Jean Bourlès (17 August 1930 – 30 March 2021) was a French professional
road bicycle racer
Road bicycle racing is the cycle sport discipline of road cycling, held primarily on paved roads. Road racing is the most popular professional form of bicycle racing, in terms of numbers of competitors, events and spectators. The two most com ...
. He was born in
Pleyber-Christ. He was a professional cyclist between 1954 and 1965. He won stage 16 in the
1957 Tour de France
The 1957 Tour de France was the 44th edition of the Tour de France, taking place from 27 June to 20 July. It was composed of 22 stages over .
The 1957 Tour was the first win for Jacques Anquetil, who won the Tour five times over his career.
The ...
.
Major results
;1955
:Callac
;1956
:Etoile du Léon
;1957
:Callac
:Ploudalmezeau
:
Tour de France
The Tour de France () is an annual men's multiple-stage cycle sport, bicycle race held primarily in France. It is the oldest and most prestigious of the three Grand Tour (cycling), Grand Tours, which include the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a ...
:
::Winner stage 16
;1958
:Callac
:Circuit des genêts verts
:Coatserho
:Gouesnou
:Guimillau
:Huelgoat
:Loqueffret
:Maël-Pestivien
:Plougastic
:Pont-de-Croix
:Saint-Pol-de-Leon
;1959
:Plougastel
;1960
:Puteaux
:Saint-Eutrope
:Plessala, Plessala
;1961
:Camors
;1962
:Bothsorel
:Camors
:Plounevez-Quintin
;1963
:
Mi-Août Bretonne
:Plougonver
:Plougasnou
:Pleine-Fougères
;1964
:Circuit des genêts verts (with
Joseph Thomin)
:
GP Ouest-France
The Bretagne Classic, also called Bretagne Classic Ouest-France, is an elite cycling classic held annually in late summer around the Breton village of Plouay in western France.
The race was originally named Grand-Prix de Plouay and, from 1989 to ...
:Huelgoat
:Saint-Lormel
;1965
:Le Faouet
:Miniac-Morvan
:Quemper-Guézennec
;1966
:Pleyber-Christ
:Présenaye
:Tréguier
;1967
:Plélan-le-Petit
:Plemet
:Plouëc-du-Trieux
:Plouigneau
:Saint-Caradec
;1968
:Plourach
References
External links
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Official Tour de France results for Jean Bourlès
French male cyclists
1930 births
French Tour de France stage winners
2021 deaths
Cyclists from Finistère
20th-century French sportsmen
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Breton-speaking people