Gilles Delion

{{short description|French cyclist}}

{{Infobox cyclist

| name = Gilles Delion

| image = Gilles DELION.jpg

| caption = Delion at the 1993 Paris–Nice

| fullname = Gilles Delion

| nickname =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1966|08|05|df=y}}

| birth_place = Saint-Étienne, France

| currentteam = Retired

| discipline = Road

| role = Rider

| ridertype =

| amateuryears1 =

| amateurteam1 =

| proyears1 = 1988

| proteam1 = {{UCI team code|HEL|1988}}

| proyears2 = 1989–1992

| proteam2 = {{UCI team code|HEL|1989}}

| proyears3 = 1993–1994

| proteam3 = {{UCI team code|CAS|1993}}

| proyears4 = 1995

| proteam4 = {{UCI team code|ALM|1995}}

| proyears5 = 1996

| proteam5 = {{UCI team code|AKI|1996}}

| majorwins = Grand Tours

:Tour de France

::Young rider classification (1990)

::1 individual stage (1992)

One-day races and Classics

:Giro di Lombardia (1990)

}}

Gilles Delion (born 5 August 1966) is a French former road bicycle racer. His greatest achievements include winning the Giro di Lombardia in 1990 and the young rider classification in the 1990 Tour de France.

Early in his career, Delion was seen as a great promise, but Delion ended his career in 1996,{{cite web|url=http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/results/archives/may96/hooy.html|title=Stars that Fade – to enter the Black Hole|date=May 1996|access-date=13 July 2012|publisher=Cyclingnews}} saying that at that point doping was widespread in the cycling peloton,{{cite web|url=http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/results/archives/jan97/doping.html|title=Doping widespread according to riders|date=17 January 1997|access-date=13 July 2012|publisher=Cyclingnews}} and that all French teams were involved.{{cite web|url=http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/results/archives/jan97/24_1.html|title=UCI powerless over the rumours|date=24 January 1997|access-date=13 July 2012|publisher=Cyclingnews}} Willy Voet wrote in his book "Massacre à la chaîne" that Delion was against doping, and that other cyclists ridiculed Delion for that.{{cite web|url=http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/results/1999/may99/may20.shtml|title=Willy Voet goes for the jugular in his book|date=20 May 1999|access-date=13 July 2012|publisher=Cyclingnews}}