Philippe GAUMONT

After the 1992 Olympics, Philippe Gaumont turned professional. He was twice French champion in the individual pursuit and won a bronze medal in that event at the 2000 World Track Championships, with his other palmarès including a victory at Gent-Wevelgem in 1997 and GC titles at the Tour du Poitou-Charentes, the Four Days of Dunkirk and the Tour de Picardie.

Gaumont had several doping positives during his career. In 2004 he admitted to long-term doping and implicated several of his teammates as well. This effectively ended his career, although he wrote a well-received tell-all book, Prisonnier du Dopage (Prisoner of Doping). Gaumont then ran a bar in Lens called O Déjeuner. In early 2013 he suffered a massive heart attack that rendered him brain dead, while he lay in a comatose state for several days before life support was removed.