Catherine Marsal

Catherine Marsal (born 20 January 1971) is a French former racing cyclist. She has been World Champion four times, she's won the Giro D'Italia, held the World Hour Record and raced professionally around the world.

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.

Marsal retired from cycling in 2005 when she was recruited by Team SATS Cycling to become sports director for the Danish team. The team became number one on the UCI ranking. In April 2015 Marsal was hired by the Danish Cycling Union to be the national coach of the Danish female cycling team.

Marsal currently works as a directeur sportif for UCI Women's Continental Team .

Personal life Marsal is married and lives in Copenhagen. She gave birth to a son in 2013.

Palmares

1987

2nd Individual pursuit, UCI Junior Track Cycling World Championships

1988

3rd Points race, National Track Championships 10th Olympic Games Time Trial

1989

UCI Road World Championships 2nd Road Race 3rd Team Time Trial 2nd Individual pursuit, National Track Championships

1990

1st Stage 7 4th Tour de Okinawa

1991

2nd Overall Tour de l'Aude Cycliste Féminin

1992 2nd Team Time Trial, UCI Road World Championships 2nd Coppa delle Nazioni

1993 2nd Road Race, National Road Championships

1994

1st Stage 8 1st Calan Road Race 2nd Overall Tour de Bretagne 2nd Overall Tour du Finistère 1st Prologue, Stages 1 & 4

1995 Hour record 1st Stage 8 Grande Boucle Féminine Internationale 2nd Road Race, UCI Road World Championships National Road Championships 2nd Road Race 2nd Time Trial National Track Championships 2nd Individual pursuit 2nd Points race

1996

National Track Championships 3rd Individual pursuit 3rd Points race 3rd Overall Tour de l'Aude Cycliste Féminin 10th Road Race, UCI Road World Championships

1997 National Road Championships

3rd Road Race National Track Championships

2nd Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen 3rd Road Race, UCI Road World Championships

1998 2nd Trophée International de Saint-Amand-Mont-Rond 3rd Overall Tour de l'Aude Cycliste Féminin 3rd La Flèche Wallonne

1999

2nd Time Trial, National Road Championships 3rd Ronde van Drenthe

2000 2nd Road Race, National Road Championships 2nd Boucles Nontronnaises

2001 3rd Road Race, National Road Championships

2002 1st Stage 1 Vuelta Castilla y Leon 1st Stage 3 Tour de l'Aude Cycliste Féminin

2004 3rd GP des Nations