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Historic Overview Frédéric Moncassin

Rider

Overall Rank988
NameFrédéric MONCASSIN
Country
  France
Date of birth26-Sep-1968 - Toulouse (Midi Pyrenees)
ContemporiesView Contemporary Ranking

Biography

Frédéric Moncassin

Frédéric Moncassin (born 26 September 1968) is a French former road racing cyclist. He turned professional in 1990 and retired in 1999. He competed in the men's individual road race at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Moncassin was a strong roadman-sprinter known for his tussles with other riders in the last metres of a race. He clashed with Tom Steels and Mario Cipollini among others. He won 30 races and led the Tour de France for a day in 1996. He also came close to winning the Tour of Flanders and Paris–Roubaix. Procycling said when he retired: "It was the 1998 Tour that, in hindsight, probably spelt the end for Fred. Under intense pressure to come up with a stage win, he struggled through the first week, only to see the race collapse around him as the Festina Scandal took hold. His unfashionable criticism of Richard Virenque - "he's an asshole and you can quote me," he told the French paper 'La Dépêche' at the time - allied to his own poor form, and his increasingly public concern that all cyclists were now tarred with the same brush, left him as a fringe character."

His name was on the list of doping tests published by the French Senate on 24 July 2013 that were collected during the 1998 Tour de France and found suspicious for EPO when retested in 2004.

source - Wikipedia

Badges

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Major Victories

Kuurne - Brussel - Kuurne 1995
G.P. de Denain 1990, 1991
G.P. d'Isbergues 1990
G.P. Herning 1995
Tour de France - stages 1996 (2)
Paris - Nice - stages 1996 (1)
Dauphiné Libéré - stages 1990 (2), 1993 (1)
G.P. du Midi-Libre - stages 1991 (1), 1994 (1), 1996 (2)
Route du Sud - stages 1989 (1), 1996 (2)
Etoile de Bessèges - stages 1992 (1)
Route Adélie de Vitré - stages 1991 (1)
Tour de l'Avenir - stages 1993 (1)
More results

Seasons

Frédéric Moncassin - Scores by Season

Year Team Score Rank
1. 1989 Super U - Raleigh - Fiat 19 759
2. 1990 Castorama 290 209
3. 1991 Castorama - Raleigh 347 173
4. 1992 Castorama 330 178
5. 1993 WordPerfect 908 45
6. 1994 WordPerfect 322 177
7. 1995 Novell Software 463 111
8. 1996 GAN 827 59
9. 1997 GAN 966 41
10. 1998 Crédit Agricole 692 80
11. 1999 Crédit Agricole 134 380
Overall: 5298 988