Jean Majerus
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Jean Majerus |
| Born |
6 February 1914 Luxembourg |
| Died | 16 June 1983 |
| Team information | |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | One-day-racer |
| Professional team(s) | |
| 1936-1940 | Ruche |
| 1941-1942 | Wanderer |
| 1943-1947 | Unknown |
| Major wins | |
|
Tour de France 1937: one stage, 2 yellow jerseys Tour de France 1938: one stage, 4 yellow jerseys | |
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Infobox last updated on 25 June 2007 | |
Jean Majerus (6 February 1914 in Luxembourg City - 16 June 1983 in Esch-sur-Alzette) was a professional Luxembourgian cyclist from 1936 to 1947. Jean had a younger brother, Jacques Majerus, who was also a successful cyclist. His first great success was in the 1937 Tour de France, where Jean Majerus won the first stage, and remained in the yellow jersey for two days.[1] In the 1938 Tour de France, Jean Majerus repeated this by winning the second stage, and taking the yellow jersey, this time keeping it for four days.[2] During WWII, when Luxembourg was a part of the German Nazi empire, Majerus raced a lot in the entire German empire. Jean Majerus was good in one-day races; in the all-time list he still can be found around place 583.[3] In the world championship road race-ranking he even can be found around place 164,[4] although his best result was fourth place in the 1937 world road race championship.[5]
Major results
- 1933
- 1st place in GP Faber
- 1934
Luxembourg national road race junior champion- 1935
- Luxembourg national road race junior champion
- 1936
- 1936 Tour de France: did not finish[6]
- Winner GP de la Flèche
- Winner Tour de Lorraine
- 1937
- Tour de France:
- Luxembourg national road race championship: 2nd place
- 1st place in Sedan-Rethel
- 1938
- Tour de France:[6]
- Winner stage 2: Caen-Saint-Brieuc
- Yellow jersey for 4 days
- Luxembourg national road race championship: 3rd place
- 1st place in Vittel
- 1st place in GP Sanal
- 1939
- Tour de France:did not finish[6]
- 1st place in Nancy-Strasbourg
- 1940
- 1st place in Barcelona
- 1941
- 1st place in Dortmund Rundfahrt
- 1st place in Huncherange
- 1943
- 1st place in Dortmund Rundfahrt
- 1st place in 3rd stage Trois Jours d'Esch
- 1946
- 1st place in GP de Lorraine
- 1947
- Luxembourg pursuit champion
Notes
- ↑ Jersey progression in the 1937 Tour de France (German)
- ↑ Jersey progression in the 1938 Tour de France (German)
- ↑ Major one-day races-ranking
- ↑ Worlds road race all-time ranking
- ↑ World Road Championships 1999
- 1 2 3 4 www.letour.fr info on Majerus
External links
- Jean Majerus profile at Cycling Archives
- Palmares of Jean Majerus (French)