Julien Bérard

Julien Bérard (born 27 July 1987) is a French former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2010 and 2017, entirely for the team.

Amateur career Born in Paris, Bérard recorded his first notable result in July 2005 when he won the third stage of the junior edition of the Tour du Valromey. In another stage during that same stage race he finished in second position. In 2008 he started as a stagiaire for the team. He claimed his first podium finish, at the Tour des Pays de Savoie where he finished in second position in stage 3, and also finished second overall in the general classification. In the Tour du Périgord - A Travers les Bastides he finished third and he won the third stage of the Ronde de l'Isard.

Professional career offered him a professional contract for the 2010 season, in which he struggled to come up with some top-three results. His best results of that season were accomplished during the La Tropicale Amissa Bongo race in Gabon. Here he finished fifth in the second stage, seventh in the fourth stage and sixth in the general classification. During the French National Road Race Championships in Boulogne-sur-Mer, Bérard finished in fourth position behind Sylvain Chavanel, Anthony Roux and Thomas Voeckler. Later in the season, he took a third-place finish in the Tour du Doubs.

Major results

2008 1st Overall Tour de la Creuse 1st Stage 2 Tour du Gévaudan Languedoc-Roussillon 2nd Overall Tour des Pays de Savoie 2009 1st Grand Prix Saint-Etienne Loire 1st Stage 1 Tour de l'Avenir 3rd Overall Mi-Aout-Bretonne 3rd Tour du Perigord - A Travers les Bastides 10th Overall Ronde de l'Isard 1st Stage 4 10th Boucles du Sud-Ardèche 2010 6th Overall La Tropicale Amissa Bongo 8th Polynormande 2011 3rd Tour du Doubs 4th Road race, National Road Championships 2012 8th Route Adélie 2013 10th Route Adélie 2014 4th Classic Loire Atlantique 10th Overall Route du Sud 10th Route Adélie

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

+ Legend — Did not compete DNF Did not finish