Jean Majerus

Jean Majerus was a Luxembourgish professional cyclist who was born on 6 February 1914, died on 16 June 1983 and raced as a professional from 1936 to 1947. He trained as a locksmith in Esch-sur-Alzette, won the Luxembourg national junior road race title in 1934 and 1935, and made his Tour de France debut in 1936. In the 1937 Tour de France he won the first stage from Paris to Lille and held the yellow jersey for two days before abandoning with an abscess, and in 1938 he won the second stage between Caen and Saint-Brieuc, wore the yellow jersey for four days and finished 49th. He was fourth in the 1937 world road race championship, a good one-day racer, and after retiring he drove for Nicolas Frantz, technical director of the Luxembourg national team at the Tour de France, and later worked for ARBED in Schifflange. His younger brother Jacques Majerus was also a cyclist.