Born in Brest in 1967, Jean-François Quénet is French and, proudly Breton, but also a world citizen by vocation and profession. We are talking about a comprehensive, constant, and important journalistic presence, albeit intentionally discreet, in professional high-level cycling journalism. Proudly Breton and, therefore, inevitably passionate about cycling, he points out that Brest is the city that has hosted the highest number of Tour de France "grand starts" after the capital Paris. A tangible sign of the passion for two wheels that pervades Brittany, with the highlight – somewhat in the past – of the Paris-Brest-Paris race, born in 1891, a race for professional cyclists that, in short, measured (and measures) approximately 1,200 kilometers (we repeat in letters: twelve hundred km), with a prestigious roll of honor that, since 1951 – due to a lack of professional cyclists willing to undertake such an effort with the added challenge of strong and constant wind from the nearby maritime coasts – has transformed into a cycling tourist randonée (so to speak). Currently, it is held every four years.

Brest is an important port city, both commercial and military, situated along a vast roadstead, the largest in Europe, facing the Atlantic Ocean, near the English Channel, in the Finistère department (literally meaning "end of the earth"), at the western extremity of France.

And, in the French language, "tonnerre" meaning thunder is associated with Brest to indicate strong thunderstorms with lightning, thunder, and impetuous waves.

From the age of six, Quénet daily reads the local, widely distributed newspaper Ouest-France, which, naturally, in respect of its readers' cycling DNA, reserves much space for two-wheel protagonists. At sixteen, studying diligently, he commits to writing about cycling, collaborating in 1984 with the first edition of Tro Bro Leon, an event that alternates asphalt with unpaved roads, and following the Brest football team that, this year, has even competed in the Champion's, he points out with a certain, barely concealed but understandable pride.

In 1988, sports journalism becomes Quénet's professional activity, especially in the world of two wheels, writing for the regional, high-circulation newspaper Ouest-France, the Parisian Le Parisien libéré, Cyclingnews.com, and multiple specialized magazines such as Velo Magazine in France and others abroad, including BS and tuttoBICI. His publishing production also includes cycling yearbooks, among which Le Livre d'Or stands out.

His career enters an important new chapter with consistent and appreciated collaboration in the communication sector of primary organizing bodies like ASO, RCS Sport, Unipublic. Simultaneously, much younger events like the Tour of Turkey, Tour de Langkawi in Malaysia, somewhat his place of the heart, and some races in China avail themselves of his available and appreciated expertise in the event sector. His suitcase, like him, is always traveling. A concise summary of his activities presents an impressive record, and anticipating times a bit superstitiously with a "if all goes well", by the end of 2025, they will amount to 70 (seventy to reiterate and confirm) grand tours.

At the Giro d'Italia and the Spanish Vuelta, for about a decade, he performs the function of primary interviewer to solicit and collect immediate impressions and statements from the day's protagonists and leaders of different classifications in the "flash" interviews of the international television circuit. And Jean-François Quénet extends his microphone to the interviewed rider while always remaining, with his innate discretion, behind the camera. He speaks various languages naturally, just as he knows all the expressions and definitions, including slang, typical of the varied international two-wheel circuit.

And our protagonist is also somewhat of a "talent scout" for cycling promises and, in this regard, recalls the names of Belgian Philippe Gilbert and riders from the antipodes and surroundings like Australians Bradley McGee, Baden Cooke, Simon Gerrans and Caleb Ewan, as well as Swedish puncheur Thomas Lofkvist and Frenchman Yoann Offredo.

Just to not miss anything, he created the Madiot Trophy in France, a classic in its genre for the junior category. Due to his natural reservedness, he does not speak about his preparatory "on the road" training function for young people wanting to pursue a journalistic career with a particular cycling derivation.

Thanks to his relationships with organizers worldwide, he coordinates the participation of a certain number of young journalists from various countries, offering them the opportunity to experience a formative experience by participating "live" from the inside in an increasingly sedentary sector in some stage races across various continents. And it is certain and proven that he does not skimp, with his grace, on advice and personal experiences in a field he knows and loves deeply.

In conclusion, Jean-François Quénet summarizes his work, a passion beyond a job, as "following young riders and athletes from other sports, mainly football and basketball".