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}} Louis "Louison" Bobet (; 12 March 1925 - 13 March 1983〔(L'Equipe, Cycling database, Louison Bobet )〕) was a French professional road racing cyclist. 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. His career included the national road championship (1950 and 1951), Milan–San Remo (1951), Giro di Lombardia (1951), Critérium International (1951 & 52), Paris–Nice (1952), Grand Prix des Nations (1952), world road championship (1954), Tour of Flanders (1955), Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré (1955), Tour de Luxembourg (1955), Paris–Roubaix (1956) and Bordeaux–Paris (1959). ==Origins== Louis Bobet was born one of three children above his father's baker's shop in the rue de Montfort,〔It is no longer a bakery. The Bobet family left and most recently it is a driving school, the road having been renamed rue Louison Bobet. A plaque on the wall marks it as Bobet's birthplace.〕 Saint-Méen-le-Grand, near Rennes. His father gave him a bicycle when he was two and after six months he could ride it 6 km.〔On the Wheel, USA, undated cutting〕 Bobet's father was also called Louis and the son was called Louison - little Louis - to avoid confusion The ending ''-on'' is a diminutive in French but outside Brittany Louison refers more usually to a girl. He was known as Louis in his early years as a rider, even as a professional, until the diminutive Louison gained in popularity.〔 His sister played table tennis,his brother Jean football, although he also became a professional cyclist. Louison played both table tennis〔The Bicycle, UK, 4 July 1951, p24〕 and football and became Brittany champion at table tennis.〔 It was his uncle, Raymond, who was president of a cycling club in Paris who persuaded him to concentrate on cycling.〔 Bobet's first race was a 30 km event when he was 13. He came second in a sprint finish.〔 He raced in his local area and won four events for unlicensed riders〔Unlicensed riders did not have a licence from the national cycling organisation〕 in 1941. He qualified for the final of the unofficial youth championship, the Premier Pas Dunlop in 1943 at Montluçon and came sixth. The winner was Raphaël Géminiani, who would become a professional team-mate and rival. Bobet is said to have carried messages for the Resistance during the second world war. After D-Day he joined the army and served in eastern France. He was demobilised in December 1945.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Louison Bobet」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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