Félix Lévitan

Félix Lévitan
Lévitan at the 1978 Tour de France.
Born(1911-10-12)12 October 1911
Paris, France
Died18 February 2007(2007-02-18) (aged 95)
Cannes, France
OccupationSports journalist
TitleCo-Director of the Tour de France
Term1962 – 1986
PredecessorJacques Goddet
SuccessorJean-François Naquet-Radiguet
AwardsLégion d'honneur:
  • Chevalier, 1953
  • Officer, 1963
  • Commandeur, 2003

Félix Lévitan (12 October 1911 in Paris – 18 February 2007 in Cannes), was a sports journalist and the third organiser of the Tour de France a role he shared for much of the time with Jacques Goddet. Lévitan is credited with looking after the financial side of the Tour while Goddet concentrated on the sporting aspect, but in the end Lévitan was fired while Goddet simply retired.

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