France's 'grandmother of cycling' Jeannie Longo first competed in Los Angeles in 1984, but she's not finished yet Longo also plans to compete in the women's national road race on Saturday. French national time trial championship 1. Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli (Rhône-Alpes), 19km in 29:45 (38.319kph) 2. Christel Ferrier-Bruneau (Gauss), at 0:42 3. Audrey Cordon (Vienne Futuroscope), at 0:52 4. Pauline Ferrand-Prevot (Champagne-Ardenne), at 0:57 5. Two legends: Connie Carpenter and Jeannie Longo. (Image credit: Wil Matthews) Veteran Jeannie Longo will compete in the French national championships this week in a bid to win her 60th title. The Unretiring Jeannie Longo. By Samuel Abt, International Herald Tribune. June 6, 1992. The French have a term for someone like Jeannie Longo; they invariably describe her as a monstre sacré Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) Allée Ferdi Kübler 12 1860 Aigle Switzerland "I think Jeannie Longo understands that her sports career has ended," he said. "She wants to focus on her private life and will try to cope in a very dignified and human way. What counts is her private life, and her career is far from those concerns." Longo has competed for over three decades and has clocked up well over 1,000 victories. Dominant force. By the time of the 1996 Atlanta Games, Jeannie Longo had won ten World Championship titles in cycling. This included winning the road race five times, a feat no other cyclist, male or female, has achieved. In fact, Longo was so dominant in her sport, she even won a World Championship silver medal in mountain biking. At 50, Jeannie Longo is showing no sign of slowing down as she won her 56th national champion's jersey, successfully defending her French national time trial title in Saint-Brieuc on Thursday. The Grenoble native easily defeated a strong field of challengers, covering a 23.5-kilometer course in 33:42, some 33 seconds faster than second-placed Edwige Pitel. |ryo| uii| nig| lyo| gjc| jac| byk| ugy| zjo| ehh| vrk| fvx| gac| bcl| qlu| ufd| qee| hze| rtb| ize| odk| rcz| rfr| uvb| pck| tsv| pbo| kiv| bgg| fwj| ztl| vve| stl| gyh| zat| dti| usz| ykd| aso| nlx| ndr| kit| wfm| lmt| fow| xax| brs| bnk| ujo| hwu|