Jean Forestier
French cyclist
Forestier at the 1962 Tour de France | |
Personal information | |
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Full name | Jean Forestier |
Born | (1930-10-07) 7 October 1930 (age 93) Lyon, France |
Team information | |
Current team | Retired |
Discipline | Road |
Rider type | Sprinter |
Professional teams | |
1953 | Follis |
1954-1956 | Follis-Dunlop |
1957 | Essor-Leroux |
1958 | ACBB-Essor-Leroux-Hutchinson |
1959 | Essor-Leroux |
1960 | Helyett-Fynsec-Leroux |
1961 | Alcyon-Leroux |
1962 | Gitane-Leroux |
1963-1964 | Peugeot-BP |
1965 | Peugeot-BP-Michelin |
Major wins | |
Grand Tours
One-day races and Classics
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Jean Forestier (born 7 October 1930) is a French former cyclist. He was a professional from 1953 to 1965. Forestier won the points classification in the 1957 Tour de France,[1] and wore the yellow jersey for two days.[2] He also won the 1955 Paris–Roubaix.[3]
Major results
Source:[4]
- 1953
- 1st GP de Thizy
- 9th Overall Circuit des Six Provinces
- 1st Stage 1
- 1954
- 1st Overall Tour de Romandie
- 1st Stage 16 Tour de France
- 1st GP de Thizy
- 1955
- 1st Paris–Roubaix
- 1st GP de Cannes
- 1st Stage 20 Tour de France
- 10th Overall Tour du Sud-Est
- 1st Stage 2
- 1956
- 1st Tour of Flanders
- 1st Stage 16 Tour de France
- 1957
- 1st Overall Tour de Romandie
- 1st Stages 2 & 3b
- 1st Overall Critérium National
- 1st Stage 8 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
- 4th Overall Tour de France
- 1958
- 1st Stage 7a Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
- 1961
- 1st Grand Prix du Parisien
- 1st Stage 8 Tour de France
References
- ^ Augendre, Jacques (2009). "Guide Historique, Part 6" (PDF) (in French). Amaury Sport Organisation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 July 2009. Retrieved 9 February 2010.
- ^ "The Tour - Jean Forestier". Amaury Sport Organisation. Archived from the original on 9 July 2010. Retrieved 9 February 2010.
- ^ "53rd Paris – Roubaix, 1955". bikeraceinfo. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
- ^ Jean Forestier at Cycling Archives
Bibliography
- Prieur, Benoît (2018). Jean Forestier ou la conquête de Paris-Roubaix 1955 [Jean Forestier or the conquest of Paris-Roubaix 1955] (in French). Lexington, Kentucky: KDP. ISBN 978-1721841493. OCLC 1101112052.
External links
Media related to Jean Forestier at Wikimedia Commons
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- 1953: Fritz Schär
- 1954: Ferdinand Kübler
- 1955–1956: Stan Ockers
- 1957: Jean Forestier
- 1958: Jean Graczyk
- 1959: André Darrigade
- 1960: Jean Graczyk
- 1961: André Darrigade
- 1962: Rudi Altig
- 1963: Rik Van Looy
- 1964–1965: Jan Janssen
- 1966: Willy Planckaert
- 1967: Jan Janssen
- 1968: Franco Bitossi
- 1969: Eddy Merckx
- 1970: Walter Godefroot
- 1971–1972: Eddy Merckx
- 1973: Herman Vanspringel
- 1974: Patrick Sercu
- 1975: Rik Van Linden
- 1976: Freddy Maertens
- 1977: Jacques Esclassan
- 1978: Freddy Maertens
- 1979: Bernard Hinault
- 1980: Rudy Pevenage
- 1981: Freddy Maertens
- 1982–1983: Sean Kelly
- 1984: Frank Hoste
- 1985: Sean Kelly
- 1986: Eric Vanderaerden
- 1987: Jean-Paul van Poppel
- 1988: Eddy Planckaert
- 1989: Sean Kelly
- 1990: Olaf Ludwig
- 1991: Djamolidine Abdoujaparov
- 1992: Laurent Jalabert
- 1993–1994: Djamolidine Abdoujaparov
- 1995: Laurent Jalabert
- 1996–2001: Erik Zabel
- 2002: Robbie McEwen
- 2003: Baden Cooke
- 2004: Robbie McEwen
- 2005: Thor Hushovd
- 2006: Robbie McEwen
- 2007: Tom Boonen
- 2008: Óscar Freire
- 2009: Thor Hushovd
- 2010: Alessandro Petacchi
- 2011: Mark Cavendish
- 2012–2016: Peter Sagan
- 2017: Michael Matthews
- 2018–2019: Peter Sagan
- 2020: Sam Bennett
- 2021: Mark Cavendish
- 2022: Wout van Aert
- 2023: Jasper Philipsen
- 2024: Biniam Girmay
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