Jules Merviel

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Jules Merviel
Personal information
Full nameJules Merviel
Born(1906-09-29)29 September 1906
Saint-Beauzély, France
Died1 September 1976(1976-09-01) (aged 69)
Toulon, France
Team information
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Major wins
Paris–Tours (1933)
One stage Tour de France (1930)
Medal record
Representing  France
Men's road bicycle racing
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 1926 Milan Amateur's Road Race

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

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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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