With the return of the Tour de France on July 4, 2026, former cyclist Thomas Voeckler is back in the spotlight as we see him as a motorcycle consultant on France Télévisions. As for his personal life, the 47-year-old had three children with his wife Julie.
He is one of the key characters 113e Tour de France. Although he no longer races as a cyclist, Thomas Voeckler still works as a consultant. From 4 to 26 July 2026, the 47-year-old will ride a motorcycle for the France Télévisions team. This is what the audience sees. When it comes to his personal life, his wife Julie is at the forefront. They have known each other for thirty years, since they met in 1996. But they waited many years before friendship truly blossomed into love. They were on holiday in Brittany in the mid-1990s when they first saw each other. He was 17, she was 15. The first contact took place, they waited eight years before moving on.
“We came out together in May 2004, a month and a half before Thomas became French champion and then took the yellow jersey at the Tour.”– Julie said in an interview with the publication Western France in 2015. “This is how I first experienced Tour de France hats on wheels. At the beginning of the relationship, it was not easy to “share” my partner every time I came to visit him.”– she admitted. Faced with this success and this fame, she was afraid that he would change, but this did not happen. “no way” it was the case. Thomas Voeckler remains the same. What changed was that they started a family. “As much as I love my family, I like to keep things moving. Luckily, I have a good family balance.”– he admitted in the columns Alsace in complete isolation during Covid in 2020.
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Married, three children: the personal life of Thomas Weckler
Thomas Voeckler and his wife Julie are the parents of three children: Mahe, Lila and Noha. The mother describes the consultant as “husband and dad, like any other” WHO “talks very little about cycling at home”. The family lives in Mouyeron-les-Captifs, near La Roche-sur-Yon, in the Vendée. “We’re a normal family. He’s happy and proud to drive his kids to and from school. To me, he’s a champion on the bike, but at home he’s the husband.”– Julie Fockler summarized about ten years ago in the columns Western France. “I often say that his work is special, but it is his work, with its advantages and disadvantages. When he is at home, it’s like in all houses: we laugh, we groan and there is no champion who can hold on…”– she admitted with humor.
This article was written in collaboration with 6Medias.