Tarbes Gespe Bigorre (often called Tarbes GB or TGB) is a French women's

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club, taking part to the professional French league for women, the

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, and to European Cups (now EuroLeague Women). It is the most important club sport in the town of

Tarbes Tarbes (; Gascon: ''Tarba'') is a commune in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in the Occitanie region of southwestern France. It is the capital of Bigorre and of the Hautes-Pyrénées. It has been a commune since 1790. It was known as ''Turba'' ...

, a 60,000 inhabitants town in the southwest part of France.

Prize winners

* 1

Ronchetti Cup The Ronchetti Cup (called till 1996 ''European Cup Liliana Ronchetti'') was an annual women’s basketball European club competition held by FIBA between the years 1972 and 2002. It was the second competition in European basketball, after the Euro ...

: 1996 ''(Runner-up in 2002)'' * 1

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: 2010 ''(Runner-up in 1993, 1995, 2003, 2018)'' * 3

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s: 1996, 1997, 1998 ''(Runner-up in 2009, 2010)'' * 1 Tournoi de la Fédération: 1995 ''(Runner-up in 1996, 1997)''

Players and coaches

2006-2007 roster

:Head Coach: Pascal Pisan () :Assistant: Xavier Noguera () :Assistant: Krassimira Banova ()

Season 2005-2006

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Famous players

Successive coaches

* Jean-Pierre Siutat * Damien Leyrolles * Igor Grudin * José Ruiz * Pascal Pisan * Patrick Maucouvert *

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External links

Official websiteTGBÉLITE - Unofficial website
Women's basketball teams in France EuroLeague Women clubs Basketball teams established in 1983 Sport in Hautes-Pyrénées {{France-basketball-team-stub