Robert Sassone (23 November 1978 – 21 January 2016) was a French racing cyclist.
[2] He rode in the men's Madison at the 2000 Summer Olympics.
[3] He also rode in the 2002 Vuelta a España, finishing in 129th place.
[2] He was banned from cycling for two years in 2004, after testing positive for betamethasone during the Six Days of Nouméa race in New Caledonia.
[4][5] Sassone was suffering from cancer and killed himself in his native New Caledonia in January 2016, aged 37.