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 Ciclotel.

Personal life

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

Palmares

1987

1st Road Race, UCI Junior Road World Championships

2nd Individual pursuit, UCI Junior Track Cycling World Championships

1988

1st Individual pursuit, UCI Junior Track Cycling World Championships

1st Overall Tour de Bretagne

3rd Points race, National Track Championships

10th Olympic Games Time Trial

1989

1st Overall Tour de Bretagne

UCI Road World Championships 2nd Road Race 3rd Team Time Trial

2nd Individual pursuit, National Track Championships

1990

1st Road Race, UCI Road World Championships

1st Road Race, National Road Championships

1st Overall Giro d'Italia Femminile

1st Overall Tour de l'Aude Cycliste Féminin

1st Overall Tour of Norway 1st Stage 7

4th Tour de Okinawa

1991

1st Team Time Trial, UCI Road World Championships

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 Overall Tour de l'Aude Cycliste Féminin 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 47.112 kilometres (29.274mi)

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

1st Road Race, National Road Championships

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 1st Time Trial 3rd Road Race

National Track Championships 1st Individual pursuit 1st Points race

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

1st Points Race, National Track Championships

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

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