Damien Nazon Explained

Damien Nazon
Fullname:Damien Nazon
Birth Date:26 June 1974
Birth Place:Épinal, France
Discipline:Road
Role:Rider
Ridertype:Sprinter[1]
Amateuryears1:1995
Amateurteam1:Castorama (stagiaire)
Amateuryears2:2006
Amateurteam2:Pédale de L'Est Haguenau
Proyears1:1996
Proyears2:1997–1999
Proyears3:2000–2003
Proyears4:2004–2005

Damien Nazon (born 26 June 1974) is a former French racing cyclist.[2] He finished in last place in the 1998 Tour de France.[3] Nazon took a total of 33 victories during his career, including stage wins in the Dauphiné Libéré, the Grand Prix du Midi Libre, the Critérium International and the Tour of Belgium. Nazon rode for the Castorama team as a stagiaire in the autumn of 1995, before turning professional with in 1996. He then rode for for three years, for four and ended his professional career in 2005 after two years with .[4]

He is the brother of former racing cyclist Jean-Patrick Nazon.[5]

Major results

1994
  • 1st Stage 1 Circuit Cycliste Sarthe
    1995
  • Peace Race
  • 1st Stages 6 & 8b
  • 1st Paris–Roubaix Espoirs
  • 10th Overall Tour de l'Avenir
    1997
  • Circuit des Mines
  • 1st Stages 4 & 6
  • 1st Stage 6 Tour de l'Avenir
  • 2nd Road race, National Road Championships
  • 10th GP de Denain
    1998
  • 1st Stage 2 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
  • 1st Stage 4 GP du Midi-Libre
  • 3rd Overall Circuit des Mines
  • 1st Stages 1 & 2
  • 4th Tour de Vendée
    1999
  • Circuit Cycliste Sarthe
  • 1st Stages 3 & 5
  • Tour de Normandie
  • 1st Stages 2 & 6b
  • 1st Stage 5 Tour de l'Avenir
  • 6th GP de Denain
  • 10th Tour de Vendée
    2000
  • 1st Stage 3 Tour de Langkawi
  • 1st Stage 1 GP du Midi-Libre
  • 1st Stage 1 Tour du Poitou Charentes et de la Vienne
  • 1st GP de Villers-Cotterêts
  • 4th Cholet-Pays de Loire
  • 7th Road race, National Road Championships
  • 8th Tro-Bro Léon
  • 9th GP de la Ville de Rennes
    2001
  • 2nd Overall Étoile de Bessèges
  • 1st Stages 3 & 4
  • 5th GP de Denain
  • 6th Tour de Vendée
    2002
  • 1st Stage 1 Tour de l'Ain
  • 1st Stage 1 Route du Sud
  • 1st Stage 2a Tour of Belgium
  • 1st Stage 3 Tour du Poitou Charentes et de la Vienne
  • 2nd Overall Tour of Qatar
  • 1st Stage 2
  • 3rd GP de Denain
  • 6th Grand Prix de la Ville de Lillers Souvenir Bruno Comini
  • 9th Road race, National Road Championships
    2003
  • 1st Grand Prix de la Ville de Lillers Souvenir Bruno Comini
  • 1st Stage 1 Critérium International
  • 5th Overall Tour of Qatar
  • 1st Stage 2
  • 5th Classic Haribo
  • 6th Cholet-Pays de Loire
  • 7th Dwars door Vlaanderen
  • 10th Le Samyn
    2005
  • 1st Stage 3 Circuit Cycliste Sarthe
  • 1st Stage 3b Tour de Picardie
  • 4th Cholet-Pays de Loire

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: Nazon the elder retires . . 20 April 2009 . cyclingnews.com. 2 March 2017.
    2. Web site: Damien Nazon . 24 April 2014 . Cycling Archives.
    3. Web site: Damien Nazon . 24 April 2014 . ProCyclingStats.
    4. Web site: Damien Nazon . . . 2 March 2017.
    5. Web site: " Il faut semer le bordel " . Sandoz . Thierry . 16 July 2009. L'Est Républicain. fr . "It is necessary to sow chaos". 2 March 2017.

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