en Jean Forestier

Jean Forestier
	Forestier at the 1962 Tour de France
Personal information
Full name	Jean Forestier
Born	7 October 1930 (age 94); Lyon, France
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Road
Rider type	Sprinter
Professional teams
1953	Follis
1954-1956	Follis-Dunlop
1957	Essor-Leroux
1958	ACBB-Essor-Leroux-Hutchinson
1959	Essor-Leroux
1960	Helyett-Fynsec-Leroux
1961	Alcyon-Leroux
1962	Gitane-Leroux
1963-1964	Peugeot-BP
1965	Peugeot-BP-Michelin
Major wins
	Grand Tours Tour de France Points classification (1957) 4 individual stages; (1954, 1955, 1956, 1961) One-day races and Classics Tour of Flanders (1956) Paris–Roubaix (1955)

Jean Forestier (born 7 October 1930) is a French former cyclist. He was a professional from 1953 to 1965. Forestier won the points classification in the 1957 Tour de France,^[1] and wore the yellow jersey for two days.^[2] He also won the 1955 Paris–Roubaix.^[3]

Major results

Source:^[4]

1953

1st GP de Thizy

9th Overall Circuit des Six Provinces

1st Stage 1

1954

1st

1st GP de Thizy

1955

1st Paris–Roubaix

1st GP de Cannes

1st Stage 2

1956

1st Tour of Flanders

1957

1st

1st Stages 2 & 3b

1st

1st

^ Augendre, Jacques (2009). "Guide Historique, Part 6" (PDF) (in French). Amaury Sport Organisation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 July 2009. Retrieved 9 February 2010.
^ "The Tour - Jean Forestier". Amaury Sport Organisation. Archived from the original on 9 July 2010. Retrieved 9 February 2010.
^ "53rd Paris – Roubaix, 1955". bikeraceinfo. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
^ Jean Forestier at Cycling Archives (archived)

Prieur, Benoît (2018). Jean Forestier ou la conquête de Paris-Roubaix 1955 [Jean Forestier or the conquest of Paris-Roubaix 1955] (in French). Lexington, Kentucky: KDP. ISBN 978-1721841493. OCLC 1101112052.