Jules Merviel (

Saint-Beauzély Saint-Beauzély (; Languedocien: ''Sent Bausèli'') is a commune in the Aveyron department in southern France. Population See also *Communes of the Aveyron department The following is a list of the 285 communes of the Aveyron depart ...

, 29 September 1906 —

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, 1 September 1976) was a French professional

road bicycle racer Road bicycle racing is the cycle sport discipline of road cycling, held primarily on paved roads. Road racing is the most popular professional form of bicycle racing, in terms of numbers of competitors, events and spectators. The two most com ...

. Merviel won a stage in the

1930 Tour de France The 1930 Tour de France was the 24th edition of the Tour de France, taking place from 2 to 27 July. It consisted of 21 stages over . The 24th tour de France introduced a new format to team racing; teams were organised by country with ten riders ...

. In the

1935 Tour de France The 1935 Tour de France was the 29th edition of the Tour de France, taking place from 4 to 28 July. It consisted of 21 stages over . Although the French team was favourite, Belgian Romain Maes took the lead in the first stage, and never gave it ...

, he hit the back of a truck and did not race for two years.

Major results

;1929 :Paris-Caen :Dreyron ;1930 :

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: ::Winner stage 7 :Yverdon ;1931 :Yverdon ;1933 :

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:24 hours of Montpellier (with

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) ;1934 :Paris-Nevers :Touquet His name, suitedly, comes from the French word "mervielleux", it means extraordinary or supernatural.

External links

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Official Tour de France results for Jules Merviel
French male cyclists 1906 births 1976 deaths French Tour de France stage winners Sportspeople from Aveyron Cyclists from Occitania (administrative region) 20th-century French sportsmen {{France-cycling-bio-1900s-stub