Gilles Lalay

Gilles Lalay
Gilles Lalay - ISDE 85
Personal information
Born(1962-03-21)21 March 1962
Peyrat-le-Château, France
Died7 January 1992(1992-01-07) (aged 29)
Lumombo, Congo
Sport
Country France
SportMotorsport
EventRally raid
Medal record
Rally raid
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Dakar Rally 1 2 1
Atlas Rally 3 - -
Total 4 2 1

Gilles Lalay (21 March 1962 – 7 January 1992) was a French professional motorcycle enduro and rally raid competitor.

Biography

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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

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Lalay complete results are in the Dakar Historic Book.[2]

Year Bike Rank Stages
1986 Honda NXR 780 2nd
1988 Honda NXR 750 3rd
1989 Honda NXR 800V 1st
1991 Yamaha YZE 750T 2nd

References

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  1. ^ "Dakar Retrospective 1979-2009" (PDF). Official website of the Dakar rally raid. Amaury Sport Organisation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 June 2013. Retrieved 19 July 2013.
  2. ^ "DAKAR 2017 - Historic Book" (PDF). lequipe.fr. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
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