Gilles Lalay (21 March 1962 – 7 January 1992) was a French professional motorcycle

enduro Enduro is a form of motorcycle sport run on extended cross-country, off-road courses. Enduro consists of many different obstacles and challenges. The main type of enduro event, and the format to which the World Enduro Championship is run, is a ...

and

rally raid Rally raid, also known as cross-country rallying, is a form of long distance off-road racing that takes place over several days. The length of the event can be as short as 2–3 days for a cross-country baja to as long as 15 days with marathon ra ...

competitor.

Biography

Lalay was born in Peyrat-le-Château, France. One of the world's best enduro riders during the 80s, he was 10 times enduro Champion of France, and 9 times ISDE winner. He won the motorcycle section of the

Dakar Rally The Dakar Rally (or simply "The Dakar"; formerly known as the "Paris–Dakar Rally") is an annual rally raid organised by the Amaury Sport Organisation. Most events since the inception in 1978 were staged from Paris, France, to Dakar, Senegal, ...

in 1989. He also won the motorcycle section of the Atlas Rally in 1986, 1987 and 1989, and the Djerba 500 Rally in 1984. In 1985 as France presented no team for the ISDE held in Spain, he engaged as an individual and won the race on his private Honda 250 CR. He died on January 7, 1992, in Lumombo, Congo, in a collision with one of the organisation vehicles during the Dakar Rally race.

Rally Dakar

Lalay complete results are in the ''Dakar Historic Book''.

References

External links

Gilles Lalay profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lalay, Gilles 1962 births 1992 deaths Sportspeople from Haute-Vienne French motorcycle racers Enduro riders Off-road racing drivers Dakar Rally motorcyclists Dakar Rally winning drivers Off-road motorcycle racers Motorcycle racers who died while racing