Personal information | |
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Born | Saint-Saulve, France | 17 August 1991
Team information | |
Current team | Retired |
Role | Rider |
Rider type | Puncheur[1] |
Professional teams | |
2010 | GSD Gestion[1] |
2011–2012 | Vienne Futuroscope[2] |
2013–2015 | Lotto Belisol Ladies[1] |
Major wins | |
2012 French National Road Race |
Marion Rousse (born 17 August 1991) is a French former racing cyclist. She won the French national road race title in 2012.[2] She announced her retirement from racing in October 2015.[3] Rousse is the cousin of racing cyclists David Lefèvre, Laurent Lefèvre and Olivier Bonnaire.[1] Outside racing, Rousse has also worked as a pundit for Eurosport and France Télévisions.[4][5] Since 2019 she has also served as deputy director of the Tour de la Provence.[6][7] In 2021, she became race director of the Tour de France Femmes.[8]
Rousse married fellow racing cyclist and Tour de France stage winner Tony Gallopin in October 2014.[9] In February 2020 she announced via an Instagram post that the couple had separated.[10] Two months later Julian Alaphilippe announced in an interview with L'Équipe that he and Rousse were in a relationship.[11][12] In January 2021 Alaphilippe announced via social media that the couple were expecting a child.[13] Their son was born 14 June 2021.[14]