Philippe Gaumont (born February 22, 1973 in Amiens, died May 13, 2013) was a French professional road racing cyclist. He was awarded a bronze medal in the 1992 Summer Olympics, 100 km time trial. In 1997 he won the Belgian classic Gent–Wevelgem and he was twice individual pursuit French national champion, in 2000 and 2002. In 2004, Philippe Gaumont quit professional cycling and later ran acafé in Amiens.

Gaumont is well known for having confessed to extensive doping and explaining a lot of the tricks of the trade. Gaumont gave a series of interviews, and wrote a book, Prisonnier du dopage ("Prisoner of doping") in which he explained doping methods, masking methods, the use of drug cocktails such as the pot belge for training and for recreation, and how the need to make money makes racers dope themselves. In April 2013 he suffered a major heart attack. On 13 May 2013, it was announced that Gaumont had passed away after being in a coma for three weeks.

Doping usage 

Gaumont began his professional career in 1994 in the Castorama team. In 1996 he joined the GAN team, and was tested positive fornandrolone in two races. He joined Cofidis in 1997 and stayed their until the end of his career. In 1998 he was tested positive twice for the nandrolone drug, but obtained that the case was dismissed. A year later a blood test conducted in the "Docteur Mabuse" justice case showed he was positive for amphetamines.

In 2004, he was interrogated by French police and justice in the enquiry for the Cofidis doping case. He declared that he had repeatedly and consistently used doping products, including EPO, since the beginning of his professional career. He then said that he thought that 95% of professional racers doped themselves and expressed very strong doubts that a racer could win a major tour, such as the Tour de France, without doping.

Following from this case, he quit professional racing.

Gaumont gave details in his book such as how to avoid being tested positive for corticoids: how, for instance, to irritate one's testicle sac using salt in order to provoke a rash and obtain a prescription for some corticoid cream. Since urine tests do not distinguish between (legal) corticoid applied as creams, with a prescription, and (illegal) injections, such prescriptions are used to mask doping.