Thierry Marie
   HOME

TheInfoList



OR:

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 The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and commonly known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the ...
. On stage six of the
1991 Tour de France The 1991 Tour de France was the 78th edition of the Tour de France, taking place from 6 to 28 July. The total race distance was 22 stages over . The race was won by Miguel Induráin, whose Banesto team also won the team classification in the Tou ...
Marie rode alone for six hours and 234 km to win the stage and set the record for the longest post-war successful breakaway. Marie along with
Greg LeMond Gregory James LeMond (born June 26, 1961) is an American former Road bicycle racing, road racing cyclist. He won the Tour de France thrice and the UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race, Road Race World Championship twice, becoming t ...
was one of the first cyclists to experiment with
aerodynamic Aerodynamics () is the study of the motion of atmosphere of Earth, air, particularly when affected by a solid object, such as an airplane wing. It involves topics covered in the field of fluid dynamics and its subfield of gas dynamics, and is an ...
improvements.


Major results

;1984 : 1st Paris–Roubaix Espoirs : 5th Tour de Normandie ;1985 : 1st Overall Tour du Limousin : 1st Duo Normand (with Charly Mottet) : 1st Stage 3 Grand Prix du Midi Libre : 1st Prologue Tour de l'Avenir : 2nd Grand Prix des Nations : 5th GP Ouest–France : 6th Overall Circuit de la Sarthe : 7th Grand Prix de Rennes : 9th Paris–Tours : 9th Critérium des As : 10th Paris–Camembert ;1986 : Tour de France ::1st Prologue & Stage 2 ( TTT) ::Held after Prologue & Stages 2–3 ::Held after Prologue :
Vuelta a España The Vuelta a España (; ) is an annual stage race, multi-stage bicycle racing, bicycle race primarily held in Spain, while also occasionally making passes through nearby countries. Inspired by the success of the Tour de France and the Giro d'Ital ...
::1st Prologue ::Held after Prologue : 1st Stage 2b
Volta a Catalunya The Volta a Catalunya (; Tour of Catalonia, ) is a road bicycle race held annually in Catalonia, Spain. It is one of three World Tour stage races in Spain, together with the Vuelta a España and the Tour of the Basque Country. The race has had ...
: 3rd Overall Tour de l'Aude ::1st Prologue : 3rd Paris–Camembert : 4th Overall Three Days of De Panne ;1987 : 1st Overall Tour d'Armorique ::1st Prologue : 1st Duo Normand (with Gérard Rué) ;1988 : 1st Overall Ronde van Nederland : 1st Overall Circuit de la Sarthe ::1st Stage 1 ( ITT) : 1st Duo Normand (with Philippe Bouvatier) : 1st Stage 20 Tour de France : 1st Stage 2 Subida a Arrate : 3rd Overall Tour d'Armorique ::1st Stage 3b ( ITT) : 3rd Trofeo Baracchi (with Charly Mottet) : 3rd Grand Prix de Denain : 8th Overall
Four Days of Dunkirk The Four Days of Dunkirk () is road bicycle race around the Nord-Pas de Calais region of northern France. Despite the name of the race, since the addition of an individual time trial in 1963, the race has been held over a 5 or 6 day period for ...
;1989 : 1st Trofeo Baracchi (with Laurent Fignon) : 1st
Baden-Baden Baden-Baden () is a spa town in the states of Germany, state of Baden-Württemberg, south-western Germany, at the north-western border of the Black Forest mountain range on the small river Oos (river), Oos, ten kilometres (six miles) east of the ...
(with Laurent Fignon) : 1st Prologue Paris–Nice : 1st Prologue Tour of Belgium : 1st Stage 2 ( TTT) Tour de France : 2nd Overall Ronde van Nederland ::1st Stage 2b ( ITT) : 2nd Overall
Four Days of Dunkirk The Four Days of Dunkirk () is road bicycle race around the Nord-Pas de Calais region of northern France. Despite the name of the race, since the addition of an individual time trial in 1963, the race has been held over a 5 or 6 day period for ...
::1st Stages 1 & 6a ( ITT) : 2nd Grand Prix de Denain : 2nd Grand Prix de la Libération : 4th Grand Prix Eddy Merckx : 9th Overall Three Days of De Panne ;1990 : 1st Paris–Camembert : Tour de France ::1st Prologue ::Held & after Prologue : 3rd Overall Ronde van Nederland ::1st Stage 5 ( ITT) : 3rd Overall
Four Days of Dunkirk The Four Days of Dunkirk () is road bicycle race around the Nord-Pas de Calais region of northern France. Despite the name of the race, since the addition of an individual time trial in 1963, the race has been held over a 5 or 6 day period for ...
::1st Stages 3 ( ITT) & 7 : 3rd Overall Circuit de la Sarthe : 5th Trofeo Baracchi (with Gérard Rué) : 9th Grand Prix Eddy Merckx ;1991 : 1st Polynormande : Tour de France ::1st Prologue & Stage 6 ::Held after Prologue & Stages 6–7 ::Held after Prologue ::Held after Stage 6 : 1st Stage 1 ( ITT) Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré : 1st Prologue Paris–Nice : 1st Prologue Grand Prix du Midi Libre : 1st Stage 4 ( ITT) Tour d'Armorique : 2nd Overall Tour de l'Oise ::1st Stage 4 ( ITT) : 2nd Chrono des Herbiers : 3rd Tour de Vendée : 4th Overall Ronde van Nederland : 5th Overall Circuit de la Sarthe ;1992 : 1st Overall Tour de l'Oise ::1st Stage 4 ( ITT) :
Giro d'Italia The Giro d'Italia (; ), also known simply as the Giro, is an annual stage race, multiple-stage bicycle racing, bicycle race primarily held in Italy, while also starting in, or passing through, other countries. The first race was organized in 19 ...
::1st Prologue ::Held after Prologue & Stage 1 ::Held after Prologue : 1st Stage 18 Tour de France : 2nd Road race, National Road Championships : 2nd Overall Ronde van Nederland : 3rd Overall Three Days of De Panne ::1st Stage 1b ( ITT) : 3rd Circuit de l'Aulne : 3rd Grand Prix Eddy Merckx : 7th Trofeo Pantalica : 8th Chrono des Herbiers ;1993 : 1st Overall Tour du Poitou Charentes et de la Vienne ::1st Stage 5 ( ITT) : 1st Stage 4 Vuelta a Burgos : 3rd Telekom Grand Prix (with
Pascal Lino Pascal Lino (born 13 August 1966) is a French former road racing cyclist. Lino turned professional in 1988, and is most famous for being the wearer of the yellow jersey of the 1992 Tour de France for 11 days. He represented his native country ...
) : 9th Grand Prix de Denain ;1994 : 2nd Chrono des Herbiers : 3rd Grand Prix des Nations : 4th Overall
Four Days of Dunkirk The Four Days of Dunkirk () is road bicycle race around the Nord-Pas de Calais region of northern France. Despite the name of the race, since the addition of an individual time trial in 1963, the race has been held over a 5 or 6 day period for ...
: 5th Grand Prix Eddy Merckx : 6th Overall Three Days of De Panne : 6th Overall Tour de l'Oise : 6th Telekom Grand Prix (with Thomas Davy : 7th
Time trial In many racing sports, an sportsperson, athlete (or occasionally a team of athletes) will compete in a time trial (TT) against the clock to secure the fastest time. The format of a time trial can vary, but usually follow a format where each athle ...
,
UCI Road World Championships The UCI Road World Championships are the annual world championships for bicycle road racing organized by the (UCI). The UCI Road World Championships consist of events for road race and individual time trial, and , a UCI Road World Championships ...
;1995 : 1st
Time trial In many racing sports, an sportsperson, athlete (or occasionally a team of athletes) will compete in a time trial (TT) against the clock to secure the fastest time. The format of a time trial can vary, but usually follow a format where each athle ...
, National Road Championships : 1st Overall Circuit de la Sarthe ::1st Stage 2 : 1st La Côte Picarde : 1st Châteauroux Classic : 1st Stage 1b ( ITT) Route du Sud : 4th Overall Tour de l'Oise : 4th Telekom Grand Prix (with Laurent Madouas) : 5th Paris–Camembert : 7th Cholet-Pays de la Loire ;1996 : 2nd Route Adélie : 7th Tour de Vendée


Grand Tour general classification results timeline


References


External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Marie, Thierry 1963 births Living people French male cyclists Tour de France prologue winners French Tour de France stage winners French Giro d'Italia stage winners Olympic cyclists for France Cyclists at the 1984 Summer Olympics Cyclists from Calvados (department) 20th-century French sportsmen