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**Jean Alavoine**
Personal information
Full name	Jean Alavoine
Nickname	Gars Jean
Date of birth	April 1, 1888
Date of death	July 18, 1943 (aged 55)
Country	France
Team information
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Major wins
	17 stages in the Tour de France
	Infobox last updated on:
	11 May 2009

Jean Alavoine

Jean Alavoine was a French professional cyclist, who won 17 stages in the Tour de France - only 8 riders have won more stages^[1] - and wore the yellow jersey for 5 days. In Daniel Marszalek's list of best road riders in history, he is ranked 96th.^[2]

Jean Alavoine was born in Roubaix at 1 April 1888. In his professional career from 1908 to 1925, he won 29 courses, including 17 Tour de France stages. In the 1922 Tour de France, he won 3 stages in a row^[3], stages 5-6-7, and wore the yellow jersey. In stage 11, still leading the race, Alavoine had mechanical problems and his lead dropped to 6:53 minutes. In stage 12 Alavoine lost 37 minutes and the lead. In the end, he finished the tour in second place.^[4] In 1943 he died during a veteran course in Argenteuil.