Louison Bobet

Louis Bobet

Bobet at the 1951 Tour de France
Personal information
Full name	Louis Bobet
Nickname	Louison Zonzon Le boulanger de Saint-Méen (The baker from Saint-Méen)
Born	(1925-03-12)12 March 1925 Saint-Méen-le-Grand, France
Died	13 March 1983(1983-03-13) (aged 58) Biarritz, France
Team information
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Professional teams
1946–1954	Stella
1955–1960	Mercier–BP–Hutchinson
1961	Ignis
Major wins
Grand Tours Tour de France General classification (1953, 1954, 1955) Mountains classification (1950) 11 individual stages (1948, 1950, 1951, 1953, 1954, 1955) Giro d'Italia Mountains classification (1951) 2 individual stages (1951, 1957) Stage races Paris–Nice (1952) Criterium du Dauphiné Libéré (1955) Tour de Luxembourg (1955) One-day races and Classics World Road Race Championships (1954) National Road Race Championships (1950, 1951) Milan–San Remo (1951) Tour of Flanders (1955) Paris–Roubaix (1956) Bordeaux–Paris (1959) Giro di Lombardia (1951) Critérium International (1951 & 1952) Grand Prix des Nations (1952)
Medal record Representing  France Men's road bicycle racing World Championships 1954 Solingen Road race 1957 Waregem Road race 1958 Reims Road race

Louis "Louison" Bobet (pronounced [lwi.zɔ̃ bɔ.be]; 12 March 1925 – 13 March 1983^[1]) 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).