Justin Jules


Justin Jules is a French professional road bicycle racer, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam.

Personal life

Born in Sartrouville, he is the son of Pascal Jules, a professional cyclist who was active during the 1980s – achieving one Tour de France stage victory in 1984 – 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. The sentence had been reduced due to a complicated upbringing and his step-father's troubles with alcoholism.

Career

Jules has competed as a professional since the start of the 2011 season, as the 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, and held the overall race lead for a week. After a spell with the Véranda Rideau-Super U squad in 2012, Jules rejoined for the 2013 season. 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 's Samuel Dumoulin and rider Thomas Damuseau, for victory.

Major results

;2009
;2010
;2011
;2012
;2013
;2014
;2015
;2016
;2017
;2018
;2019