Elsy Jacobs
Luxembourgian cyclist (1933–1998)
 Jacobs at the 1958 World Championships | ||||||||||||
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| Full name | Elsy Jacobs | |||||||||||
| Born | (1933-03-05)5 March 1933 Garnich, Luxembourg | |||||||||||
| Died | 27 February 1998(1998-02-27) (aged 64) Guémené-sur-Scorff, France | |||||||||||
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| Discipline | Road | |||||||||||
| Role | Rider | |||||||||||
| Rider type | Endurance | |||||||||||
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World Champion National Champion x15 | ||||||||||||
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Elsy Jacobs (4 March 1933 – 27 February 1998)[1] 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.
Biography
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).
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.
Palmàres
- 1957
- 2nd Circuit Lyonnais-Auvergne
- 1958
- Hour record – 41,347 km
- 1st UCI Road World Championships
- 1959
- 2nd Pursuit, UCI Track Cycling World Championships
- 1st
Luxembourg National Road Race Championships
- 1961
- 1st Luxembourg National Road Race Championships
- 3rd UCI Road World Championships
- 1966
- 1st Luxembourg National Road Race Championships
- 4th UCI Road World Championships
- 1968
- 1st Luxembourg National Road Race Championships
- 4th UCI Road World Championships
References
- ^ "Elsy Jacobs". procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
- Elsy Jacobs at Cycling Archives
- Grand Prix Elsy Jacobs
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UCI Road World Champions – Women's road race- 1958: Elsy Jacobs
- 1959: Yvonne Reynders
- 1960: Beryl Burton
- 1961: Yvonne Reynders
- 1962: Marie-Rose Gaillard
- 1963: Yvonne Reynders
- 1964: Emīlija Sonka
- 1965: Elisabeth Eicholz
- 1966: Yvonne Reynders
- 1967: Beryl Burton
- 1968: Keetie van Oosten-Hage
- 1969: Audrey McElmury
- 1970–71: Anna Konkina
- 1972: Geneviève Gambillon
- 1973: Nicolle Van Den Broeck
- 1974: Geneviève Gambillon
- 1975: Tineke Fopma
- 1976: Keetie van Oosten-Hage
- 1977: Josiane Bost
- 1978: Petra de Bruin
- 1979: Beate Habetz
- 1980: Beth Heiden
- 1981: Ute Enzenauer
- 1982: Mandy Jones
- 1983: Marianne Berglund
- 1985–87, 88: Jeannie Longo
- 1990: Catherine Marsal
- 1991, 1993: Leontien van Moorsel
- 1994: Monica Valvik
- 1995: Jeannie Longo
- 1996: Barbara Heeb
- 1997: Alessandra Cappellotto
- 1998: Diana Žiliūtė
- 1999: Edita Pučinskaitė
- 2000: Zinaida Stahurskaya
- 2001: Rasa Polikevičiūtė
- 2002–03: Susanne Ljungskog
- 2004: Judith Arndt
- 2005: Regina Schleicher
- 2006: Marianne Vos
- 2007: Marta Bastianelli
- 2008: Nicole Cooke
- 2009: Tatiana Guderzo
- 2010–11: Giorgia Bronzini
- 2012–13: Marianne Vos
- 2014: Pauline Ferrand-Prévot
- 2015: Lizzie Armitstead
- 2016: Amalie Dideriksen
- 2017: Chantal Blaak
- 2018: Anna van der Breggen
- 2019: Annemiek van Vleuten
- 2020: Anna van der Breggen
- 2021: Elisa Balsamo
- 2022: Annemiek van Vleuten
- 2023: Lotte Kopecky
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