He passed away in the French Riviera, at the age of 82, the former French cyclist Jean Jourden who, in 1961, wore the world champion jersey in the amateur road race in Bern, Switzerland. He was born in Saint Brieuc, a center on the coasts of Brittany, where cycling was, and is, very popular.
The premises of the young career of this elegant rider raised important hopes for the continuation of his career on the saddle at the national level, with important comparisons with the big names of the time, but the onset of a lung disease limited the possibilities of the Breton who still turned professional in 1965 conquering two victories, in the Plouay Grand Prix in 1968 and 1969, a race of growing importance over the years, now called Bretagne Classic Ouest-France and has long been included in the UCI World Tour, in addition to other successes in his career that ended in 1972.
After racing, he opened a bicycle shop in Normandy.