Jean Malléjac was a French professional road cyclist, born at Dirinon in 1929, who worked in a munitions factory in Brest before turning professional in 1950 with the Stella-Dunlop team. His best result came in the 1953 Tour de France, when, riding for Terrot-Hutchinson, he won a stage, wore the yellow jersey as race leader for five days and finished second overall behind Louison Bobet. He is also remembered for stage 12 of the 1955 Tour, when he collapsed unconscious on the Mont Ventoux climb with one foot trapped in a pedal and had to be revived with oxygen and strapped down for the journey to hospital in Avignon. He insisted he had been drugged against his will and wanted to start legal proceedings. He rode the Tour four more times, stopped racing in 1959, ran a driving school at Landerneau and denied wrongdoing until his death there in 2000.
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He denied wrongdoing up to his death in September 2000 at Landerneau.
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professional French road bicycle racer
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professional French road bicycle racer
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he won a stage and wore the yellow jersey as leader of the general classification for five days on his way to finishing the 1953 Tour de France second overall behind Louison Bobet
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