Roger Lévêque

Roger Lévêque was a French professional road racing cyclist who rode from 1946 to 1953. He was born on 5 December 1920 in Saint-Nazaire and died on 29 June 2002 in Saint-Avertin. His career is remembered chiefly for the Tour de France of 1951, which brought him his only professional victory, the fourth stage, and a spell in the race leader's yellow jersey that lasted six days. The official Tour de France history lists four participations in the race, in 1947, 1948, 1949 and 1951, with a best final placing of 24th in 1947, and records his single stage victory as the stage from Le Treport to Paris. He belongs to the generation of French road riders who raced in the years just after the Second World War, when the Tour de France was the sport's dominant event and a single stage win or a few days in yellow could define a career.