Marion Rousse
Marion Rousse, 2022 Tour de France Femmes
Personal information
Born (1991-08-17) 17 August 1991
Saint-Saulve, France
Team information
Current teamRetired
RoleRider
Rider typePuncheur[1]
Professional teams
2010GSD Gestion[1]
2011–2012Vienne Futuroscope[2]
2013–2015Lotto 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]

Personal life

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]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Marion Rousse". Lotto Belisol Ladies. Retrieved 5 August 2014.
  2. 1 2 "Marion Rousse". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 6 October 2013.
  3. ↑ "News shorts: Marion Rousse to hang up her wheels". Cycling News. 22 October 2015.
  4. ↑ Lowe, Felix (16 July 2014). "Tour de France - Gallopin defies peloton with stage 11 win, Nibali avoids trouble". Eurosport. Retrieved 5 August 2014.
  5. ↑ Frattini, Kirsten (7 September 2020). "L'Humanité criticised for publishing sexist cartoon of Marion Rousse". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
  6. ↑ Brossard, Clément (11 February 2021). "Cyclisme: "Un surplus de motivation" pour le futur papa Alaphilippe, selon Marion Rousse" [Cycling: "An extra motivation" for the future dad Alaphilippe, according to Marion Rousse]. BFM TV (in French). Retrieved 24 April 2021.
  7. ↑ "Cyclisme. Tour de La Provence. Marion Rousse dans un nouveau rôle [Vidéo]" [Cycling. Tour de La Provence. Marion Rousse in a new role [Video]]. Le Télégramme (in French). 12 February 2019. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
  8. ↑ "Marion Rousse appointed director of the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift". Tour de France Femmes, 10 October 2021
  9. ↑ "Tony Gallopin et Marion Rousse se sont mariés" [Tony Gallopin and Marion Rousse married]. lequipe.fr (in French). 18 October 2014. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
  10. ↑ "Marion Rousse annonce être séparée de son mari Tony Gallopin" [Marion Rousse announces she is separated from her husband Tony Gallopin]. Paris Match (in French). 9 February 2020. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
  11. ↑ "Three Things About Julian Alaphilippe". Barron's. 30 August 2020. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
  12. ↑ Cabot, Emilie (16 April 2020). ""Elle me supporte, m'encourage", Julian Alaphilippe officialise avec Marion Rousse" ["She supports me, encourages me", Julian Alaphilippe formalises with Marion Rousse]. Paris Match (in French). Retrieved 24 April 2021.
  13. ↑ Vareille, Théophile (30 January 2021). "Julian Alaphilippe et Marion Rousse vont avoir un enfant" [Julian Alaphilippe and Marion Rousse are having a child]. France Bleu (in French). Retrieved 24 April 2021.
  14. ↑ "Julian Alaphilippe (@alafpolak) posted on Instagram • Jun 14, 2021 at 11:51am UTC". Instagram. Archived from the original on 25 December 2021. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
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