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Back on track: The Marion Clignet Journal 2004
French track legend Marion Clignet retired from racing in 2000, intending to become active as an advocate for women's sport. But after two years off the bike, and perhaps inspired by the other female champions she's encountered while working as a presenter for French TV, Clignet returned to the velodrome in 2003 to the velodrome in a determined comeback. After a solid year building a foundation, Marion's back competing at thehighest level in 2004.
Latest entry: Stage 3: The political circuit
2004 entries
Giro d'Italia Femminile - 2.9.1, Italy, July 2-11, 2004
- Stage 7 - 9: Another day at the office/End of story
- Stage 6: If at first you don't succeed, try, try and......pray!
- Stage 5: Well, the wine was good!
- Stage 4: Plan B
- Stage 3: The political circuit
- Stage 2: Tri-coloured legs
- Stage 1: The way we like it
- Prologue: Holiday on ice
- June 27: Must have been the altitude - French National Championships
- June 3: Unless...
- May 27: Marion's mumbles from Melbourne
- May 17: It doesn't get any easier
- May 2: A climber after all - Trophée des Grimpeurs
- April 21: Yay! I made the World's team!
- April 9-11: A bad hair day - Novilon Damesronde van Drenthe
- April 5: Attrition, position, the two-our record, and chicken farms at the Tour of Flanders
- March 31: Welcome to sunny Madrid!
- March 22: Primavera Rosa - I'm a happy camper
- March 11: Reality bites... hard
- February 13-15: February in Moscow
- February 13: The road to Moscow is long...
- Late January: Training with the boys - hitting the road with Credit Agricole and FDJeux.com.
2003 entries
- August 27-31: Trophée d'Or Féminin Part I - Ouch. I forgot how much this hurts.
- May 19: Sydney World Cup - Scheduling snafus & young blood
- May 15: Sydney World Cup - Fence Hopping in Oz
- March 22: Mexico World Cup - First outing on the comeback trail
Profiles and interviews
- Back on track: An interview with Marion Clignet
- Marion Clignet's 2000 'self-profile'
- Marion Clignet's 2000 Olympics diary
