Jules Merviel
Jules Merviel (Saint-Beauzély, 29 September 1906 — Toulon, 1 September 1976) was a French professional road bicycle racer. Merviel won a stage in the 1930 Tour de France. In the 1935 Tour de France, he hit the back of a truck and did not race for two years.
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| Full name | Jules Merviel | |||||||||||||
| Born | 29 September 1906 Saint-Beauzély, France | |||||||||||||
| Died | 1 September 1976 (aged 69) Toulon, France | |||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Road | |||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | |||||||||||||
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| Paris–Tours (1933) One stage Tour de France (1930) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Major results
- 1929
- Paris-Caen
- Dreyron
- 1930
- Tour de France:
- Winner stage 7
- Yverdon
- 1931
- Yverdon
- 1933
- Paris–Tours
- 24 hours of Montpellier (with Gabriel Marcillac)
- 1934
- Paris-Nevers
- Touquet
His name, suitedly, comes from the French word "mervielleux", it means extraordinary or supernatural.
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