Justin Mottier Explained

Justin Mottier
Fullname:Justin Mottier
Birth Date:14 September 1993
Birth Place:Saint-Georges-Buttavent, France
Height:1.80 m
Weight:65 kg
Currentteam:Retired
Role:Rider
Amateuryears1:2011
Amateurteam1:CA Évron
Amateuryears2:2012–2013
Amateurteam2:UC Cholet 49
Amateuryears3:2014–2015
Amateurteam3:CC Nogent-sur-Oise[1]
Amateuryears4:2016–2017
Amateurteam4:VC Pays de Loudéac[2]
Amateuryears5:2021
Amateurteam5:Laval Cyclisme 53[3]
Proyears1:2016
Proteam1: (stagiaire)[4]
Proyears2:2018–2020
Proteam2:[5] [6]

Justin Mottier (born 14 September 1993) is a French former cyclist, who competed as a professional from 2018 to 2020 for .[7]

Career

Amateur

In 2016, Mottier joined VC Pays de Loudéac, with the goal of eventually moving into the professional ranks.[8] He had a successful season, notably winning the, La Castelbriantaise and the first stage of the Boucle de l'Artois.[1] He was then selected to ride for the national team in the Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan, where he placed 91st. In August, he was offered to ride for UCI Professional Continental team as a stagiaire.[4] While riding with the team, Mottier competed in the Tour of Utah and several one-day races in Belgium, including the Grote Prijs Jef Scherens.[9] For the 2017 season, Mottier stayed with VC Pays de Loudéac, most notably placing second overall in the Tour de Normandie.[2]

Professional

In August 2017, he signed a professional contract for the following season with at the age of 24.[10] Mottier was one of two riders on the team from the Mayenne department, alongside Arnaud Courteille.[11] His first race with the team was the Grand Prix La Marseillaisein late January. In early March, he placed third in the Route Adélie after remaining in the breakaway for 200 kilometers. Two weeks later, he entered his first World Tour events, taking part in the Amstel Gold Race followed by the La Flèche Wallonne.

Mottier had a less successful second season as a professional, with his best result being 18th in the Circuit de Wallonie. Despite this, he remained with the team for a third season in 2020. After falling ill and suffering a fractured collarbone while training in December 2019, Mottier only competed in three races before the Covid-19 pandemic, including the Tour de Langkawi.[11] [12] He returned to racing in August at the Mont Ventoux Dénivelé Challenge, followed by several more races throughout France. However, he lacked success once again and was this time not kept by his team.[13]

After he was not retained by, following three years with the team, Mottier announced that he was leaving professional cycling following the 2020 season.[14] [15] In November 2020, it was announced that he would join French amateur team Laval Cyclisme 53, for the 2021 season.[3] [16] [17]

Major results

Sources:[18] [19]

2011
  • 4th Tour du Morbihan Juniors
  • 10th Overall Le Trophée Centre Morbihan
    2012
  • 10th Under-23 Chrono des Nations
    2014
  • 1st Stage 3
    2015
  • 1st Grand Prix de Beaumont-sur-Sarthe
  • 1st GP de Mortagne au Perche
    2017
  • 1st La Castelbriantaise
  • 1st
  • 1st
  • 1st GP Chapelle-Saint-Aubin
  • 1st Stage 1 Tour d'Eure-et-Loir
  • 9th Overall Boucle de l'Artois
  • 1st Stage 1
    2017
  • 1st Souvenir René Lochet
  • 1st Stage 3
  • 2nd Overall Tour de Normandie
  • 3rd Paris–Évreux
    2018
  • 1st Cyclo-cross de Vaiges
  • 3rd Route Adélie

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: Justin Mottier Teams . FirstCycling.com . 21 December 2022.
    2. Web site: Justin Mottier fier qu’on lui ait donné sa chance . velo101.com . 19 December 2017 . 21 December 2022.
    3. News: Nicolas. Gachet. Justin Mottier signe avec une N1. French. Justin Mottier signs with an N1. Directvelo. Association Le Peloton. 12 November 2020. 12 November 2020.
    4. Web site: Mottier stagiaire chez Fortuneo-Vital Concept. fr. ouest-france.fr. 23 July 2016.
    5. News: Presentazione Squadre 2019, Vital Concept – B&B Hotels. Carlo. Malvestio. Italian. Presentation of Teams 2019, Vital Concept - B & B Hotels. SpazioCiclismo – Cyclingpro.net. Gravatar. 22 January 2019. 27 January 2019.
    6. Web site: B&B Hotels - Vital Concept. UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. 4 January 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200104162535/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/14008/1003097/266. 4 January 2020.
    7. Web site: Justin MOTTIER . UCI . 22 December 2022.
    8. Web site: Justin Mottier : " Le VC Pays de Loudéac pour passer pro ". directvelo.com. 29 October 2015. fr.
    9. Web site: fr . Fortuneo-Vital Concept à la conquête de l’Amérique . todaycycling.com . 31 July 2016.
    10. Web site: Vital Concept, l’équipe de Jérôme Pineau, annonce 15 coureurs. cyclingpro.net. Alexandre Mignot. 17 August 2017. fr.
    11. Web site: Courteille travaille la force, Mottier convalescent . ouest-france.fr . 2 January 2020 . 23 December 2022.
    12. Web site: Cyclisme. Justin Mottier accidenté à l’entraînement . . letelegramme.fr . 13 December 2019 . 21 December 2022.
    13. Web site: fr . Maxime Rabe . Cyclisme. Le Mayennais Justin Mottier non conservé chez B & B Hotels-Vital Concept . ouest-france.fr . 15 October 2020.
    14. News: Nicolas. Gauthier. Route - Justin Mottier quitte le cyclisme professionnel à 27 ans. French. Road - Justin Mottier quits professional cycling at 27. Cyclism'Actu. Swar Agency. 20 October 2020. 20 October 2020.
    15. Web site: Cyclisme : le Mayennais Justin Mottier pas conservé chez B&B Hotels-Vital Concept, "ce n'est pas la fin du monde" . actu.fr . 25 October 2020 . 21 December 2022 . Lopez, Paul.
    16. Web site: Cyclisme. Justin Mottier : de B&B Hôtels à Laval . . letelegramme.fr . 12 November 2020 . 21 December 2022.
    17. Web site: Cyclisme : Justin Mottier va courir sous les couleurs de Laval Cyclisme 53 . 2022-12-27 . actu.fr . fr.
    18. Web site: Justin Mottier . FirstCycling.com . 22 December 2022 . en.
    19. Web site: Justin Mottier . www.procyclingstats.com . 22 December 2022.

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