Thierry Marie

Thierry Marie, born on 25 June 1963, is a French former road cyclist who became known as a specialist in the short opening time trials of the Tour de France. He won the Tour de France prologue three times in his career, and each of those wins put him in the yellow jersey of the race leader, for seven days in total. He also rode the team time trial event at the 1984 Summer Olympics. On stage six of the 1991 Tour de France he rode alone for about six hours and 234 kilometres to win the stage, which set the record for the longest successful breakaway of the post-war years. Marie was also among the first riders, alongside Greg LeMond, to experiment with aerodynamic improvements to equipment and riding position.