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French cyclist (born 1951)

Geneviève Gambillon

Personal information

Full name

Geneviève Gambillon

Born

(1951-06-30) 30 June 1951 (age 73)
Hudimesnil, France

Team information

Discipline

Road & track

Role

Rider

Major wins

World Champion x2

National Champion x22

Medal record

Representing France

UCI Road World Championships
	Gap 1972	Road Race
	Montreal 1974	Road Race

Geneviève Gambillon (born 30 June 1951, in Hudimesnil, Manche) is a former French road bicycle racer. She became the women's Road World Champion in 1972 and again in 1974. She retired from competition in 1978 and became a nurse at the hospital in Granville.

Palmarès

1969: French National Road Race Championships; Sprint, French National Track Championships; Pursuit, French National Track Championships
1970: French National Road Race Championships; Sprint, French National Track Championships; Pursuit, French National Track Championships
1971: Sprint, French National Track Championships; Pursuit, French National Track Championships; 2nd French National Road Race Championships
1972: UCI Road World Championships – Women's road race; French National Road Race Championships; Sprint, French National Track Championships; Pursuit, French National Track Championships
1973: Sprint, French National Track Championships; Pursuit, French National Track Championships; 3rd French National Road Race Championships
1974: UCI Road World Championships – Women's road race; French National Road Race Championships; Sprint, French National Track Championships; Pursuit, French National Track Championships
1975: French National Road Race Championships; Pursuit, French National Track Championships; 2nd UCI Road World Championships – Women's road race; 2nd Sprint, French National Track Championships
1976: French National Road Race Championships; Sprint, French National Track Championships; Pursuit, French National Track Championships
1977: French National Road Race Championships

References

Geneviève Gambillon at Cycling Archives (archived)

v t e UCI Road World Champions – Women's road race
1958: Elsy Jacobs (LUX) 1959: Yvonne Reynders (BEL) 1960: Beryl Burton (GBR) 1961: Yvonne Reynders (BEL) 1962: Marie-Rose Gaillard (BEL) 1963: Yvonne Reynders (BEL) 1964: Emīlija Sonka (URS) 1965: Elisabeth Eicholz (GDR) 1966: Yvonne Reynders (BEL) 1967: Beryl Burton (GBR) 1968: Keetie van Oosten-Hage (NED) 1969: Audrey McElmury (USA) 1970: Anna Konkina (URS) 1971: Anna Konkina (URS) 1972: Geneviève Gambillon (FRA) 1973: Nicolle Van Den Broeck (BEL) 1974: Geneviève Gambillon (FRA) 1975: Tineke Fopma (NED) 1976: Keetie van Oosten-Hage (NED) 1977: Josiane Bost (FRA) 1978: Petra de Bruin (FRG) 1979: Beate Habetz (NED) 1980: Beth Heiden (USA) 1981: Ute Enzenauer (FRG) 1982: Mandy Jones (GBR) 1983: Marianne Berglund (SWE) 1985: Jeannie Longo (FRA) 1986: Jeannie Longo (FRA) 1987: Jeannie Longo (FRA) 1989: Jeannie Longo (FRA) 1990: Catherine Marsal (FRA) 1991: Leontien van Moorsel (NED) 1993: Leontien van Moorsel (NED) 1994: Monica Valvik (NOR) 1995: Jeannie Longo (FRA) 1996: Barbara Heeb (SUI) 1997: Alessandra Cappellotto (ITA) 1998: Diana Žiliūtė (LTU) 1999: Edita Pučinskaitė (LTU) 2000: Zinaida Stahurskaya (BLR) 2001: Rasa Polikevičiūtė (LTU) 2002: Susanne Ljungskog (SWE) 2003: Susanne Ljungskog (SWE) 2004: Judith Arndt (GER) 2005: Regina Schleicher (GER) 2006: Marianne Vos (NED) 2007: Marta Bastianelli (ITA) 2008: Nicole Cooke (GBR) 2009: Tatiana Guderzo (ITA) 2010: Giorgia Bronzini (ITA) 2011: Giorgia Bronzini (ITA) 2012: Marianne Vos (NED) 2013: Marianne Vos (NED) 2014: Pauline Ferrand-Prévot (FRA) 2015: Lizzie Armitstead (GBR) 2016: Amalie Dideriksen (DEN) 2017: Chantal Blaak (NED) 2018: Anna van der Breggen (NED) 2019: Annemiek van Vleuten (NED) 2020: Anna van der Breggen (NED) 2021: Elisa Balsamo (ITA) 2022: Annemiek van Vleuten (NED) 2023: Lotte Kopecky (BEL) 2024: Lotte Kopecky (BEL)

UCI Road World Champions – Women's road race

v t e French National Road Race Champions (women)
1940–1959	Lucienne Benoît (1951) Jeannine Lemaire (1952–1953) Noelle Sabbe (1954) Lydia Brein-Haritonides (1955) Lyli Herse (1956–1959)
1960–1979	Renée Vissac (1960) Lyli Herse (1961–1963) Andrée Flageolet (1964) Lyli Herse (1965) Gisèle Caille (1966) Lyli Herse (1967) Chantal N'Guten (1968) Geneviève Gambillon (1969–1970) Annick Chapron (1971) Geneviève Gambillon (1972) Élisabeth Camus (1973) Geneviève Gambillon (1974–1977) Chantal Fortier (1978) Jeannie Longo (1979)
1980–1999	Jeannie Longo (1980–1985) Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli (1986–1989) Catherine Marsal (1990) Marion Clignet (1991) Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli (1992) Marion Clignet (1993) Chantal Gorostegui (1994) Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli (1995) Catherine Marsal (1996) Sylvie Riedle (1997) Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli (1998–1999)
2000–2019	Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli (2000–2001) Magali Le Floc'h (2002) Sonia Huguet (2003) Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli (2004) Magali Le Floc'h (2005) Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli (2006) Edwige Pitel (2007) Jeannie Longo (2008) Christel Ferrier-Bruneau (2009) Mélodie Lesueur (2010) Christel Ferrier-Bruneau (2011) Marion Rousse (2012) Élise Delzenne (2013) Pauline Ferrand-Prévot (2014–2015) Edwige Pitel (2016) Charlotte Bravard (2017) Aude Biannic (2018) Jade Wiel (2019)
2020–2039	Audrey Cordon-Ragot (2020) Évita Muzic (2021) Audrey Cordon-Ragot (2022) Victoire Berteau (2023) Juliette Labous (2024)

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