Jean Majerus

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Jean Majerus

Personal information
Full name	Jean Majerus
Date of birth	February 6, 1914 (1914-02-06)
Date of death	June 16, 1983 (1983-06-16)
Country	Luxembourg
Team information
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	One-day-racer
Professional team(s)
1936-1940 1941-1942 1943-1947	Ruche Wanderer Unknown
Major wins
Tour de France 1937: one stage, 2 yellow jerseys Tour de France 1938: one stage, 4 yellow jerseys
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 succes 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]

[edit] Major results

[edit] Notes

1. ^ Jersey progression in the 1937 Tour de France (German)
2. ^ Jersey progression in the 1938 Tour de France (German)
3. ^ Major one-day races-ranking
4. ^ Worlds road race all-time ranking
5. ^ World Road Championships 1999
6. ^ ^{a b c d} www.letour.fr info on Majerus

[edit] External links

• Palmares (Dutch)
• Palmares of Jean Majerus (French)