Justin Mottier (born 14 September 1993) is a French former cyclist, who competed as a professional from 2018 to 2020 for .
Career Amateur In 2016, Mottier joined VC Pays de Loudéac, with the goal of eventually moving into the professional ranks. He had a successful season, notably winning the , La Castelbriantaise and the first stage of the Boucle de l'Artois. 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 as a stagiaire. 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. For the 2017 season, Mottier stayed with VC Pays de Loudéac, most notably placing second overall in the Tour de Normandie.
Professional In August 2017, he signed a professional contract for the following season with at the age of 24. Mottier was one of two riders on the team from the Mayenne department, alongside Arnaud Courteille. 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. 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.
After he was not retained by , following three years with the team, Mottier announced that he was leaving professional cycling following the 2020 season. In November 2020, it was announced that he would join French amateur team Laval Cyclisme 53, for the 2021 season.
Major results Sources:
2011 4th Tour du Morbihan Juniors 10th Overall Le Trophée Centre Morbihan 2012 10th Under-23 Chrono des Nations 2014 1st Stage 3 2015 1st Grand Prix de Beaumont-sur-Sarthe 1st GP de Mortagne au Perche 2017 1st La Castelbriantaise 1st 1st 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 2nd Overall Tour de Normandie 3rd Paris–Évreux 2018 1st Cyclo-cross de Vaiges 3rd Route Adélie
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