French cyclist

Jeannie Longo (born 31 October 1958 in Annecy, Haute-Savoie) is a French racing cyclist, 25-time French champion and 13-time world champion. Longo began racing in 1975 and was active in cycling through 2012. She was once widely considered the best female cyclist of all time, although that reputation is now clouded by suspicion of doping throughout her career. She is famous for her compe*ive nature and her longevity in the sport — when she was selected to compete for France in the 2008 Olympics, it was her seventh Olympic Games; some of Longo's compe*ors that year had not yet been born when she took part in her first Olympics in 1984. She had stated that 2008 would be her final participation in the Olympics.In the Women's road race, she finished 24th, 33 seconds behind winner Nicole Cooke, who was one year old when Longo first rode in the Olympics.At the same Olympics, she finished 4th in the road time trial, just two seconds shy of securing a bronze medal. She is currently number two on the all-time list of French female summer or winter Olympic medal winners, with a total of four medals including one in gold, which is one less than the total number won by the fencer Laura Flessel-Colovic.

Contents

• 1 Career
  • 1.1 Doping affairs
• 2 Palmarès
  • 2.1 Track
  • 2.2 Mountainbike
  • 2.3 Road
• 3 See also
• 4 References
• 5 External links

Career

Longo about to start the time trial stage of the 2001 Women's Challenge

Longo was born in Annecy, Haute-Savoie, in the French Alps where she began her athletic career as a downhill skier. After winning the French schools' ski championship and three university skiing championships, she switched to cycling at the urging of her coach (and later husband) Patrice Ciprelli. Within a few months, Longo won the French road race Championship at the age of 21. She competed both in road and track bicycle racing events, and is an Olympic gold-medalist and thirteen-time world champion.

Doping affairs

In September 1987 Longo tested positive for ephedrine following a 3:km world record attempt in Colorado Springs. She served a 1-month ban for this offense.

In September 2011, it was reported that Longo had missed three doping tests and was under investigation by the FFC. Normally, this would be penalized the same as a positive test, but AFLD had failed to notify Longo that she would be targeted for testing in that year, so this resulted in them letting her off. It subsequently transpired that Longo's husband, Patrice Ciprelli, had purchased the performance-enhancing drug EPO from China via former American professional cyclist Joe Papp. Ciprelli confessed and claimed that he purchased the EPO for his own personal use. He was found guilty in May 2016, and given a 1 year suspended jail sentence and €12,800 in fines and costs.

Palmarès

Track

Note: Beginning in 1997, the Union Cycliste Internationale awarded points to riders based on their performances. For this purpose, the races were cl*ified. Although the system has evolved, the major stage races are category 1 (strongest) and 2. In the listings below, these categories, where known, are in parentheses. GC stands for general cl*ification.

19813rd UCI Track World Championship (Individual pursuit)19823rd UCI Track World Championship (Individual pursuit)19832nd Summer Universiade Track Championship (Individual pursuit)3rd UCI Track World Championship (Individual pursuit)19842nd UCI Track World Championship (Individual pursuit)19852nd UCI Track World Championship (Individual pursuit)19861st UCI Track World Championship (Individual pursuit)19872nd UCI Track World Championship (Individual pursuit)19881st UCI Track World Championship (Individual pursuit)19891st UCI Track World Championship (Points race)1st UCI Track World Championship (Individual pursuit)19981st French Track Pursuit Championships

Mountainbike

19932nd UCI Mountain Bike Championship

Road

19791st French Road Race Championship19801st French Road Race Championship19811st French Road Race Championship2nd World Road Race Championships19821st French Road Race Championship19831st French Road Race Championship3rd Summer Universiade Road Race Championship19841st French Road Race Championship19851st World Road Race Championships1st French Road Race Championship19861st World Road Race Championships1st French Road Race Championship19871st World Road Race Championships1st French Road Race Championship19881st French Road Race Championship19891st World Road Race Championships1st French Road Race Championship19922nd Olympic Road Race1st French Road Race Championship19932nd World Road Race Championships19951st World Road Race Championships1st French Road Race Championship1st Overall Ema*een Bira19961st Olympic Road Race19971st World Time Trial Championships1st Grand Prix des Nations Time Trial1st Overall Trophée d'Or Féminin2 Stage victories1st Overall Tour du Canton de Conques2 Stage victories2nd Overall Vuelta a Majorca1 Stage victory3rd Overall Interreg-Dreilaender Damen Tour3rd Overall Trois Jours de Vendee7th UCI Points list19981st French Road Race Championship1st 1 Stage Trois Jours de Vendee1st Mt. Evans Hill Climb (course record)2nd Montreal World Cup3rd French Road CCT3rd Overall Trophée d'Or Féminin3rd Overall Canberra Cycling Cl*ic (Tour de Snowy)1 Stage victory3rd Overall Tour of Aquitaine1 Stage victory4th Overall Women's Challenge5th World Time Trial Championships9th World Road Race Championships10th UCI Points list20001st Mount Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb (Course record)3rd Olympic Time Trial20011st World Time Trial Championships3rd World Road Race Championships9th Overall Grande Boucle Féminine5th Overall Women's Challenge1st Mountains cl*ification1 Stage victory6th Montréal World Cup6th Grand prix de Haute-Garonne20023rd Chrono Champenois-Trophée Européen7th World Time Trial Championships20036th World Time Trial Championship6th World Road Race Championship200410th Olympic Games Road Race1st French Road Race Championship20052nd Chrono Champenois1st French Road Race Championship1st French Time Trial Championship20077th World Time Trial Championship20081st French Road Race Championship1st French Time Trial Championship1st Mt. Evans Hill Climb4th Olympic Games Time Trial20091st Trophée des Grimpeurs, women's.1st French Time Trial Championship1st Chrono des Nations3rd Overall Fitchburg Longsjo Cl*ic20101st French Time Trial Championship1st Chrono des Nations3rd French National Road Race Championship20111st Pikes Peak Hillclimb1st French Time Trial Championship

See also

• List of athletes with the most appearances at Olympic Games
• List of doping cases in cycling

References

External links

• Jeannie Longo's web site (in French language only)
• Some cycling records

TrackCyclo-crossMountain bike