Jules Merviel
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Jules Merviel was a French
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

 professional road bicycle racer. Merviel won a stage in the 1930 Tour de France
1930 Tour de France
The 1930 Tour de France was the 24th Tour de France, taking place from 2 to 27 July 1930. It consisted of 21 stages over 4,822 km, ridden at an average speed of 28.000 km/h....

. In the 1935 Tour de France
1935 Tour de France
The 1935 Tour de France was the 29th Tour de France, taking place July 4 to July 28, 1935. It consisted of 21 stages over 4,338 km, ridden at an average speed of 30.650 km/h. Although the French team was favourite, Belgian Romain Maes took the lead in the first stage, and never gave it away...

, he hit the back of a truck and did not race for two years.

Palmarès

1929
Paris-Caen
Dreyron

1930
Tour de France
1930 Tour de France
The 1930 Tour de France was the 24th Tour de France, taking place from 2 to 27 July 1930. It consisted of 21 stages over 4,822 km, ridden at an average speed of 28.000 km/h....

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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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