After cycling throughout her childhood, Marion Rousse became a professional runner in 2011, at the age of 19. After becoming French champion on the road, the pretty blonde ended her career prematurely in 2015 at the age of 24, to devote herself to her new status as a sports consultant on television. Since 2017, Marion Rousse is thus a commentator of the Tour de France on France Télévisions, alongside Laurent Jalabert and Alexandre Pasteur! We note that she has also been director of the Tour de France Women since 2022. And if on the professional side, all the lights are green, everything is also going well in the private sphere. It has now been three years since she formed a happy couple with the cyclist Julian Alaphilippe and both became parents of a little boy named Nino in June 2021.
But before this relationship, Marion Rouse was married to her childhood sweetheart, cyclist Tony Gallopin. If they met in 2008, it was in 2014 that they decided to take the plunge… but sadly announced their separation in 2019.
Marion Rousse: discomfort when talking about her ex in “Vélo Club”Returning to the animation of the program “Vélo Club” to comment on the news and the prowess of cyclists during the Tour de France, Marion Rousse likes to evoke the performances of her darling Julian Alaphilippe, while remaining very neutral and impartial, however. On the other hand, viewers have pointed to the fact that she has very difficult to pronounce the name of her ex-husband, Tony Gallopin.”Francetv Sport, thank you for asking Marion Rousse to do her job to the end. She is paid to commentate the races, if she does not want to talk about Tony Gallopin it is her right but that she works on other races“, “New feat for Marion Rousse who did not once mention the name of Tony Gallopin who had an exceptional race in the French cycling championship. He finished fourth!” can we for example read on Twitter.
On July 2, sports journalist Laurent Luyat, who also hosts the program “Vélo Club”, therefore did not hesitate to tease her on this subject when Tony Gallopin appeared on the screen during the draws. “”Marion, that’s it, she looked! She looked!” he launched, looking at the young woman with a smile on her face. Visibly embarrassed, the pretty blonde showed seriousness and replied: “Am I allowed to say that or is it okay? Tony Gallopin. We talked a lot about it today. Rider who won the San Sebastian Classic”.
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