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Full name | Jean-Pierre Schmitz | ||||||||||||
Born |
Luxembourg |
February 15, 1932 ||||||||||||
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Discipline | Road | ||||||||||||
Role | Rider | ||||||||||||
Major wins | |||||||||||||
GP du Midi Libre (1957) | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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Jean-Pierre Schmitz (Jempy Schmitz) (born February 15, 1932 in Huldange) was a Luxembourgian professional road bicycle racer. Schmitz won the Midi Libre in 1957, the Tour de Luxembourg in 1954 and 1958, and one stage in the 1956 Tour de France. In 1955, Schmitz was second in the World Road race championship after Stan Ockers.