The sad news of the death of “the voice of the Grand Prix de Vougy” fell on the CR4C Facebook page. Cycling had been Jean-Claude Chevignon’s passion for more than half a century, he had in fact launched into cycling commentary in 1971 and he had never stopped since: “In 1971, the speaker of the Grand price fell ill I was 25 years old, I was passionate about cycling and racing and I knew the Vougy race well having followed it since I was little. So I offered to help out and do it. speaker It must have gone pretty well since I came back the following year and the one after that… Other organizers approached me at the same time and off we went,” he recounted in the columns of Le Pays en. April 2022, the year of its 50th Grand Prix de Vougy.
The Vougy Grand Prix is my world championship
“It’s a family passion, and my second passion!, he remembered, always in The Country, in 2014. Because before devoting myself to cycling, I sang for 10 years and won in 1966, at the age of 20, the amateur song list hosted by Guy Lux and Annie Cordy. Despite the offers of discs, I followed in the footsteps of my father who organized the Grand Prix de Vougy, one of the biggest national amateur races. When I was little, I sold racing programs with my friends from the village. I have never raced as a licensee, but I am part of two clubs, Feurs and Roanne.
“The Vougy Grand Prix is my world championship,” he liked to repeat.
As indicated on the CR4C page, Jean-Claude Chevignon rests at the municipal funeral home of Roanne and his funeral will be celebrated Thursday January 9, at 10 a.m., in the Vougy church.
