Jules Dubois

Jules Dubois

To person
Date of birth	May 5, 1862
date of death	December 1, 1928
nation	France
discipline	Track cycling , road cycling
Driver type	Endurance rider
To the team
Current team	End of career
function	driver
Most important successes
French track championships 1885 : - Standing race Hour record 1894 - 38.220 km

Jules Dubois (born May 5, 1862 in Pontoise , † December 1, 1928 in Levallois-Perret ) was a French cyclist .

Jules Dubois was a professional from 1885 to 1897. In his first year as a professional in 1885, he became the first French champion in the standing race and was on the podium several times in the following years. He also won several one-day races that led from Paris to other French cities. In 1894 he set a new hour record in Paris with 38.220 kilometers .

After the end of his cycling career, Dubois worked as a balloonist .

Web links

Commons : Jules Dubois  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Jules Dubois in the Radsportseiten.net database

Individual evidence

1. ^ 11e grand prix de l'Aéro-Club aux Tuileries. Gallica, accessed October 31, 2014 .