| Biography | Jean Bobet was a French road bicycle racer. He won the world students' championship as an amateur and then, as a professional, ParisNice in 1955, GenoaNice in 1956 and the Circuit du Morbihan in 1953. He came third in MilanSan Remo in 1953. He rode from 1949 to 1959, including all three Grand Tours.
Jean later became a journalist. He became head of sport at Radio Luxembourg, wrote for L'Équipe and then Le Monde. 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. |