Catherine Marsal

Catherine Marsal (born 20 January 1971) is a French former racing cyclist. She has been World Champion four times 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
 * 1st Jersey rainbow.svg Road Race, UCI Junior Road World Championships
 * 2nd Individual pursuit, UCI Junior Track Cycling World Championships


 * 1988
 * 1st Jersey rainbow.svg Individual pursuit, UCI Junior Track Cycling World Championships
 * 1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Tour de Bretagne
 * 3rd Points race, National Track Championships
 * 10th Olympic Games Time Trial


 * 1989
 * 1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Tour de Bretagne
 * UCI Road World Championships
 * 2nd Road Race
 * 3rd Team Time Trial
 * 2nd Individual pursuit, National Track Championships


 * 1990
 * 1st Jersey rainbow.svg Road Race, UCI Road World Championships
 * 1st MaillotFra.PNG Road Race, National Road Championships
 * 1st Jersey pink.svg Overall Giro d'Italia Femminile
 * 1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Tour de l'Aude Cycliste Féminin
 * 1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Tour of Norway
 * 1st Stage 7
 * 4th Tour de Okinawa


 * 1991
 * 1st Jersey rainbow.svg 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 Jersey yellow.svg 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 km
 * 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 MaillotFra.PNG 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 MaillotFra.PNG Time Trial
 * 3rd Road Race
 * National Track Championships
 * 1st MaillotFra.PNG Individual pursuit
 * 1st MaillotFra.PNG 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 MaillotFra.PNG 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