Justin Mottier

Justin Mottier
Mottier at the 2015 Tour de Bretagne
Personal information
Full nameJustin Mottier
Born (1993-09-14) 14 September 1993 (age 31)
Saint-Georges-Buttavent, France
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight65 kg (143 lb)
Team information
Current teamRetired
Discipline
RoleRider
Amateur teams
2011CA Évron
2012–2013UC Cholet 49
2014–2015CC Nogent-sur-Oise[1]
2016–2017VC Pays de Loudéac[2]
2021Laval Cyclisme 53[3]
Professional teams
2016Fortuneo–Vital Concept (stagiaire)[4]
2018–2020Vital Concept[5][6]

Justin Mottier (born 14 September 1993) is a French former cyclist, who competed as a professional from 2018 to 2020 for Vital Concept.[7]

Career

Amateur

In 2016, Mottier joined VC Pays de Loudéac, with the goal of eventually moving into the professional ranks.[8] He had a successful season, notably winning the Circuit du Morbihan [fr], La Castelbriantaise and the first stage of the Boucle de l'Artois.[1] He was then selected to ride for the national team in the Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan, where he placed 91st. In August, he was offered to ride for UCI Professional Continental team Fortuneo–Vital Concept as a stagiaire.[4] While riding with the team, Mottier competed in the Tour of Utah and several one-day races in Belgium, including the Grote Prijs Jef Scherens.[9] For the 2017 season, Mottier stayed with VC Pays de Loudéac, most notably placing second overall in the Tour de Normandie.[2]

Professional

In August 2017, he signed a professional contract for the following season with Vital Concept at the age of 24.[10] Mottier was one of two riders on the team from the Mayenne department, alongside Arnaud Courteille.[11] His first race with the team was the Grand Prix La Marseillaisein late January. In early March, he placed third in the Route Adélie after remaining in the breakaway for 200 kilometers. Two weeks later, he entered his first World Tour events, taking part in the Amstel Gold Race followed by the La Flèche Wallonne.

Mottier had a less successful second season as a professional, with his best result being 18th in the Circuit de Wallonie. Despite this, he remained with the team for a third season in 2020. After falling ill and suffering a fractured collarbone while training in December 2019, Mottier only competed in three races before the Covid-19 pandemic, including the Tour de Langkawi.[11][12] He returned to racing in August at the Mont Ventoux Dénivelé Challenge, followed by several more races throughout France. However, he lacked success once again and was this time not kept by his team.[13]

After he was not retained by B&B Hotels–Vital Concept, following three years with the team, Mottier announced that he was leaving professional cycling following the 2020 season.[14][15] In November 2020, it was announced that he would join French amateur team Laval Cyclisme 53, for the 2021 season.[3][16][17]

Major results

Sources:[18][19]

2011
4th Tour du Morbihan Juniors
10th Overall Le Trophée Centre Morbihan
2012
10th Under-23 Chrono des Nations
2014
1st Stage 3 Trois Jours de Cherbourg [fr]
2015
1st Grand Prix de Beaumont-sur-Sarthe
1st GP de Mortagne au Perche
2017
1st La Castelbriantaise
1st Circuit du Morbihan [fr]
1st Tour de Rhuys [fr]
1st GP Chapelle-Saint-Aubin
1st Stage 1 Tour d'Eure-et-Loir
9th Overall Boucle de l'Artois
1st Stage 1
2017
1st Souvenir René Lochet
1st Stage 3 Saint-Brieuc Agglo Tour [fr]
2nd Overall Tour de Normandie
3rd Paris–Évreux
2018
1st Cyclo-cross de Vaiges
3rd Route Adélie

References

  1. ^ a b "Justin Mottier Teams". FirstCycling.com. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Justin Mottier fier qu'on lui ait donné sa chance". velo101.com. 19 December 2017. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
  3. ^ a b Gachet, Nicolas (12 November 2020). "Justin Mottier signe avec une N1" [Justin Mottier signs with an N1]. Directvelo (in French). Association Le Peloton. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
  4. ^ a b "Mottier stagiaire chez Fortuneo-Vital Concept". ouest-france.fr (in French). 23 July 2016.
  5. ^ Malvestio, Carlo (22 January 2019). "Presentazione Squadre 2019, Vital Concept – B&B Hotels" [Presentation of Teams 2019, Vital Concept - B & B Hotels]. SpazioCiclismo – Cyclingpro.net (in Italian). Gravatar. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
  6. ^ "B&B Hotels - Vital Concept". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 4 January 2020. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
  7. ^ "Justin MOTTIER". UCI. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
  8. ^ "Justin Mottier : " Le VC Pays de Loudéac pour passer pro "". directvelo.com (in French). 29 October 2015.
  9. ^ "Fortuneo-Vital Concept à la conquête de l'Amérique". todaycycling.com (in French). 31 July 2016.
  10. ^ Alexandre Mignot (17 August 2017). "Vital Concept, l'équipe de Jérôme Pineau, annonce 15 coureurs". cyclingpro.net (in French).
  11. ^ a b "Courteille travaille la force, Mottier convalescent". ouest-france.fr. 2 January 2020. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
  12. ^ "Cyclisme. Justin Mottier accidenté à l'entraînement". letelegramme.fr. Le Télégramme. 13 December 2019. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
  13. ^ Maxime Rabe (15 October 2020). "Cyclisme. Le Mayennais Justin Mottier non conservé chez B & B Hotels-Vital Concept". ouest-france.fr (in French).
  14. ^ Gauthier, Nicolas (20 October 2020). "Route - Justin Mottier quitte le cyclisme professionnel à 27 ans" [Road - Justin Mottier quits professional cycling at 27]. Cyclism'Actu (in French). Swar Agency. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
  15. ^ Lopez, Paul (25 October 2020). "Cyclisme : le Mayennais Justin Mottier pas conservé chez B&B Hotels-Vital Concept, "ce n'est pas la fin du monde"". actu.fr. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
  16. ^ "Cyclisme. Justin Mottier : de B&B Hôtels à Laval". letelegramme.fr. Le Télégramme. 12 November 2020. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
  17. ^ "Cyclisme : Justin Mottier va courir sous les couleurs de Laval Cyclisme 53". actu.fr (in French). Retrieved 2022-12-27.
  18. ^ "Justin Mottier". FirstCycling.com. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
  19. ^ "Justin Mottier". www.procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
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