Suzanne Sonye is an American professional
road racing cyclist
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. She was a member of the
Saturn Cycling Team
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Victories
;1995
:United States National Road Race Championships, Norman Alvis
:United St ...
from 2000 to 2002. In 2007, while Sonye was working as a
soigneur
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for
Rock Racing
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, cyclist
Kayle Leogrande
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told her that he was concerned about being caught for doping. She subsequently turned Leogrande in to the
United States Anti-Doping Agency
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, which eventually gave him a two-year suspension.
Sonye was born in
Lynwood, California.
Results
References
Living people
American female cyclists
1968 births
Sportspeople from Lynwood, California
21st-century American women
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