Julien El Fares

Julien El Fares
Personal information
Full nameJulien El Fares
Born (1985-06-01) 1 June 1985 (age 39)
Manosque, France
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight63 kg (139 lb; 9.9 st)
Team information
Current teamRetired
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeClimber
Amateur teams
2005Vélo-Club La Pomme Marseille
2006–2007AVC Aix-en-Provence
2006Cofidis (stagiaire)
2007Cofidis (stagiaire)
Professional teams
2008–2011Cofidis
2012Team Type 1–Sanofi[1]
2013Sojasun
2014–2020Team La Pomme Marseille 13[2][3][4]
2021EF Education–Nippo[5][6]

Julien El Fares (born 1 June 1985) is a French former professional road racing cyclist,[7] who rode professionally between 2008 and 2021 for the Cofidis, Team Type 1–Sanofi, Sojasun, Nippo–Delko–One Provence and EF Education–Nippo teams. During his career, he took three professional wins: the first stage of the 2009 Tirreno–Adriatico, the general classification at the 2009 Tour de Wallonie and the fourth stage of the 2010 Tour Méditerranéen.

  1. ^ Weislo, Laura (21 August 2011). "Team Type 1-Sanofi adds El Fares, Antomarchi". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
  2. ^ "Delko Marseille-Provence KTM". DirectVelo (in French). Association Le Peloton. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
  3. ^ Ballue, Quentin (10 December 2018). "Route - Delko Marseille avec 19 coureurs la saison prochaine" [Road - Delko Marseille with 19 riders next season]. Cyclism'Actu (in French). Swar Agency. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
  4. ^ "Nippo Delko Provence". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 8 January 2020. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
  5. ^ "EF Education - Nippo". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  6. ^ "Julien El Fares Joins the Roster". EF Pro Cycling. Slipstream Sports, Inc. 14 December 2020. Archived from the original on 14 December 2020. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
  7. ^ "Cyclisme : le Manosquin Julien El Fares stoppe sa carrière" [Cycling: Manosquin Julien El Fares ends his career]. La Provence (in French). Hachette Filipacchi Médias. 10 January 2022. Retrieved 8 May 2022.