Olivier Asmaker

Who is Olivier Asmaker?

Olivier Asmaker is a former French racing cyclist, born in Savigny-sur-Orge near Paris, on 13 March 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 1 September 1997 in the Belgian team TVM-Farm Frites. Three seasons of training followed from there, during which Olivier Asmaker took part in the greatest races: Tour of Flanders, 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 18 May 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 kilometre and won into Fort Mahon, in the 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.