Jeannie Longo
Jeannie Longo (born 31 October 1958 in Annecy, Haute-Savoie) is a French racing cyclist, 25-time French champion and 13-time world champion.[1] 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.[2] She is famous for her competitive nature and her longevity in a sport where some of her competitors were not yet born during her first Olympic competition in 1984. She was selected to compete for France in the 2008 Olympics, her seventh Olympic Games.[3][4] She had stated that this would be her final participation in the Olympics.[5] 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.[6] At the same Olympics, she finished 4th in the road time trial, just two seconds shy of securing a bronze medal.[7] 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, which is one less than the total number won by the fencer Laura Flessel-Colovic.
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| Full name | Jeannie Longo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 31 October 1958 Annecy, France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Track, Road | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1994–1995 | Intersport-Nakamura | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1998–1999 | Ebly | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007 | Team Uniqa Graz | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2008 | Pro Feminin Les Carroz | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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One-day races
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Career
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.[8] In September 2011, French sports daily L'Equipe reported that Longo's husband, Patrice Ciprelli, had purchased her the performance-enhancing drug EPO from China via former American professional cyclist Joe Papp.[9][10] Ciprelli claimed that he purchased the EPO for his own personal use. The charges prompted an investigation of Longo by the Fédération Française de Cyclisme (FFC)[11] which cleared her in a November 2011 statement. Longo also missed three doping tests in this same time period. 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, thus letting her off.
Palmarès
Track
Note: Beginning in 1997, the Union Cycliste Internationale awarded points to riders based on their performances. For this purpose, the races were classified. 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 classification.
- 1981
- 3rd UCI Track World Championship (Individual pursuit)
- 1982
- 3rd UCI Track World Championship (Individual pursuit)
- 1983
- 2nd Summer Universiade Track Championship (Individual pursuit)
- 3rd UCI Track World Championship (Individual pursuit)
- 1984
- 2nd UCI Track World Championship (Individual pursuit)
- 1985
- 2nd UCI Track World Championship (Individual pursuit)
- 1986
- 1st
- 1987
- 2nd UCI Track World Championship (Individual pursuit)
- 1988
- 1st
- 1989
- 1st
- 1st
- 1993
- 2nd UCI Mountain Bike Championship
- 1998
- 1st
Mountainbike
- 1993
- 2nd UCI Mountain Bike Championship
Road
- 1979
- 1st
- 1980
- 1st
- 1981
- 1st
- 2nd World Road Race Championships
- 1982
- 1st
- 1983
- 1st
- 3rd Summer Universiade Road Race Championship
- 1984
- 1st
- 1985
- 1st
- 1st
- 1986
- 1st
- 1st
- 1987
- 1st
- 1st
- 1988
- 1st
- 1989
- 1st
- 1st
- 1992
- 2nd Olympic Road Race
- 1st
- 1993
- 2nd World Road Race Championships
- 1995
- 1st
- 1st
- 1st Overall Emakumeen Bira
- 1996
- 1st Olympic Road Race
- 1997
- 1st
- 1st Grand Prix des Nations Time Trial
- 1st Overall Trophée d'Or Féminin
- 2 Stage victories
- 1st Overall Tour du Canton de Conques
- 2 Stage victories
- 2nd Overall Vuelta a Majorca
- 1 Stage victory
- 3rd Overall Interreg-Dreilaender Damen Tour
- 3rd Overall Trois Jours de Vendee
- 7th UCI Points list
- 1998
- 1st
- 1st 1 Stage Trois Jours de Vendee
- 1st Mt. Evans Hill Climb (course record)
- 2nd Montreal World Cup
- 3rd French Road CCT
- 3rd Overall Trophée d'Or Féminin
- 3rd Overall Canberra Cycling Classic (Tour de Snowy)
- 1 Stage victory
- 3rd Overall Tour of Aquitaine
- 1 Stage victory
- 4th Overall Women's Challenge
- 5th World Time Trial Championships
- 9th World Road Race Championships
- 10th UCI Points list
- 2000
- 1st Mount Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb (Course record)
- 3rd Olympic Time Trial
- 2001
- 1st
- 3rd World Road Race Championships
- 9th Overall Grande Boucle Féminine
- 5th Overall Women's Challenge
- 1st Mountains classification
- 1 Stage victory
- 6th Montréal World Cup
- 6th Grand prix de Haute-Garonne
- 2002
- 3rd Chrono Champenois-Trophée Européen
- 7th World Time Trial Championships
- 2003
- 6th World Time Trial Championship
- 6th World Road Race Championship
- 2004
- 10th Olympic Games Road Race
- 1st
- 2005
- 2nd Chrono Champenois
- 1st
- 1st
- 2007
- 7th World Time Trial Championship
- 2008
- 1st
- 1st
- 1st Mt. Evans Hill Climb
- 4th Olympic Games Time Trial
- 2009
- 1st Trophée des Grimpeurs, women's.[12]
- 1st
- 1st Chrono des Nations
- 3rd Overall Fitchburg Longsjo Classic
- 2010
- 1st
- 1st Chrono des Nations
- 3rd French National Road Race Championship
- 2011
- 1st Pikes Peak Hillclimb
- 1st
See also
References
- "Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli Bio, Stats, and Results". Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference. 2010. Archived from the original on 11 May 2019. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
- Stokes, Shane. "With career under a shadow, Longo set to retire". velonation. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
- "Jeannie Longo Olympic Results". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 7 July 2015. Retrieved 6 June 2015.
- "Longo to seventh Olympic Games". cyclingnews.com. 2 July 2008.
- "A French Cyclist’s Long Ride", New York Times, 28 July 2008.
- "Canada's Hobson 17th in cold, wet, women's road cycling race". The Toronto Star. 10 August 2008. Retrieved 11 August 2008. External link in
|publisher=(help) - "Women's cycling road race: Individual time trial -final". http://www.abc.net.au/ Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 13 August 2008. External link in
|publisher=(help) - "Jeannie Longo s'explique sur son contrôle positif à l'éphédrine". cyclisme-dopage.com. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
- Sayare, Scott (8 February 2012). "Home of Top Female Cyclist Searched". The New York Times.
- "Chronologie des faits - Retour sur la chronologie des événements de l'affaire Ciprelli". L'Equipe. 8 February 2012. Retrieved 24 July 2013.
- http://velonews.competitor.com/tag/jeannie-longo
- http://www.velonews.com/article/91556/longo-wins-trophee-des-grimpeurs-again
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