Fabrice Salanson

Fabrice Salanson (17 November 1979 – 3 June 2003) was a French road cyclist.

[1] During his short career, he most notably won a stage of the 2002 Grand Prix du Midi Libre and a stage of the 2000 Tour de l'Avenir.

On 3 June 2003 he was found dead next to his bed in his hotel in Dresden the morning before the Tour of Germany.

[2] Forensics revealed that Salanson died of a heart attack.

However, an electrocardiogram from three weeks before Salanson's death later surfaced, showing an interruption during a strenuous test of maximum effort.