassons took the FFC to court and they found in his favour ruling that the governing body owed him compensation. The FFC appealed but the court did not find in their favour and they had to pay Bassons €31,691 (£28,440/$36,270) in compensation.