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 he took part in many major races, such as the Tour of Flanders, Giro d'Italia and the Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré. His results during these years were rather modest: a fifth place in the Grand Prix du Midi Libre's stage and a fourteenth place in the Grand Prix de Wallonie.
At the end of his 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, which was his best season. 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, in the first stage of the Tour de Picardie, Asmaker was in a breakaway with several other well known riders, such as David Millar, Sylvain Chavanel, Robbie McEwen, Baden Cooke or Iñigo Landaluze. Asmaker attacked in the last kilometre and won the stage. He took the leader's 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 his performance partly. But in a short descent of stage 1 of the Grand Prix du Midi Libre, he fell and broke his collarbone, so was unable to start the race.
He raced his last race as professional was in the 2002 Paris–Tours, where he was part of a 150 kilometre breakaway with his teammate Jakob Piil, who won the race ahead of Jacky Durand.
At the end of the season, his contract wasn't renewed. He sought out another team, but was unable to find one. In 2003, he returned in the amateurs with the US Montauban team. On his first race, he won the GP de Montastruc ahead of the best riders of the Pyrenees region. The following year, he won the GP of Vougy solo and the first stage of the Tour des Deux-Sèvres.
At the end of the 2005 season, he ended his career to devote himself to his future job as a policeman near Toulouse.
olivier, asmaker, born, march, 1973, french, former, racing, cyclist, born, savigny, orge, near, paris, spent, childhood, rodez, asmaker, solo, amateur, grand, prix, vougy, 2004personal, informationborn, 1973, march, 1973, savigny, orge, franceteam, informatio. Olivier Asmaker born 13 March 1973 is a French former racing cyclist He was born in Savigny sur Orge near Paris but spent his childhood in Rodez Olivier AsmakerAsmaker s solo win on the amateur Grand Prix of Vougy 2004Personal informationBorn 1973 03 13 13 March 1973 age 51 Savigny sur Orge FranceTeam informationDisciplineRoadRoleRiderAmateur teams1995 1997US Montauban2003 2005US MontaubanProfessional teams1997 1999TVM Farm Frites2000Festina2001 2002CSC TiscaliMajor winsTour de Picardie 2001 1 stage Contents 1 Career 2 Major results 2 1 Results on the Giro d Italia 3 External linksCareer editA 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 he took part in many major races such as the Tour of Flanders Giro d Italia and the Criterium du Dauphine Libere His results during these years were rather modest a fifth place in the Grand Prix du Midi Libre s stage and a fourteenth place in the Grand Prix de Wallonie At the end of his 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 which was his best season 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 in the first stage of the Tour de Picardie Asmaker was in a breakaway with several other well known riders such as David Millar Sylvain Chavanel Robbie McEwen Baden Cooke or Inigo Landaluze Asmaker attacked in the last kilometre and won the stage He took the leader s 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 his performance partly But in a short descent of stage 1 of the Grand Prix du Midi Libre he fell and broke his collarbone so was unable to start the race In 2002 he raced a lot with his friend Laurent Jalabert On April he finished third in the Tour de Picardie He was not selected to ride the Tour de France after being replaced He raced his last race as professional was in the 2002 Paris Tours where he was part of a 150 kilometre breakaway with his teammate Jakob Piil who won the race ahead of Jacky Durand At the end of the season his contract wasn t renewed He sought out another team but was unable to find one In 2003 he returned in the amateurs with the US Montauban team On his first race he won the GP de Montastruc ahead of the best riders of the Pyrenees region The following year he won the GP of Vougy solo and the first stage of the Tour des Deux Sevres At the end of the 2005 season he ended his career to devote himself to his future job as a policeman near Toulouse Major results edit2001 1st nbsp Overall Tour de Picardie1st Stage 1 dd 2002 2nd Boucles de l Aulne 3rd Overall Tour de PicardieResults on the Giro d Italia edit 1999 DNF on stage 19External links editTrap Friis profile Letour fr profile Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Olivier Asmaker amp oldid 1215282367, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
