Jean Rey (cyclist) explained

Jean Rey
Fullname:Jean Rey
Birth Date:29 May 1925
Birth Place:Toulouse, France
Death Place:Montélimar, France
Role:Rider

Jean Rey (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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Jean Rey . 27 April 2014 . ProCyclingStats.
  2. Web site: Jean Rey . 27 April 2014 . Cycling Archives.
  3. Web site: 35ème Tour de France 1948. Memoire du cyclisme. fr. 7 March 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20120301034216/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1947_1977/tdf1948.php. 1 March 2012.
  4. Web site: 36ème Tour de France 1949. Memoire du cyclisme. fr. 8 March 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20120124102917/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1947_1977/tdf1949.php. 24 January 2012.
  5. "Deux grands champions disparaissent prématurément", Miroir Sprint No.232, 20 November 1950.

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