- Philippe Casado
Philippe Casado (
February 1 1964 –January 21 1995 ) was French professionalroad bicycle racer . Born inOujda ,Morocco , he was professional from 1986 until his death in 1995 and had 3 victories. He died inSaint-Estève .Teams raced for
Casado raced for four different teams during his career
*1986: Peugeot-Shell - Velo Talbot (France)
*1987 to 1992: Z (France) (Team was Z-Peugeot from 1987-1989)
*1993: Gan (France)
*1994: Jolly Componibili - Cage 1994 (Italy)Notable results
;1986
*2nd of the 2nd stage of theTour du Limousin .
*3rd of the 1st stage of the Milk Race.;1987
*1st of the 2nd stage of theÉtoile de Bessèges and a 3rd place in the prologue.
*3rd of the 5th stage of Kellogg'sTour of Britain and the 2nd stage of the Milk Race.;1988
*1st of the 1st stage of the Milk Race and with a 3rd in the 12th stage.
*2nd Awards Quillan and Le Havre.;1989
*2ndCriterium Aix-en-Provence .;1990
*2ndTour de Vendée and thePrix d'Alès .
*3rd of the 5th stage sector of theÉtoile de Bessèges .;1991
*1st Prize Quillan.
*2nd of the 4th stage sector of theTour de Romandie .
*3rd in the Prix d'Alès.;1992
*2nd in theGrand Prix de Denain .
*3rdPrix Barentin ;1993
*3rd in thePrix de Dijon .He also participated in the
Tour de France for four years, finishing 129th in 1988. 93rd in 1989, 87th in 1991, and 123rd in 1993.Posthumous doping accusations
In 2007, at a forum on the legal issues of testing for performance enhancing drugs,
Greg LeMond told a story about a former teammate who had left his team at the time, Gan, in favor of an Italian team that would provide access to doping products. Although LeMond did not mention Casado by name, the events describe Casado perfectly. LeMond suggested that Casado's death was the reason he retired from cycling. [http://www.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id=features/2007/experts_on_doping_nov07]
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