Jules Merviel Explained

Jules Merviel
Fullname:Jules Merviel
Birth Date:1906 9, df=y
Birth Place:Saint-Beauzély, France
Death Place:Toulon, France
Discipline:Road
Role:Rider
Majorwins:Paris–Tours (1933)
One stage Tour de France (1930)

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.

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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