Jean Forestier

Jean Forestier

Jean Forestier (born October 7, 1930 in Lyon ) is a former French cyclist.

He achieved his greatest successes in one-day races . He also participated regularly in the Tour de France . He won five stages over several years. His greatest success at the Tour de France came in 1957 when he won the green jersey of the best in points and finished 4th overall.

successes

• 1954: Tour de Romandie : 1st place
• 1955: Paris – Roubaix : 1st place
• 1956: Tour of Flanders : 1st place
• 1957: Critérium International : 1st place
• 1957: Tour de Romandie: 1st place
• 1958: Nantua: 1st place
• 1962: Poirée-sur-Vie: 1st place

Tour de France

• 1953 : 39th place
• 1954 : Place 27, winner of the 16th stage
• 1955 : 32nd place, winner of the 20th stage
• 1956 : 12th place, winner of the 16th stage
• 1957 : 4th place, winner of the green jersey
• 1958 : abandoned during the 2nd stage
• 1959 : 34th place
• 1960 : abandoned during the 7th stage
• 1961 : Place 35, winner of the 8th stage
• 1962 : 36th place

His career began in 1953 and ended in 1965.

Web links

• Jean Forestier in the Radsportseiten.net database
• Jean Forestier in the Tour de France database(French / English )