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Full name
  
Elsy Jacobs

Name
  
Elsy Jacobs

Rider type
  
Endurance

Role
  
Rider

Discipline
  
Road


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Born
  
5 March 1933Garnich, Luxembourg (
1933-03-05
)

Died
  
1998, Guemene-sur-Scorff, France

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Elsy Jacobs (4 March 1933 – 28 February 1998) was a Luxembourgish road bicycle racer. She became the first ever women's Road World Champion when she won the inaugural race on 30 August 1958. Later the same year she broke the women's hour record on 9 November, riding 41,347 m on the Vigorelli velodrome in Milan; the record stood for 14 years.

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Biography

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Born in Garnich, Luxembourg, Elsy Jacobs was one of many children; three of her brothers were also racing cyclists, Roger, Raymond and Edmond Jacobs (who competed in the Tour de France).

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Both a sports centre and hall were named in her honour. The Grand Prix Elsy Jacobs was established and is based in her home town of Garnich. Since 2008, ten years after her death, the race has appeared on the UCI women's elite cycle racing calendar.


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References

Elsy Jacobs Wikipedia


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