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French cyclist

Jean Forestier
Personal information
Forestier at the 1962 Tour de France
Full name	Jean Forestier
Born	(1930-10-07) 7 October 1930 (age 94) 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 Tour de France Points classification (1957) 4 individual stages (1954, 1955, 1956, 1961) One-day races and Classics Tour of Flanders (1956) Paris–Roubaix (1955)

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, and wore the yellow jersey for two days. He also won the 1955 Paris–Roubaix.

Major results

Source:

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

1st

Points classification

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 (archived)

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

[REDACTED] Media related to Jean Forestier at Wikimedia Commons

v t e Tour de France points classification winners
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

Tour de France points classification winners

Tour of Flanders winners

1900–1919
1913: Paul Deman (BEL) 1914: Marcel Buysse (BEL) 1915: not held due to World War I 1916: not held due to World War I 1917: not held due to World War I 1918: not held due to World War I 1919: Henri Vanlerberghe (BEL)

1920–1939

1940–1959

1960–1979

1980–1999

2000–2019

2020–2039
2020: Mathieu van der Poel (NED) 2021: Kasper Asgreen (DEN) 2022: Mathieu van der Poel (NED) 2023: Tadej Pogačar (SLO) 2024: Mathieu van der Poel (NED)

Paris–Roubaix winners

1880–1899
1896: Josef Fischer (GER) 1897: Maurice Garin (ITA) 1898: Maurice Garin (ITA) 1899: Albert Champion (FRA)

1900–1919

1900: Émile Bouhours (FRA)
1901: Lucien Lesna (FRA)
1902: Lucien Lesna (FRA)
1903: Hippolyte Aucouturier (FRA)
1904: Hippolyte Aucouturier (FRA)
1905: Louis Trousselier (FRA)
1906: Henri Cornet (FRA)
1907: Georges Passerieu (FRA)
1908: Cyrille Van Hauwaert (BEL)
1909: Octave Lapize (FRA)
1910: Octave Lapize (FRA)
1911: Octave Lapize (FRA)
1912: Charles Crupelandt (FRA)
1913: François Faber (LUX)
1914: Charles Crupelandt (FRA)
1915: not held due to World War I
1916: not held due to World War I
1917: not held due to World War I
1918: not held due to World War I
1919: Henri Pélissier (FRA)

1920–1939

1940–1959

1940: not held due to World War II
1941: not held due to World War II
1942: not held due to World War II
1943: Marcel Kint (BEL)
1944: Maurice Desimpelaere (BEL)
1945: Paul Maye (FRA)
1946: Georges Claes (BEL)
1947: Georges Claes (BEL)
1948: Rik Van Steenbergen (BEL)
1949: André Mahé (FRA) & Serse Coppi (ITA)
1950: Fausto Coppi (ITA)
1951: Antonio Bevilacqua (ITA)
1952: Rik Van Steenbergen (BEL)
1953: Germain Derycke (BEL)
1954: Raymond Impanis (BEL)
1955: Jean Forestier (FRA)
1956: Louison Bobet (FRA)
1957: Fred De Bruyne (BEL)
1958: Leon Vandaele (BEL)
1959: Noël Foré (BEL)

1960–1979

1980–1999

2000–2019

2020–2024
2020: cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic 2021: Sonny Colbrelli (ITA) 2022: Dylan van Baarle (NED) 2023: Mathieu van der Poel (NED) 2024: Mathieu van der Poel (NED)

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