Louis Louison Bobet was a French professional road racing cyclist, born above his father's baker's shop in Saint-Méen-le-Grand in Brittany. The name Louison, little Louis, distinguished him from his father. He was the first great French rider of the post-war period and the first rider to win the Tour de France in three successive years, from 1953 to 1955. He began racing as a boy, came sixth in the unofficial youth championship in 1943 and turned professional after the Second World War. His team-mate and rival Raphaël Géminiani had won that youth race. Bobet died in 1983, one day after his fifty-eighth birthday.
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was a French professional road racing cyclist
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12 March 1925-13 March 1983
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He was the first great French rider of the post-war period
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the first rider to win the Tour de France in three successive years, from 1953 to 1955
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was a French professional road racing cyclist
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was a French professional road racing cyclist
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the first rider to win the Tour de France in three successive years, from 1953 to 1955
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