Catherine Marsal
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Catherine Marsal is a retired female racing cyclist from France
. She has been World Champion four times and raced professionally in Italy and the US. At the age of 17 she was selected for the French Olympic Team for the first time. Since then she represented her native country at four Summer Olympics: 1988, 1992, 1996, and 2000. Catherine Marsal retired from cycling in 2005 when she was headhunted by Team SATS Cycling to become Sports Director for the Danish team. The team became number one on the UCI ranking. Catherine Marsal still resides in Copenhagen and holds a degree in Global Nutrition and Health.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN CYCLING
FORMER HOLDER OF THE ONE HOUR RECORD
DISTANCE: 47,112 km, Velodrome de Bordeaux, France, 1995
WORLD CHAMPION
GOLD, 1987, World Championship, Road, Juniors, Bergamo, Italy
GOLD, 1988, World Championship, Track, Pursuit, Juniors, Odense, Denmark
GOLD, 1990, World Championship, Road, Elite, Utsonomina, Japan
GOLD, 1990, World Championship, Road, 50 km TTT, Elite, Stuttgart, Germany
OTHER WORLD CHAMPION RESULTS
SILVER, 1987, World Championships, Track, pursuit, juniors, Dalmine, Italy
SILVER, 1989, World Championships, Road, Elite, Chambéry, France
SILVER, 1992, World Championships, Road, 50 km TTT, Elite, Benidorm, Spain
SILVER, 1995, World Championships, Road, Elite, Duitama, Columbia
SILVER, 1996, World Championships, Time trial, Lugano, Switzerland
BRONZE, 1997, World Championships, Road, Elite, Saint Sebastian, Spain
BRONZE, 1989, World Championships, TTT, Elite, Chambéry, France
NATIONAL CHAMPION
GOLD, 1990, French National Championships Road, Elite
GOLD, 1996, French National Championships Road, Elite
GOLD, 1997, French National Championships Pursuit, Elite
GOLD, 1997, French National Championships Track Points Race, Elite
GOLD, 1997, French National Championships Track, ITT, Elite
GOLD, 1999, French National Championships Track Points Race, Elite
OTHER NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS
SILVER, 1989, French National Championships Track, Pursuit, Elite
SILVER, 1993, French National Championships Road, Elite
SILVER, 1995, French National Championships Track, Pursuit, Elite
SILVER, 1995, French National Championships Track Points Race, Elite
SILVER, 1995, French National Championships Road, Elite
SILVER, 1995, French National Championships Track, ITT, Elite
SILVER, 1999, French National Championships Track, ITT, Elite
SILVER, 2000, French National Championships Road, Elite
BRONZE, 1988, French National Championships Track Points Race, Elite
BRONZE, 1988, French National Championships Track Points Race, Elite
BRONZE, 1994, French National Championships Road, Elite
BRONZE, 1996, French National Championships Track, Pursuit, Elite
BRONZE, 1996, French National Championships Track Points Race, Elite
BRONZE, 1997, French National Championships Road, Elite
BRONZE, 2001, French National Championships Road, Elite
TOUR VICTORIES
1989 Winner, Tour de Bretagne, France
1989 Winner, Tour of Texas, USA.
1989 Winner, Crono de L’Quest, France
1989 Winner, Tour du Finistere, France
1989 Winner, Circuit des Vignes, France
1989 Winner, Tour de Canton du Perreux, France
1990 Winner, Giro D’Italia, Italy
1990 Winner, Tour of the European Union, EU
1990 Winner, Tour of Texas, USA
1990 Winner, Tour de L’Aude, France
1990 Winner, Tour of Norway, Norway
1994 Winner, Tour de L’Aude, France
1996 Winner, Ronde d’Aquitaine, France
1991 2nd place, Tour de L’Aude, France
1994 2nd place, Tour de Bretagne, France
1998 2nd place, Trophée Internation de Saint-Amand-Montrond, France
2000 2nd place, Boucles Nontronnaises, France
2002 2nd place, Thüringen-Rundfahrt, Germany
1996 3rd place, Tour de L’Aude, France
1998 3rd place, Tour de L’Aude, France
1998 3rd place, Fleche Wallone, Belgium
1999 3rd place, Damesronde Van Drenthe, Holland
2004 3rd place, GP des Nations, France
STAGE VICTORIES
1989 Stage winner, Hennebont, Mi Aout Bretonne, France
1989 Stage winner, Fougeres, Mi Aout Bretonne, France
1989 Stage winner, Tregunc, Mi Aout Bretonne, France
1989 Stage winner, Time trial, Ptemy, Elan Breton, France
1989 Stage winner, 1st stage, Tour du Finistere, France
1989 Stage winner, 4th stage Time trial, Tour du Finistere, France
1989 Stage winner, 5th stage, Tour du Finistere, France
1989 Stage winner, 1st stage, Circuit des Vignes, France
1989 Stage winner, 1st stage, Time trial, Tour de Canton du Perreux, France
1990 Stage winner, 3rd stage, Tour of Texas, USA
1990 Stage winner, 1st stage, Tour de l’Aude, France
1990 Stage winner, 6st stage, Tour de l’Aude, France
1990 Stage winner, 8th stage, Tour de l’Aude, France
1990 Stage winner, 6st stage, Tour of Norway, Norway
1990 Stage winner, 7th stage, Tour of Norway, Norway
1990 Stage winner, 1st stage, Giro d’Italia, Italy
1990 Stage winner, 3rd stage, Giro d’Italia, Italy
1990 Stage winner, 3rd stage, Tour of European Union, EU
1990 Stage winner, Time trial, Saverne, Tour of European Union, EU
1991 Stage winner, 3rd stage, Tour de la Drome, France
1991 Stage winner, 1st stage, Canadian Tire, Canada
1991 Stage winner, 1st stage, Ronde des Cigognes, France
1991 Stage winner, 2nd stage Time trial, Ronde des Cigognes, France
1991 Stage winner, 2nd stage, Team time trial, Three Days of Pattensen, Germany
1991 Stage winner, 4th stage, Three Days of Pattensen, Germany
1993 Stage winner, 8th stage, Tour de France, France
1994 Stage winner, 8th stage, Tour de l’Aude, France
1994, Stage winner, prologue, International Tour du Finistere, France
1994, Stage winner, 1st stage, International Tour du Finistere, France
1994, Stage winner, 4th stage, International Tour du Finistere, France
1995, Stage winner, 6- stage, Tour de l’Aude, France
1995, Stage winner, 6st stage, Tour de France, France
1996, Stage winner, 1st stage, Ronde d’Aquitaine, France
1996, Stage winner, 4th stage, Tour De l’Aude, France
1997, Stage winner, 1st stage, Grand Prix du Clermontois, France
1997, Stage winner, 2nd stage Time trial, Grand Prix du Clermontois, France
1997, Stage winner, 2nd stage Time trial, G.P. de la Mutualité de la Haute-Garonne, France
1997, Stage winner, 7th stage, Giro d’Italia, Italy
1998, Stage winner, 3rd stage, Tour de l’Aude, France
1998, Stage winner, 8th stage, Tour de l’Aude, France
1999, Stage winner, 4th stage, Tour de Haute-Garonne, France
2001, Stage winner, 2nd stage, Solano Bicycle Classic, USA
2001, Stage winner, 2nd stage, La Vuelta de Bisbee, USA
2001, Stage winner, 2nd stage, Wendy’s International Cycling Classic, USA
2002, Stage winner, 2nd stage, Tour de L’Aude, France
2002, Stage winner, 1st stage, Vuelta Castilla Leon, France
2002, Stage winner, 3rd stage, Tour de l’Aude, France
2002, Stage winner, 3rd stage, Wendy’s International Cycling Classic, USA
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
. She has been World Champion four times and raced professionally in Italy and the US. At the age of 17 she was selected for the French Olympic Team for the first time. Since then she represented her native country at four Summer Olympics: 1988, 1992, 1996, and 2000. Catherine Marsal retired from cycling in 2005 when she was headhunted by Team SATS Cycling to become Sports Director for the Danish team. The team became number one on the UCI ranking. Catherine Marsal still resides in Copenhagen and holds a degree in Global Nutrition and Health.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN CYCLING
FORMER HOLDER OF THE ONE HOUR RECORD
DISTANCE: 47,112 km, Velodrome de Bordeaux, France, 1995
WORLD CHAMPION
GOLD, 1987, World Championship, Road, Juniors, Bergamo, Italy
GOLD, 1988, World Championship, Track, Pursuit, Juniors, Odense, Denmark
GOLD, 1990, World Championship, Road, Elite, Utsonomina, Japan
GOLD, 1990, World Championship, Road, 50 km TTT, Elite, Stuttgart, Germany
OTHER WORLD CHAMPION RESULTS
SILVER, 1987, World Championships, Track, pursuit, juniors, Dalmine, Italy
SILVER, 1989, World Championships, Road, Elite, Chambéry, France
SILVER, 1992, World Championships, Road, 50 km TTT, Elite, Benidorm, Spain
SILVER, 1995, World Championships, Road, Elite, Duitama, Columbia
SILVER, 1996, World Championships, Time trial, Lugano, Switzerland
BRONZE, 1997, World Championships, Road, Elite, Saint Sebastian, Spain
BRONZE, 1989, World Championships, TTT, Elite, Chambéry, France
NATIONAL CHAMPION
GOLD, 1990, French National Championships Road, Elite
GOLD, 1996, French National Championships Road, Elite
GOLD, 1997, French National Championships Pursuit, Elite
GOLD, 1997, French National Championships Track Points Race, Elite
GOLD, 1997, French National Championships Track, ITT, Elite
GOLD, 1999, French National Championships Track Points Race, Elite
OTHER NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS
SILVER, 1989, French National Championships Track, Pursuit, Elite
SILVER, 1993, French National Championships Road, Elite
SILVER, 1995, French National Championships Track, Pursuit, Elite
SILVER, 1995, French National Championships Track Points Race, Elite
SILVER, 1995, French National Championships Road, Elite
SILVER, 1995, French National Championships Track, ITT, Elite
SILVER, 1999, French National Championships Track, ITT, Elite
SILVER, 2000, French National Championships Road, Elite
BRONZE, 1988, French National Championships Track Points Race, Elite
BRONZE, 1988, French National Championships Track Points Race, Elite
BRONZE, 1994, French National Championships Road, Elite
BRONZE, 1996, French National Championships Track, Pursuit, Elite
BRONZE, 1996, French National Championships Track Points Race, Elite
BRONZE, 1997, French National Championships Road, Elite
BRONZE, 2001, French National Championships Road, Elite
TOUR VICTORIES
1989 Winner, Tour de Bretagne, France
1989 Winner, Tour of Texas, USA.
1989 Winner, Crono de L’Quest, France
1989 Winner, Tour du Finistere, France
1989 Winner, Circuit des Vignes, France
1989 Winner, Tour de Canton du Perreux, France
1990 Winner, Giro D’Italia, Italy
1990 Winner, Tour of the European Union, EU
1990 Winner, Tour of Texas, USA
1990 Winner, Tour de L’Aude, France
1990 Winner, Tour of Norway, Norway
1994 Winner, Tour de L’Aude, France
1996 Winner, Ronde d’Aquitaine, France
1991 2nd place, Tour de L’Aude, France
1994 2nd place, Tour de Bretagne, France
1998 2nd place, Trophée Internation de Saint-Amand-Montrond, France
2000 2nd place, Boucles Nontronnaises, France
2002 2nd place, Thüringen-Rundfahrt, Germany
1996 3rd place, Tour de L’Aude, France
1998 3rd place, Tour de L’Aude, France
1998 3rd place, Fleche Wallone, Belgium
1999 3rd place, Damesronde Van Drenthe, Holland
2004 3rd place, GP des Nations, France
STAGE VICTORIES
1989 Stage winner, Hennebont, Mi Aout Bretonne, France
1989 Stage winner, Fougeres, Mi Aout Bretonne, France
1989 Stage winner, Tregunc, Mi Aout Bretonne, France
1989 Stage winner, Time trial, Ptemy, Elan Breton, France
1989 Stage winner, 1st stage, Tour du Finistere, France
1989 Stage winner, 4th stage Time trial, Tour du Finistere, France
1989 Stage winner, 5th stage, Tour du Finistere, France
1989 Stage winner, 1st stage, Circuit des Vignes, France
1989 Stage winner, 1st stage, Time trial, Tour de Canton du Perreux, France
1990 Stage winner, 3rd stage, Tour of Texas, USA
1990 Stage winner, 1st stage, Tour de l’Aude, France
1990 Stage winner, 6st stage, Tour de l’Aude, France
1990 Stage winner, 8th stage, Tour de l’Aude, France
1990 Stage winner, 6st stage, Tour of Norway, Norway
1990 Stage winner, 7th stage, Tour of Norway, Norway
1990 Stage winner, 1st stage, Giro d’Italia, Italy
1990 Stage winner, 3rd stage, Giro d’Italia, Italy
1990 Stage winner, 3rd stage, Tour of European Union, EU
1990 Stage winner, Time trial, Saverne, Tour of European Union, EU
1991 Stage winner, 3rd stage, Tour de la Drome, France
1991 Stage winner, 1st stage, Canadian Tire, Canada
1991 Stage winner, 1st stage, Ronde des Cigognes, France
1991 Stage winner, 2nd stage Time trial, Ronde des Cigognes, France
1991 Stage winner, 2nd stage, Team time trial, Three Days of Pattensen, Germany
1991 Stage winner, 4th stage, Three Days of Pattensen, Germany
1993 Stage winner, 8th stage, Tour de France, France
1994 Stage winner, 8th stage, Tour de l’Aude, France
1994, Stage winner, prologue, International Tour du Finistere, France
1994, Stage winner, 1st stage, International Tour du Finistere, France
1994, Stage winner, 4th stage, International Tour du Finistere, France
1995, Stage winner, 6- stage, Tour de l’Aude, France
1995, Stage winner, 6st stage, Tour de France, France
1996, Stage winner, 1st stage, Ronde d’Aquitaine, France
1996, Stage winner, 4th stage, Tour De l’Aude, France
1997, Stage winner, 1st stage, Grand Prix du Clermontois, France
1997, Stage winner, 2nd stage Time trial, Grand Prix du Clermontois, France
1997, Stage winner, 2nd stage Time trial, G.P. de la Mutualité de la Haute-Garonne, France
1997, Stage winner, 7th stage, Giro d’Italia, Italy
1998, Stage winner, 3rd stage, Tour de l’Aude, France
1998, Stage winner, 8th stage, Tour de l’Aude, France
1999, Stage winner, 4th stage, Tour de Haute-Garonne, France
2001, Stage winner, 2nd stage, Solano Bicycle Classic, USA
2001, Stage winner, 2nd stage, La Vuelta de Bisbee, USA
2001, Stage winner, 2nd stage, Wendy’s International Cycling Classic, USA
2002, Stage winner, 2nd stage, Tour de L’Aude, France
2002, Stage winner, 1st stage, Vuelta Castilla Leon, France
2002, Stage winner, 3rd stage, Tour de l’Aude, France
2002, Stage winner, 3rd stage, Wendy’s International Cycling Classic, USA