FILE PHOTO: French cyclist Robert Marchand in action at the age of 106 at the indoor Velodrome National of Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines in Montigny-le-Bretonneux, southwest of Paris, France, October 26, 2018. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann
PARIS (Reuters) - Frenchman Robert Marchand, who won fame late in life by setting world records for centenarian cyclists, has died at the age of 109, a local official said on Saturday.
Marchand died overnight in a retirement home in Mitry-Mory, the mayor of the suburb east of Paris wrote on Facebook.
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