Marie-Rose Gaillard

Marie-Rose Gaillard (19 August 1944 – 18 June 2022) was a Belgian racing cyclist. She won the Belgian national road race title in 1966.

Biography
Marie-Rose Gaillard began cycling in 1960, after being encouraged to do so by a cycle dealer who saw her riding the bike she had borrowed from her brother. She signed up for the Royal Dolhain Vélo and competed in her first race in Visé. The following year, she was selected for the Belgian team for her first world championship, at Douglas.

She was world road champion in 1962 at the age of 18, in Salò ahead of two of her compatriots Yvonne Reynders, title holder, and Marie-Thérèse Naessens. She competed in four other world championships. Gaillard was tenth in 1963, fourth in 1964, nineteenth in 1965, eighth in 19663. In 1966, she won the Belgian road championship.

Marie-Rose Gaillard co-founded the Ourthe-Amblève Vélo club, of which her nephew Philippe Gilbert was a member..

Major results

 * 1962
 * 1st Jersey rainbow.svg UCI World Championships Road race


 * 1963
 * 10th UCI World Championships Road race


 * 1964
 * 4th UCI World Championships Road race


 * 1966
 * 1st MaillotBélgica.PNG National Championships Road race
 * 8th UCI World Championships Road race