{{Short description|French cyclist (1940–2005)}} {{for|the French rugby player|Jean-Pierre Genet (rugby union)}} {{Infobox cyclist | name = Jean-Pierre Genet | image = Jean-Pierre Geret (1973).jpg | full_name = Jean-Pierre Genet | nickname = Bouton d'Or | birth_date = {{Birth date|1940|10|24|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Brest, France|Brest]], [[France]] | death_date = {{death date and age|2005|3|16|1940|10|24|df=y}} | death_place = [[Loctudy]], France | height = | weight = | currentteam = | discipline = Road | role = Rider | ridertype = | amateuryears1 = | amateurteam1 = | proyears1 = | proteam1 = | majorwins = Three stages Tour de France }}

'''Jean-Pierre Genet''' (24 October 1940, in [[Brest, France|Brest]] &ndash; 16 March 2005, in [[Loctudy]])<ref>{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=matchID - Jean-Pierre Genet |url=https://deces.matchid.io/id/qVxmJOb0vw6L |website=[[Fichier des personnes décédées|Fichier des décès]] |publisher= |access-date=14 July 2024 |language=fr |date=}}</ref> 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 Tour de France|1968]], [[1971 Tour de France|1971]] and [[1974 Tour de France|1974]]. He wore the yellow jersey as leader of the [[general classification in the Tour de France|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]].

==Major results== {{div col|colwidth=30em}} ;1965 :Plélan-le-Petit ;1966 :Plémy ;1968 :[[1968 Tour de France|Tour de France]]: ::Winner stage 17 ::Wearing [[yellow jersey]] for one day ;1970 :Circuit des Boucles de la Seine :Quimperlé ;1971 :[[1971 Tour de France|Tour de France]]: ::Winner stage 4 ;1972 :Bagneux ;1973 :Excideuil ;1974 :[[1974 Tour de France|Tour de France]]: ::Winner stage 14 {{div col end}}

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== External links == *{{Cycling Archives|3154}} *[http://histo.letour.fr/HISTO/us/TDF/coureur/3769.html Official Tour de France results for Jean-Pierre Genet] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190226111650/http://histo.letour.fr/HISTO/us/TDF/coureur/3769.html |date=2019-02-26 }}

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