Jean Bobet (22 February 1930 – 27 July 2022)Ancien coureur et frère de Louison, Jean Bobet est mort
was a French

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. He was the younger brother of

Louison Bobet Louis "Louison" Bobet (; 12 March 1925 – 13 March 1983) was a French professional road racing cyclist. He was the first great French rider of the post-war period and the first rider to win the Tour de France in three successive years, from 195 ...

. Less successful, he nevertheless won the world students' championship as an amateur and then, as a professional,

Paris–Nice Paris–Nice is a professional road bicycle racing, cycling stage race in France, held annually since 1933. Raced over eight days, the race usually starts with a prologue in the Paris region and ends with a final stage either in Nice or on the ...

in 1955, Genoa–Nice in 1956 and the Circuit du Morbihan in 1953. He came third in

Milan–San Remo Milan–Sanremo (in italian language, Italian ''Milano-Sanremo''), also called "''The Spring classic''" or "''La Classicissima''", is an annual road bicycle racing, road cycling race between Milan and Sanremo, in Northwest Italy. With a distance ...

in 1953. He rode from 1949 to 1959, including all three Grand Tours. He and his brother retired from racing after a car carrying them crashed outside Paris in the autumn of 1960. Louison went into business ventures and Jean became a journalist. He became head of sport at

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, wrote for ''

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'' and then ''

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''. He made occasional contributions to ''Miroir du Cyclisme'' and still (2008) appears on television, notably in retrospective programmes. He was instrumental in forming a museum in his brother's memory in Saint-Méen-le-Grand. He wrote several books, including ''Louison Bobet, une vélobiographie'' (Éditions Gallimard, 1958), an account of life with his brother in ''Demain on roule'' (Editions de la Table Ronde, 2004), translated as ''Tomorrow We Ride'' (Mousehold Press, 2008), and a history of

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, one of the first stars of the

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: ''Lapize, celui-là était un 'as''' (Editions de la Table Ronde, 2003), translated as ''Lapize ... now there was an ace'' (Mousehold Press, 2010).

Teams

*1949–1951 Stella-Dunlop *1952 Stella-Huret *1953 Bottecchia and Stella-Wolber-Dunlop *1954 Stella-Wolber-Dunlop *1955 L. Bobet-BP-Hutchinson and Mercier-Hutchinson *1956 L. Bobet-BP-Hutchinson *1957 L. Bobet-BP-Hutchinson, Mercier-BP-Hutchinson and Velo Club Bustese *1958–1959 L. Bobet-BP-Hutchinson

Achievements

;1949 * World University Cycling Champion * World student team time-trial champion ;1950 * World University Cycling Champion ;1951 * 1st Tour de l'Orne * 1st Lannion–Rennes * 1st Circuit de la Vallée de Loire ;1952 * 1st Dinan * 1st Hautmont ;1953 * 1st Circuit de Morbihan * 1st Grand Prix d'Europe ;1955 * 1st

and one stage win * 1st Scaer ;1956 * 1st

Genoa–Nice Genoa–Nice was a professional cycle race held as a single-day race between Genoa, Italy and Nice, France. It was first held in 1910 and held for the final time in 1975. In 1961 and 1962 it was part of the Super Prestige Pernod The Super Prest ...

;1959 * 1st Lodève

Tour de France

*1955 14th *1957 15th

Giro d'Italia

*1953 Did not finish *1957 25th *1958 Did not finish (11th stage)

Vuelta a España

*1956 Did not finish (16th stage)

References

External links

* 1930 births 2022 deaths French male cyclists Cycling journalists Cycling writers French sports journalists Cyclists from Ille-et-Vilaine French male non-fiction writers 20th-century French sportsmen {{France-cycling-bio-1930s-stub