Olivier Asmaker

Asmaker's solo win on the amateur Grand Prix of Vougy 2004
Personal information
Date of birth	March 13, 1973 (1973-03-13) (age 36)
Country	France
Team information
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Amateur team(s)1
1995–1997 2003–2005	US Montauban US Montauban
Professional team(s)1
1997–1999 2000 2001–2002	TVM Festina CSC Tiscali
Major wins
Tour de Picardie (2001), 1 stage
Infobox last updated on:
January, 20th 2009 1 Team names given are those prevailing at time of rider beginning association with that team.

Olivier Asmaker is a former French cyclist, born in Savigny-sur-Orge near Paris, on March 13, 1973. But he spent his childhood in Rodez.

A brilliant amateur rider who won the 1997 Coupe de France Amateurs with his team of Montauban, he began cycling as professional on September 1, 1997 in the Belgian team TVM. Three seasons of training followed from there, during which Olivier Asmaker took part in the greatest races: Ronde van Vlaanderen, Giro d'Italia or Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré. Its best results during these years are rather modest: a fifth place in a Grand Prix du Midi Libre's stage and a fourteenth place on Grand Prix de Wallonie.

At the end of its contract at the end of the 2000 season, Laurent Jalabert held one hand to Olivier by helping him to join the new Danish team CSC-Tiscali. 2001 will be the summit of its career. He took part in a high number of races from the Tour Down Under in Australia in January to Paris-Tours, in October.

On May 18, 2001, Olivier Asmaker was escaped in company of well known riders, such as David Millar, Sylvain Chavanel, Robbie McEwen, Baden Cooke or Inigo Landaluze, in the first stage of the Tour de Picardie. It was the good escape of the day. Asmaker attacked in the last kilometer and won into Fort Mahon, in Somme department. He took the leader jersey and kept it until the end of the race, in spite of the unceasing attacks of David Millar.

CSC-Tiscali obtained an invitation for the Tour de France thanks to that performance notably. But in a short descent of stage 1 of the Grand Prix du Midi Libre, at home, he fell and broke his collarbone. No Tour de France for Asmaker.

In 2002, he raced a lot with his friend Laurent Jalabert. On April, he missed only just a second victory on the Tour de Picardie by finishing third. He was not selected to ride the Tour de France, and was very deceived.

He raced his last race as professional in Paris-Tours 2002 and made a 150 kilometers escape with his team mate Jakob Piil, who won the race ahead of Jacky Durand.

At the end of the season, the contract of Asmaker wasn't renewed. Asmaker sought a team hopelessly, in vain. Its professional adventure will stop there. In 2003, he returned in the amateurs category, in the US Montauban team. First race, first victory by winning the GP de Montastruc ahead of the best riders of the Pyreenean region. The following year, he won the GP of Vougy in solo and first stage of the Tour des Deux-Sèvres.

At the end of the 2005 season, he stopped his career to devote himself to his future job as a policeman.

[edit] Wins

• 1998
  • 5th stage 2 Grand Prix du Midi Libre
• 1999
  • 14th Grand Prix de Wallonie
  • 15th Grand Prix de Sabinanigo
• 2001
  • 1st Stage 1 Tour de Picardie
  • Overall Classification Tour de Picardie
• 2002
  • 2nd Boucles de l'Aulne
  • 3rd Stage 1 Tour de Picardie
  • 3rd Tour de Picardie
  • 7th Stage 1 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré

[edit] Results on the Giro d'Italia

• 1999 : DNS on stage 19

[edit] External links

• Trap-Friis profile
• Letour.fr profile