Lyli Herse

{{short description|French cyclist and coach}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2018}} {{Infobox cyclist | name = Lyli Herse | image = | caption = | fullname = | nickname = | birth_date = {{birth date|1928|1|6|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Caen]], France | death_date = {{death date and age|2018|1|4|1928|1|6|df=yes}} | death_place = [[Osny]], France | height = | weight = | currentteam = | discipline = | role = Rider | ridertype = | amateuryears1 = | amateurteam1 = | proyears1 = | proteam1 = | majorwins = | medaltemplates = | show-medals = | updated = }} '''Lysiane (Lyli) Herse''' (6 January 1928 – 4 January 2018) was a French [[bicycle racing|racing cyclist]] and coach.<ref name="CyclingArchives">{{cite web |url=http://www.cyclingarchives.com/coureurfiche.php?coureurid=26355 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160821032043/http://www.cyclingarchives.com/coureurfiche.php?coureurid=26355 |url-status=usurped |archive-date=21 August 2016 |title=Lyli Herse |accessdate=12 August 2016 |work=Cycling Archives}}</ref><ref name=":0" />

== Biography == Herse competed in the first Women's Tour de France in 1955, in which she finished fourth.<ref name=":0" /> She won the [[French National Road Race Championships|French national road race title]] nine times between 1956 and 1967. She later trained [[Geneviève Gambillon]], who won two world titles in road racing in 1972 and 1974.<ref name=":0" />

Herse's father, [[René Herse]], was a manufacturer of cycles and she and her husband Jean Desbois took over his business upon his death in 1976. The company ceased production in 1986, and in 2007 Herse sold the brand to an American company.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.compasscycle.com/rene-herse/|title=The Rene Herse Story|website=Compass Cycles|access-date=6 January 2018}}</ref>

Herse died in [[Osny]], [[Val-d'Oise]], on 4 January 2018, aged 89 years.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Cyclisme-sur-route/Actualites/Mort-de-lily-herse-90-ans/864105|title=Mort de Lyli Herse (90 ans)|last=G.|first=J.-L.|work=L'ÉQUIPE|access-date=6 January 2018|language=fr-FR}}</ref>

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