Daniel Morelon (born 24 July 1944) is a retired French racing cyclist who was active between 1963 and 1980.

He joined the national sports institute, INSEP, and began training at an international level.

Trentin was unsettled by his disqualification against the Italian, Pettenela, in the semi-final and lost to Morelon after forcing him to a third ride.

The team manager, Louis Gérardin, nevertheless named Trentin for the event and he won in a world record.

[1][2] At his fourth Olympics, in Montreal, Morelon faced the unknown Slovak Anton Tkáč in the final.

Georges Decoeudres, of the Tribune de Lausanne, wrote: Morelon stopped racing in 1977 and succeeded Gérardin as national coach.

He had previously said: "If I turn professional, I would no longer be able to devote myself exclusively to the sprint, because international matches are rare.

He told journalists: "Look, you mustn't go away and write that Daniel Morelon, the old champion, is going to fall out of the clouds and run off with all the big prizes.

There, Florian Rousseau was coached by Gérard Quintyn while Morelon trained Laurent Gané at Hyères.

The result was a golden age of French sprinting, with all the world championships from 1997 to 2001 and the Olympic Games in 2000.

The revival started with the arrival of Frédéric Magné, Colas and Denys Lemyre, who had been world sprint champion with the juniors.

We also had the luck to fall on an exceptional generation: Magné, Florian Rousseau, Félicia Ballanger Gané.

He took Shuang to two silver medals in the sprint and keirin at world championships but without the same success at the Beijing Olympics.