Roger Gilson

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Roger Gilson (born September 19, 1947 in Dudelange , † January 18, 1995 in Dippach ) was a Luxembourg cyclist .

Athletic career

In 1965, Roger Gilson became Luxembourg junior road racing champion . In 1967 and 1969 he won the Luxembourg cycle race Flèche du Sud and in 1971 around Cologne . In 1968 he started the road race at the Olympic Games in Mexico City and finished 65th. At the 1966 UCI Road World Championships at the Nürburgring , he finished 54th in the amateur road race .

From 1969 to 1980 Gilson was a professional racing driver with one interruption (1970 and 1971 drove again as an amateur) . During these years he was four times Luxembourg champion in road racing and once, in 1977, in cyclo-cross racing . Gilson competed in the Tour de France twice - in 1969 and 1973 - but gave up both times early. At the end of his career Gilson mostly competed in cyclo-cross races. Here he achieved his last victory as a cyclist on March 2, 1980 in Esch an der Alzette . Gilson died of a heart attack while training with friends in the sports hall in Schouweiler.

Honors

Every year the Randonnée Roger Gilson race for everyone is organized in Luxembourg by his former club Vélo Loisirs Dudelange .

Web links

Individual evidence

personal data
SURNAME Gilson, Roger
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Luxembourgish cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH September 19, 1947
PLACE OF BIRTH Dudelange
DATE OF DEATH January 18, 1995
Place of death Dippach
  1. ^ Association of German cyclists (ed.): Radsport . No. 35/1966 . Deutscher Sportverlag Kurt Stoof, Cologne 1966, p. 10 .
  2. ↑ a b Henri Bressler, Fernand Thill: The history of Luxembourg cycling . tape 2 . Editions Schortgens, Esch-sur-Alzette, ISBN 978-2-87953-115-1 , p. 56-57 .