Gilles Coustellier

Gilles Coustellier
Personal information
Full name Gilles Coustellier
Born (1986-05-31) 31 May 1986[1]
Martigues, France[2]
Team information
Current team Clean Trials[3]
Discipline Trials
Major wins

World Championships

26-inch trials (2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2014)
Infobox last updated on
4 September 2016

Gilles Coustellier (born 13 May 1986 in Martigues, France) is a French mountain bike trials cyclist.[1] He specialises in 26-inch trials but has also competed in 20-inch trials.[2]

Coustellier was UCI junior world champion in the 20-inch category in 2002 and then in the 26-inch category in 2003. In the UCI elite 26-inch category he has been world champion five times, more than any other rider. Competing with the French team he was team trials world champion in 2011.[1]

Gilles is the younger brother of Giacomo Coustellier, who is also a trials rider.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Mountain Bike - Gilles COUSTELLIER". the-sports.org. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
  2. 1 2 "Gilles Coustellier site official". gillescoustellier.fr. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
  3. "Nouveau partenaire – Clean Trials". gillescoustellier.fr. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
  4. "U.S. Trials Team saw success in Europe". usacycling.org. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
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