Jean Alavoine (1 April 1888 – 18 July 1943) was a French professional cyclist, who won 17 stages in the Tour de France - only eight riders have won more stages - and wore the yellow jersey for five days.

Jean Alavoine was born in Roubaix on 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 three stages in a row, 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. In 1943 he died during a veteran race in Argenteuil.

Major results

1909

FranceFrench national road race champion

Tour de France: 3rd place general classification Winner stages 8 and 14

1912

Tour de France: 5th place general classification Winner stages 11, 13 and 15

1913

Tour de France: did not finish

1914

Tour de France: 3rd place general classification Winner stage 7

1919

Tour de France: 2nd place general classification Winner stages 4, 5, 7, 8 and 15

Circuit des Champs de Bataille entered

1920

FranceFrench national road race champion

Tour de France: did not finish

Giro d'Italia: 3rd place overall classification Winner stages 4 and 6

1921

Tour de France: did not finish

1922

Tour de France: 2nd place general classification Winner stages 5, 6 and 7

1923

Tour de France: did not finish Winner stages 6, 7 and 9

1924

Tour de France: 14th place general classification

1925

Tour de France: 13th place general classification

Notes

External links

  • 2019-02-26 at the Wayback Machine
  • at Cycling Archives ()
  • (in French). Archived from the original on 2007-08-17.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)