Jules Merviel

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

 * 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.