![]() Forestier at the 1962 Tour de France | |
Personal information | |
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Full name | Jean Forestier |
Born | Lyon, France | 7 October 1930
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 |
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
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ 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
[edit]- 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
[edit] Media related to Jean Forestier at Wikimedia Commons