Gilles Lalay
Gilles Lalay - ISDE 85 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | (1962-03-21)21 March 1962 Peyrat-le-Château, France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 7 January 1992(1992-01-07) (aged 29) Lumombo, Congo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Motorsport | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Rally raid | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Gilles Lalay (21 March 1962 – 7 January 1992) was a French professional motorcycle enduro and rally raid 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 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.[1]
Rally Dakar
Lalay complete results are in the Dakar Historic Book.[2]
Year | Bike | Rank | Stages |
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1986 | Honda NXR 780 | 2nd | |
1988 | Honda NXR 750 | 3rd | |
1989 | Honda NXR 800V | 1st | |
1991 | Yamaha YZE 750T | 2nd |
References
External links
- Gilles Lalay profile Archived 2018-01-17 at the Wayback Machine
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- 1979: Cyril Neveu (FRA)
- 1980: Cyril Neveu (FRA)
- 1981: Hubert Auriol (FRA)
- 1982: Cyril Neveu (FRA)
- 1983: Hubert Auriol (FRA)
- 1984: Gaston Rahier (BEL)
- 1985: Gaston Rahier (BEL)
- 1986: Cyril Neveu (FRA)
- 1987: Cyril Neveu (FRA)
- 1988: Edi Orioli (ITA)
- 1989: Gilles Lalay (FRA)
- 1990: Edi Orioli (ITA)
- 1991: Stéphane Peterhansel (FRA)
- 1992: Stéphane Peterhansel (FRA)
- 1993: Stéphane Peterhansel (FRA)
- 1994: Edi Orioli (ITA)
- 1995: Stéphane Peterhansel (FRA)
- 1996: Edi Orioli (ITA)
- 1997: Stéphane Peterhansel (FRA)
- 1998: Stéphane Peterhansel (FRA)
- 1999: Richard Sainct (FRA)
- 2000: Richard Sainct (FRA)
- 2001: Fabrizio Meoni (ITA)
- 2002: Fabrizio Meoni (ITA)
- 2003: Richard Sainct (FRA)
- 2004: Nani Roma (ESP)
- 2005: Cyril Despres (FRA)
- 2006: Marc Coma (ESP)
- 2007: Cyril Despres (FRA)
- 2008 CE: David Casteu (FRA)
- 2009: Marc Coma (ESP)
- 2010: Cyril Despres (FRA)
- 2011: Marc Coma (ESP)
- 2012: Cyril Despres (FRA)
- 2013: Cyril Despres (FRA)
- 2014: Marc Coma (ESP)
- 2015: Marc Coma (ESP)
- 2016: Toby Price (AUS)
- 2017: Sam Sunderland (GBR)
- 2018: Matthias Walkner (AUT)
- 2019: Toby Price (AUS)
- 2020: Ricky Brabec (USA)
- 2021: Kevin Benavides (ARG)
- 2022: Sam Sunderland (GBR)
- 2023: Kevin Benavides (ARG)
- 2024: Ricky Brabec (USA)