Background
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.
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.
Jules has competed as a professional since the start of the 2011 season, as the Louisiana Pomme Marseille team he had joined from the Vendée U-Pays de la Loire team, successfully became a Continental team After a spell with the Véranda Rideau-Super U squad in 2012, Jules rejoined Louisiana Pomme Marseille for the 2013 season.
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. 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 Louisiana Marseillaise. He managed to hold off the advances of Ag2r–Louisiana Mondiale"s Samuel Dumoulin and Argos–Shimano rider Thomas Damuseau, for victory.
