Jean-Pierre Genet

French cyclist

Jean-Pierre Genet
Personal information

Full name	Jean-Pierre Genet
Nickname	Bouton d'Or
Born	(1940-10-24)24 October 1940 Brest, France
Died	15 March 2005(2005-03-15) (aged 64) Loctudy, France
Team information
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Major wins
Three stages Tour de France

Jean-Pierre Genet (24 October 1940, in Brest – 15 March 2005, in Loctudy) was a professional road bicycle racer from Brest, France from 1964 to 1976. During this time he stayed with one cycling team, the Mercier team of Raymond Poulidor. He rode 13 editions of the Tour de France where he won three stages, once each in 1968, 1971 and 1974. He wore the yellow jersey as leader of the general classification for one day in the 1968 Tour de France. In 1967, Genet was the Lanterne rouge (last finishing cyclist) in the Tour de France.