Lysiane (Lyli) Herse (6 January 1928 – 4 January 2018) was a French

racing cyclist Cycle sport is Competition, competitive physical activity using bicycles. There are several categories of bicycle racing including road bicycle racing, cyclo-cross, mountain bike racing, track cycling, BMX, and cycle speedway. Non-racing ...

and coach.

Biography

Herse competed in the first Women's Tour de France in 1955, in which she finished fourth. She won the French national road race title nine times between 1956 and 1967. She later trained Geneviève Gambillon, who won two world titles in road racing in 1972 and 1974. Herse's father,

René Herse René Louis Théodore Herse (1908–1976) was a French builder of high-quality touring, randonneur and racing bicycles. His works are sought by collectors and riders. Career Herse was born in Caen. He started working on prototype aircraft at the ...

, was a manufacturer of cycles and she and her husband Jean Desbois took over his business upon his death in 1976. The company ceased production in 1986, and in 2007 Herse sold the brand to an American company. Herse died in

Osny Osny () is a commune in the Val-d'Oise department, in the northwestern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the center of Paris, in the "new town" of Cergy-Pontoise, created in the 1960s. Population Transportation Osny is served by ...

Val-d'Oise Val-d'Oise (, "Vale of the Oise") is a department in the Île-de-France region, Northern France. It was created in 1968 following the split of the Seine-et-Oise department. In 2019, Val-d'Oise had a population of 1,249,674.

, on 4 January 2018, aged 89 years.

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* 1928 births 2018 deaths French female cyclists Sportspeople from Caen Cyclists from Normandy {{France-cycling-bio-1920s-stub