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Silvère Dulorme (1959–2000): Saint-Martin's Guadeloupe road cycling champion

A short profile of Silvère Dulorme, the Saint-Martin road cyclist who became champion of Guadeloupe and was honoured on the Collectivité's sports Wall of Fame in 2021.

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Silvère Dulorme (1959–2000) was a Saint-Martin road cyclist who became champion of Guadeloupe and was honoured on the Collectivité's sports Wall of Fame in 2021. The Collectivité's citation says he was born on Saint-Martin on 8 November 1959 and died there on 1 January 2000.

Illustrative: a road in Sandy Ground, Saint-Martin

Illustrative photo: Remy Gumbs, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Champion of Guadeloupe

The Collectivité's citation dates his Guadeloupe road title to 1986. The Vélo Club de Grand-Case, in a 2022 statement published by Faxinfo, recalled the races that revealed "un certain… Silvère Dulorme, futur champion de la Guadeloupe", and in 2014 Minister Maurice Lake told Pearl FM that his uncle Silvère Dulorme "was the champion of St. Maarten and Guadeloupe".

According to the citation, Dulorme was selected for the Guadeloupe team, was road champion in Puerto Rico in 1985 and won the JCF Grand Prix. Road racing continues on the island: the Tour cycliste de Saint-Martin was held in September 2025.

Wall of Fame

In September 2021 the Collectivité unveiled its sports Wall of Fame at the Jean-Louis Vanterpool stadium in Marigot, with portraits of an initial ten figures from Saint-Martin sport. Dulorme was one of them, Le97150, Soualiga Post and Faxinfo reported.

Sources

  • https://www.soualigapost.com/fr/actualite/40088/sports/le-wall-fame-%C3%A9t%C3%A9-install%C3%A9-au-stade-vanterpool
  • https://www.faxinfo.fr/sports-installation-du-wall-of-fame-au-stade-jl-vanterpool-de-marigot/
  • https://www.sxmbreakingnews.com/22/09/2021/5984/reconnaissance-sportive-installation-du-wall-of-fame/
  • https://www.le97150.fr/en/sports/wall-of-fame-un-hommage-aux-acteurs-du-sport-saint-martinois
  • https://www.faxinfo.fr/deces-de-frantz-segor-les-condoleances-du-velo-club-de-grand-case-2/
  • https://pearlfmradio.sx/2014/03/25/minister-lake-receives-a-visit-from-champion-cyclists-jayson-rousseau/

Source: https://www.soualigapost.com/fr/actualite/40088/sports/le-wall-fame-%C3%A9t%C3%A9-install%C3%A9-au-stade-vanterpool

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