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Historic Overview Louison Bobet

Rider

Overall Rank22
NameLouison BOBET
Country
  France
Date of birth12-Mar-1925 - Saint Méen le Grand (Bretagne)
Date of death13-Mar-1983 - Biarritz (Aquitaine)

Biography

Louison Bobet

Louis "Louison" Bobet (pronounced [lwi.zɔ̃ bɔ.be]; 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 1953 to 1955. His career included the national road championship (1950 and 1951), Milan–San Remo (1951), Giro di Lombardia (1951), Critérium International (1951 & 52), Paris–Nice (1952), Grand Prix des Nations (1952), world road championship (1954), Tour of Flanders (1955), Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré (1955), Tour de Luxembourg (1955), Paris–Roubaix (1956) and Bordeaux–Paris (1959).

source - Wikipedia

Badges

3 2 5 11 2 36 8 3 6 3 61

Major Victories

Tour de France 1953, 1954, 1955
Ronde van Vlaanderen 1955
Giro di Lombardia 1951
Milano - Sanremo 1951
Bordeaux - Paris 1959
Paris - Nice 1952
World Championships Road Race 1954
Challenge "Desgrange-Colombo" 1951
Paris - Roubaix 1956
Corsa XX Settembre (Roma-Napoli-Roma) 1959, 1960
Tour de l'Ouest 1949
Genova - Nizza 1957
Dauphiné Libéré 1955
Critérium International 1951, 1952
G.P. des Nations 1952
Tour de Luxembourg 1955
G.P. du Locle 1951
G.P. de l'Echo d'Alger 1950
Circuit d'Aïn-Temouchent 1950
Giro d'Italia - stages 1951 (1), 1957 (1)
Tour de France - stages 1948 (2), 1950 (1), 1951 (1), 1953 (2), 1954 (3), 1955 (2)
Paris - Nice - stages 1951 (2), 1952 (4), 1955 (1)
Tour de Romandie - stages 1953 (1)
Corsa XX Settembre (Roma-Napoli-Roma) - stages 1959 (5), 1960 (6)
Dauphiné Libéré - stages 1954 (1), 1955 (3)
Tour de Luxembourg - stages 1955 (2)
More results

Seasons

Louison Bobet - Scores by Season

Year Team Score Rank
1. 1946 Individual 38 453
2. 1947 Stella - Hutchinson 340 139
3. 1948 Stella - Dunlop 1673 11
4. 1949 Stella - Dunlop 588 86
5. 1950 Stella - Dunlop 2327 4
6. 1951 Stella - Dunlop 3233 5
7. 1952 Stella - Huret - Dunlop 2009 8
8. 1953 Stella - Wolber - Dunlop 2758 4
9. 1954 Stella - Wolber - Dunlop 3175 1
10. 1955 L. Bobet - BP - Hutchinson 3380 1
11. 1956 L. Bobet - BP - Hutchinson 1247 26
12. 1957 L. Bobet - BP - Hutchinson 1979 12
13. 1958 L. Bobet - BP - Hutchinson 2039 9
14. 1959 L. Bobet - BP - Hutchinson 2341 7
15. 1960 L. Bobet - BP - Hutchinson 1256 30
16. 1961 Ignis 804 66
17. 1962 Margnat - Paloma - D'Alessandro 0 1156
Overall: 29187 22