Jean Alavoine

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Jean Alavoine

Personal information
Full name	Jean Alavoine
Nickname	Gars Jean
Date of birth	April 1, 1888(1888-04-01)
Date of death	July 18, 1943
Country	France
Team information
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Major wins
17 stages in the Tour de France
Infobox last updated on:
27 June 2007

Jean Alavoine was a French professional cyclist, who won 17 stages in the Tour de France - only 8 riders have won more stages^[1] - and wore the yellow jersey for 5 days. In Daniel Marszalek's list of best road riders in history, he is ranked 96th.^[2]

Jean Alavoine was born in Roubaix at 1 April 1888. In his professional career from 1908 to 1925, he won 29 courses, including 17 Tour de France stages. In the 1922 Tour de France, he won 3 stages in a row^[3], stages 5-6-7, and wore the yellow jersey. In stage 11, still leading the race, Alavoine had mechanical problems and his lead dropped to 6:53 minutes. In stage 12 Alavoine lost 37 minutes and the lead. In the end, he finished the tour in second place.^[4] In 1943 he died during a veteran course in Argenteuil.

[edit] Major results

[edit] Notes

1. ^ Most stage wins per rider in the Tour de France
2. ^ See list on Daniel Marszalek article
3. ^ Not a record, as François Faber has won 5 stages in a row in 1909.
4. ^ Torelli's History of the Tour de France: the 1920s

[edit] External links

• Official Tour de France palmares
• Palmares (Dutch)
• Palmares of Jean Alavoine (French)