 Marie at the 1993 Tour de France | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Thierry Marie |
| Nickname | The Viking |
| Born | 25 June 1963 Bénouville, France |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Retired |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Time trialist |
| Professional teams | |
| 1985 | Renault–Elf |
| 1986–1989 | Système U |
| 1990–1992 | Castorama |
| 1993 | Festina–Lotus |
| 1994–1995 | Castorama |
| 1996 | Agrigel–La Creuse–Fenioux |
| Major wins | |
Grand Tours
| |
Thierry Marie (born 25 June 1963) is a French former cyclist. Marie often performed well in prologue stages: he won the Tour de France prologue three times in his career, and because of that he wore the yellow jersey in those three years, for seven days in total. He also competed in the team time trial event at the 1984 Summer Olympics.[1] On stage six of the 1991 Tour de France Marie rode alone for six hours and 234 km to win the stage and set the record for the longest post-war successful breakaway.[2]
Marie along with Greg LeMond was one of the first cyclists to experiment with aerodynamic improvements.[3]
- ^ "Thierry Marie Olympic Results". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
- ^ "The longest day: Thierry Marie's monster Tour de France break - Journal". rouleur.cc. Archived from the original on 13 July 2018.
- ^ Fretz, Caley (7 November 2023). "Silly saddles, an incomplete history". Escape Collective. Retrieved 6 December 2023.