Originally Posted by Daspydyr

Louison Bobet, the cry baby! That was 1954.


I am sidelined recovering from a surgery and thought I would look it up. It is interesting. Louison is a Frenchman who served in WW II. He became a professional cyclist in 1947. He had to withdraw from a race with an injury an cried because the team sent him home. The press nicknamed him La Bobetette, and the cry baby. That fired him up.


He became the first person to win the Tour 3 consecutive years.


I am going to try and find a bike like he rode and rebuild it, just because, its a bike!


Who won your birth year?