C�dric Vasseur is a French former professional road racing cyclist. He was born in Hazebrouck, France, and currently resides in Lille with his wife and young son. From 2001 until 2005, he was part of the French professional cycling team Cofidis, often as the captain on the road, and then moved to the Belgian team Quick Step-Innergetic. Vasseur turned professional with the team Novemail in 1995, and switched to the GAN team in 1996 which then became Cr�dit Agricole in 1997. His first professional victory is also his most famous: it was his solo 147-kilometre breakaway by which he won stage 5 of the 1997 Tour de France. He then wore the yellow jersey as the race leader for five days. In the 2000 and 2001 seasons, he rode for the U.S. Postal team and participated in the 2000 Tour de France. However, his exclusion from the 2001 Tour de France team led to his switch to the Cofidis team. He cited personal differences with the USPS team star Lance Armstrong, which was widely quoted in French cycling publications. [More at Wikipedia]

August 18th, 1970 in Hazebrouck (Age 53)