Marie-Rose Gaillard (19 August 1944 – 18 June 2022)[1] was a Belgian racing cyclist. She won the Belgian national road race title in 1966.[2]

Marie-Rose Gaillard
Gaillard in 1962 with the rainbow jersey
Personal information
Full nameMarie-Rose Gaillard
Born(1944-08-19)19 August 1944
Liège, Belgium
Died18 June 2022(2022-06-18) (aged 77)
Team information
RoleRider
Major wins
One-day races and Classics
World Road Race Championship (1962)
National Road Race Championships (1966)
Medal record
Representing  Belgium
Gold medal – first place 1962 Salò Road race

Biography

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Marie-Rose Gaillard began cycling in 1960, after being encouraged to do so by a cycle dealer who saw her riding the bike she had borrowed from her brother. She signed up for the Royal Dolhain Vélo and competed in her first race in Visé. The following year, she was selected for the Belgian team for her first world championship, at Douglas.

She was world road champion in 1962 at the age of 18, in Salò ahead of two of her compatriots Yvonne Reynders, title holder, and Marie-Thérèse Naessens. She competed in four other world championships. Gaillard was tenth in 1963, fourth in 1964, nineteenth in 1965, eighth in 19663. In 1966, she won the Belgian road championship.

Marie-Rose Gaillard co-founded the Ourthe-Amblève Vélo club, of which her nephew Philippe Gilbert was a member..[3]

Career achievements

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Major results

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1962
1st   UCI World Championships Road race
1963
10th UCI World Championships Road race
1964
4th UCI World Championships Road race
1966
1st   National Championships Road race
8th UCI World Championships Road race


References

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  1. ^ "L'ex-championne du monde cycliste sur route Marie-Rose Gaillard est décédée". lameuse-verviers.sudinfo.be (in French). 18 June 2022. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
  2. ^ "Marie-Rose Gaillard". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 2 May 2014.
  3. ^ "Un sacré bout de femme". dhnet.be (in French). 24 November 2010.
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