Jean Pierre Monsere
- Category : 1948-births
- Type : GP
- Profile : 6/2 - Role Model / Hermit
- Definition : Split - Small (8,13,31)
- Incarnation Cross : LAX Dominion 2
Biography
Belgian road racing cyclist, he won the World Championships and the "Tour de Lombardie". On 15 March 1971, Monseré was riding the Grote Jaarmarktprijs in Retie. On the road from Lille to Gierle he collided with a car driven on the course and died on the spot. A monument now stands at the spot. In a cruel twist of fate, in 1976 Monseré's seven-year-old son, Giovanni, died after a collision with a car, while riding his racing bike, given to him on his first communion by another world champion, Freddy Maertens.