Jean Claudius Marie Trévoux (February 27, 1905 – October 29, 1981) was a French

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, and winner of four editions of the

Monte Carlo Rally The Monte Carlo Rally or Rallye Monte-Carlo (officially Rallye Automobile Monte-Carlo) is a rallying event organized each year by the Automobile Club de Monaco. From its inception in 1911 by Albert I, Prince of Monaco, Prince Albert I, the rally ...

Biography

Born in Le Petit-Quevilly, Trévoux began his racing career in early 1932 driving a

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and winning the Criterium Paris to Nice race. He also drove a

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at the

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that year but crashed out on the first lap. In 1934 Trévoux took the first of his four wins at Monte-Carlo, as co-driver to Louis Gas. In 1939 he took a joint win with Joseph Paul. After racing returned following

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, he claimed two other wins, driving a Hotchkiss and

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respectively. Trévoux competed in the Rallye du Maroc in 1935 and 1937, and the Criterium International de Tourisme Paris-Nice in 1934. In 1941, he attempted to qualify for the

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. Trévoux later settled in

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during the late 1940s, marrying a Mexican woman and opening a restaurant in Mexico City called Restaurant Bar La Cucaracha.

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