# 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 Ciclotel.

## Personal life

Marsal is married and lives in Copenhagen. She gave birth to a son in 2013.

## Palmares
### 1987

    1st Road Race, UCI Junior Road World Championships
    2nd Individual pursuit, UCI Junior Track Cycling World Championships

### 1988

    1st Individual pursuit, UCI Junior Track Cycling World Championships
    1st Overall Tour de Bretagne
    3rd Points race, National Track Championships
    10th Olympic Games Time Trial

### 1989

    1st Overall Tour de Bretagne
    UCI Road World Championships
       2nd Road Race
       3rd Team Time Trial
    2nd Individual pursuit, National Track Championships

### 1990

    1st Road Race, UCI Road World Championships
    1st Road Race, National Road Championships
    1st Overall Giro d'Italia Femminile
    1st Overall Tour de l'Aude Cycliste Féminin
    1st Overall Tour of Norway
       1st Stage 7
    4th Tour de Okinawa

### 1991

    1st 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 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 kilometres (29.274 mi)
    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 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 Time Trial
       3rd Road Race
    National Track Championships
       1st Individual pursuit
       1st 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 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