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Elsy Jacobs (4 March 1933 – 27 February 1998) was a Luxembourgish
road bicycle racer Road bicycle racing is the cycle sport discipline of road cycling, held primarily on paved roads. Road racing is the most popular professional form of bicycle racing, in terms of numbers of competitors, events and spectators. The two most commo ...
. She became the first ever women's Road World Champion when she won the inaugural race on 30 August 1958. Later the same year she broke the women's
hour record The hour record is the record for the longest distance cycled in one hour on a bicycle from a stationary start. Cyclists attempt this record alone on the track without other competitors present. It is considered one of the most prestigious reco ...
on 9 November, riding 41,347 m on the Vigorelli velodrome in
Milan Milan ( , , Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4 million, while its metropolitan city ...
; the record stood for 14 years.


Biography

Born in
Garnich Garnich () is a commune and small town in southwestern Luxembourg. It is part of the canton of Capellen Capellen ( lb, Cap/Capellen ) is a town in the commune of Mamer, in south-western Luxembourg, 12 km west of Luxembourg City. , the t ...
,
Luxembourg Luxembourg ( ; lb, Lëtzebuerg ; french: link=no, Luxembourg; german: link=no, Luxemburg), officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, ; french: link=no, Grand-Duché de Luxembourg ; german: link=no, Großherzogtum Luxemburg is a small lan ...
, Elsy Jacobs was one of many children; three of her brothers were also racing cyclists, Roger, Raymond and Edmond Jacobs (who competed in the
Tour de France The Tour de France () is an annual men's multiple-stage bicycle race primarily held in France, while also occasionally passing through nearby countries. Like the other Grand Tours (the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a España), it consists ...
). Both a sports centre and hall were named in her honour. The
Grand Prix Elsy Jacobs The Festival Luxembourgeois du cyclisme féminin Elsy Jacobs formerly known as the Grand Prix Elsy Jacobs is an international women's road bicycle race held in Garnich, Luxembourg. Since 2008 this event is on the UCI women's elite cycle racing ...
was established and is based in her home town of Garnich. Since 2008, ten years after her death, the race has appeared on the UCI women's elite cycle racing calendar.


Palmàres

;1957 :2nd Circuit Lyonnais-Auvergne ;1958 :Hour record – 41,347 km :1st UCI Road World Championships ;1959 :2nd Pursuit,
UCI Track Cycling World Championships The UCI Track Cycling World Championships are the set of world championship events for the various disciplines and distances in track cycling. They are regulated by the Union Cycliste Internationale. Before 1900, they were administered by the UCI ...
:1st
Luxembourg National Road Race Championships The Luxembourg National Road Race Championship is a cycling race where Luxembourg cyclists decide who will become the champion for the year to come. The event was established in 1922. The event was organised alongside the German and Swiss natio ...
;1960 :1st
Luxembourg National Road Race Championships The Luxembourg National Road Race Championship is a cycling race where Luxembourg cyclists decide who will become the champion for the year to come. The event was established in 1922. The event was organised alongside the German and Swiss natio ...
;1961 :1st
Luxembourg National Road Race Championships The Luxembourg National Road Race Championship is a cycling race where Luxembourg cyclists decide who will become the champion for the year to come. The event was established in 1922. The event was organised alongside the German and Swiss natio ...
:3rd UCI Road World Championships ;1962 :1st
Luxembourg National Road Race Championships The Luxembourg National Road Race Championship is a cycling race where Luxembourg cyclists decide who will become the champion for the year to come. The event was established in 1922. The event was organised alongside the German and Swiss natio ...
;1963 :1st
Luxembourg National Road Race Championships The Luxembourg National Road Race Championship is a cycling race where Luxembourg cyclists decide who will become the champion for the year to come. The event was established in 1922. The event was organised alongside the German and Swiss natio ...
;1964 :1st
Luxembourg National Road Race Championships The Luxembourg National Road Race Championship is a cycling race where Luxembourg cyclists decide who will become the champion for the year to come. The event was established in 1922. The event was organised alongside the German and Swiss natio ...
;1965 :1st
Luxembourg National Road Race Championships The Luxembourg National Road Race Championship is a cycling race where Luxembourg cyclists decide who will become the champion for the year to come. The event was established in 1922. The event was organised alongside the German and Swiss natio ...
;1966 :1st
Luxembourg National Road Race Championships The Luxembourg National Road Race Championship is a cycling race where Luxembourg cyclists decide who will become the champion for the year to come. The event was established in 1922. The event was organised alongside the German and Swiss natio ...
:4th UCI Road World Championships ;1967 :1st
Luxembourg National Road Race Championships The Luxembourg National Road Race Championship is a cycling race where Luxembourg cyclists decide who will become the champion for the year to come. The event was established in 1922. The event was organised alongside the German and Swiss natio ...
;1968 :1st
Luxembourg National Road Race Championships The Luxembourg National Road Race Championship is a cycling race where Luxembourg cyclists decide who will become the champion for the year to come. The event was established in 1922. The event was organised alongside the German and Swiss natio ...
:4th UCI Road World Championships ;1970 :1st
Luxembourg National Road Race Championships The Luxembourg National Road Race Championship is a cycling race where Luxembourg cyclists decide who will become the champion for the year to come. The event was established in 1922. The event was organised alongside the German and Swiss natio ...
;1971 :1st
Luxembourg National Road Race Championships The Luxembourg National Road Race Championship is a cycling race where Luxembourg cyclists decide who will become the champion for the year to come. The event was established in 1922. The event was organised alongside the German and Swiss natio ...
;1972 :1st
Luxembourg National Road Race Championships The Luxembourg National Road Race Championship is a cycling race where Luxembourg cyclists decide who will become the champion for the year to come. The event was established in 1922. The event was organised alongside the German and Swiss natio ...
;1973 :1st
Luxembourg National Road Race Championships The Luxembourg National Road Race Championship is a cycling race where Luxembourg cyclists decide who will become the champion for the year to come. The event was established in 1922. The event was organised alongside the German and Swiss natio ...
;1974 :1st
Luxembourg National Road Race Championships The Luxembourg National Road Race Championship is a cycling race where Luxembourg cyclists decide who will become the champion for the year to come. The event was established in 1922. The event was organised alongside the German and Swiss natio ...


References

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Grand Prix Elsy Jacobs
1933 births 1998 deaths Luxembourgian female cyclists UCI Road World Champions (women) People from Capellen (canton) {{Luxembourg-cycling-bio-stub