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Historic Overview Louison Bobet

Rider

Overall Rank21
NameLouison BOBET
Country
  France
Date of birth12-Mar-1925 - Saint Méen le Grand (Bretagne)
Date of death13-Mar-1983 - Biarritz (Aquitaine)
ContemporiesView Contemporary Ranking

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).

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Badges

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Major Victories

Bordeaux - Paris 1959
Challenge "Desgrange-Colombo" 1951
Corsa XX Settembre (Roma-Napoli-Roma) 1959, 1960
Critérium International 1951, 1952
Dauphiné Libéré 1955
Genova - Nizza 1957
Giro di Lombardia 1951
G.P. des Nations 1952
G.P. du Locle 1951
Milano - Sanremo 1951
Paris - Nice 1952
Paris - Roubaix 1956
Ronde van Vlaanderen 1955
Tour de France 1953, 1954, 1955
Tour de l'Ouest 1949
Tour de Luxembourg 1955
World Championships Road Race 1954
Corsa XX Settembre (Roma-Napoli-Roma) - stages 1959 (5), 1960 (6)
Dauphiné Libéré - stages 1954 (1), 1955 (3)
Giro d'Italia - stages 1951 (1), 1957 (1)
Paris - Nice - stages 1951 (2), 1952 (4), 1955 (1)
Tour de France - stages 1948 (2), 1950 (1), 1951 (1), 1953 (2), 1954 (3), 1955 (2)
Tour de Luxembourg - stages 1955 (2)
Tour de Romandie - stages 1953 (1)
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 1669 11
4. 1949 Stella - Dunlop 586 86
5. 1950 Stella - Dunlop 2322 4
6. 1951 Stella - Dunlop 3230 5
7. 1952 Stella - Huret - Dunlop 2004 8
8. 1953 Stella - Wolber - Dunlop 2752 4
9. 1954 Stella - Wolber - Dunlop 3169 1
10. 1955 L. Bobet - BP - Hutchinson 3373 1
11. 1956 L. Bobet - BP - Hutchinson 1244 26
12. 1957 L. Bobet - BP - Hutchinson 1975 12
13. 1958 L. Bobet - BP - Hutchinson 2034 9
14. 1959 L. Bobet - BP - Hutchinson 2336 7
15. 1960 L. Bobet - BP - Hutchinson 1253 30
16. 1961 Ignis 802 66
17. 1962 Margnat - Paloma - D'Alessandro 0 1154
Overall: 29127 21