Jean Rey (cyclist)

Jean Rey
Personal information
Full name	Jean Rey
Born	29 May 1925; Toulouse, France
Died	13 November 1950 (aged 25); Montélimar, France
Team information
Role	Rider

FullnameJean Rey

Born29 May 1925
Toulouse, France

Died13 November 1950 (aged 25)
Montélimar, France

RoleRider

Jean Rey (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ ʁɛ]; 29 May 1925 – 13 November 1950) was a French racing cyclist.^[1] He won the French national road race title in 1949.^[2] He also rode in the 1948 and 1949 Tour de France.^[3]^[4] He died in an automobile accident, along with good friend and fellow professional cyclist Jacques Moujica, when the driver of the car in which they were passengers lost control of the vehicle and crashed it into a disabled truck parked at the side of the road.^[5]

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v t e French National Road Race Champions (men)
1900–1919	Gustave Garrigou (1907–1908) Jean Alavoine (1909) Émile Georget (1910) Octave Lapize (1911–1913) Charles Crupelandt (1914) Henri Pélissier (1919)
1920–1939	Jean Alavoine (1920) Francis Pélissier (1921) Jean Brunier (1922) Francis Pélissier (1923–1924) Achille Souchard (1925–1926) Ferdinand Le Drogo (1927–1928) Marcel Bidot (1929) Roger Bisseron (1930) Armand Blanchonnet (1931) André Godinat (1932) Roger Lapébie (1933) Raymond Louviot (1934) Georges Speicher (1935) René Le Grevès (1936) Georges Speicher (1937) Paul Maye (1938) Georges Speicher (1939)
1940–1959	René Vietto (1941) Émile Idée (1942) Paul Maye (1943) Urbain Caffi (1944) Eloi Tassin (1945) Louis Caput (1946) Émile Idée (1947) César Marcelak (1948) Jean Rey (1949) Louison Bobet (1950–1951) Adolphe Deledda (1952) Raphaël Géminiani (1953) Jacques Dupont (1954) André Darrigade (1955) Bernard Gauthier (1956) Valentin Huot (1957–1958) Henry Anglade (1959)
1960–1979	Jean Stablinski (1960) Raymond Poulidor (1961) Jean Stablinski (1962–1964) Henry Anglade (1965) Jean-Claude Theillière (1966) Désiré Letort (1967) Lucien Aimar (1968) Raymond Delisle (1969) Paul Gutty (1970) Yves Hézard (1971) Roland Berland (1972) Bernard Thévenet (1973) Georges Talbourdet (1974) Régis Ovion (1975) Guy Sibille (1976) Marcel Tinazzi (1977) Bernard Hinault (1978) Roland Berland (1979)
1980–1999	Pierre-Raymond Villemiane (1980) Serge Beucherie (1981) Régis Clère (1982) Marc Gomez (1983) Laurent Fignon (1984) Jean-Claude Leclercq (1985) Yvon Madiot (1986) Marc Madiot (1987) Éric Caritoux (1988–1989) Philippe Louviot (1990) Armand de Las Cuevas (1991) Luc Leblanc (1992) Jacky Durand (1993–1994) Eddy Seigneur (1995) Stéphane Heulot (1996) Stéphane Barthe (1997) Laurent Jalabert (1998) François Simon (1999)
2000–2019	Christophe Capelle (2000) Didier Rous (2001) Nicolas Vogondy (2002) Didier Rous (2003) Thomas Voeckler (2004) Pierrick Fédrigo (2005) Florent Brard (2006) Christophe Moreau (2007) Nicolas Vogondy (2008) Dimitri Champion (2009) Thomas Voeckler (2010) Sylvain Chavanel (2011) Nacer Bouhanni (2012) Arthur Vichot (2013) Arnaud Démare (2014) Steven Tronet (2015) Arthur Vichot (2016) Arnaud Démare (2017) Anthony Roux (2018) Warren Barguil (2019)
2020–2039	Arnaud Démare (2020) Rémi Cavagna (2021) Florian Sénéchal (2022) Valentin Madouas (2023) Paul Lapeira (2024) Dorian Godon (2025)

Jean Rey (cyclist)

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