Christophe Bassons Biography

Christophe Bassons was a professional cyclist between 1996 and 2001 racing with the likes of Lance Armstrong Tyler Hamilton and Richard Virenque. He now works for the French Ministry of Sport and Culture to prevent doping. Peter Cossins has been writing and reporting on cycling for over 20 years. He is a former editor of Procycling and the author of The Monuments. Bassons cycling career ended when he spoke out about doping in the Tour de France.
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.
Bassons became known during the 1998 doping Festina scandal when the discovery of a carload of drugs being driven to the team's riders in the Tour de France led to evidence that doping was widespread in the team. In September 1998 the newspaper France Soir published statements made to the police. Two convicted riders Armin Meier and Christophe Moreau said that Bassons was the only rider on the team not taking drugs.

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