Jean Robic

Jean Robic
Robic at the 1947 Tour de France
Personal information
Full nameJean Robic
NicknameBiquet (Kid goat)
Tête de cuir (Leather-head)
Le farfadet de la lande Bretonne[Note 1]
Gueule cassée[1]
Born(1921-06-10)10 June 1921
Vouziers, France
Died6 October 1980(1980-10-06) (aged 59)
Claye-Souilly, France
Height1.61 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight60 kg (132 lb)
Team information
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeClimber
Professional teams
1943–1945Génial Lucifer, (France)
1946–1949Génial Lucifer–Hutchinson, (France)
1950Thomann–Riva Sport
1951Automoto–Dunlop, (France)
1952–1954Terrot–Hutchinson (France)
1955Gitane–Hutchinson (France)
1956–1957Essor–Leroux (France)
1958–1959Margnat–Coupry (France)
1960Rochet–Margnat (France)
1961Margnat–Rochet–Dunlop
Major wins
Grand Tours
Tour de France
General classification (1947)
6 stages
Medal record
Men's cyclo-cross
Representing  France
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1950 Paris Elite

Jean Robic (pronounced [ʒɑ̃ ʁɔ.bik]; 10 June 1921 – 6 October 1980)[2] was a French road racing cyclist who won the 1947 Tour de France. Robic was a professional cyclist from 1943 to 1961. His diminutive stature (1.61m, 60 kg) and appearance[3] was encapsulated in his nickname Biquet (Kid goat).[4] For faster, gravity-assisted descents, he collected drinking bottles ballasted with lead or mercury at the summits of mountain climbs and "cols".[5][6] After fracturing his skull in 1944 he always wore a trademark leather crash helmet.[4]


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  1. ^ Vergne, Laurent (22 July 2015). "Cannibale, Chéri-pipi, Wookie, Andy torticolis… le Top 20 des surnoms mythiques du cyclisme" [Cannibal, Chéri-pipi, Wookie, Andy Torticollis... the Top 20 mythical nicknames of cycling]. Eurosport (in French). Retrieved 11 April 2016.
  2. ^ L'Équipe, 9 July 2003
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