Jean Gainche was a French professional road cyclist, born on 12 August 1932 and died on 22 December 2025 at the age of 93. His career is recorded chiefly through one result, a win on the fourth stage of the 1958 Tour de France, which placed him among the riders who have taken a stage in the sport's most prestigious race. As a professional of the postwar generation he rode in the era of national and trade teams. This entry records him as a French road cyclist and keeps his long life and his 1958 Tour stage victory as the main facts known from the source, without adding anything that the source does not state.
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was a French professional road bicycle racer
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was a French professional road bicycle racer
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In 1958, Gainche won the 4th stage of the Tour de France.
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