Justin Jules
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Sartrouville, France
.JPG) Jules at the 2014 Paris–Arras Tour | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Justin Jules |
| Born | 20 September 1986 Sartrouville, France |
| Height | 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) |
| Weight | 64 kg (141 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Sprinter |
| Amateur teams | |
| 2006 | VC Les Mureaux |
| 2007 | CA Mantes |
| 2008–2009 | OC Val d'Oise |
| 2010 | Vendée U–Pays de la Loire |
| Professional teams | |
| 2011 | La Pomme Marseille |
| 2012 | Véranda Rideau–Super U |
| 2013–2014 | La Pomme Marseille[1] |
| 2015–2016 | Veranclassic–Ekoi |
| 2017–2019 | WB Veranclassic Aqua Protect[2] |
| 2020–2021 | Nippo–Delko–One Provence[3] |
Justin Jules (born 20 September 1986) is a French professional road bicycle racer, who most recently rode for UCI ProTeam Delko.[4]
Born in Sartrouville, he is the son of Pascal Jules,[5] a professional cyclist who was active during the 1980s – achieving one Tour de France stage victory in 1984[6] – who died in a road traffic accident when Justin was just over a year old.
In 2008, Jules was sentenced to three years in prison for the manslaughter of his step-father in 2004.[7] The sentence had been reduced due to a complicated upbringing and his step-father's troubles with alcoholism.[8][9]
Career
Jules has competed as a professional since the start of the 2011 season, as the La Pomme Marseille team he had joined from the Vendée U-Pays de la Loire team, successfully became a Continental team. Jules achieved his first professional victory at the 2011 Tour of Hainan, when he won the first stage of the race,[10] and held the overall race lead for a week. After a spell with the Véranda Rideau-Super U squad in 2012, Jules rejoined La Pomme Marseille for the 2013 season.[11] In his first race since rejoining, Jules won a bunch sprint for the honours in the season-opening race of the 2013 UCI Europe Tour, the Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise; he managed to hold off the advances of Ag2r–La Mondiale's Samuel Dumoulin and Argos–Shimano rider Thomas Damuseau, for victory.[8][12]
