Laurence Pithie Explained
Laurence Pithie (born 17 July 2002) is a New Zealand professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam .[5]
Pithie attended Christchurch Boys' High School from 2016 to 2020.[6]
Career
As a 17-year-old Pithie won two gold medals at the UCI Junior World Championships in the Madison and Omnium.[7] In 2019 Pithie won the national criterium champs allowing him to wear the national jersey in all criteriums for that year.[8] Pithie started the 2021 season off with top 10's in the sprint stages at the New Zealand Cycle Classic. Then fourth in Slovenia after leading out teammate Marijn van den Berg to victory. He finally nabbed a podium in the Circuit de Wallonie behind winner Christophe Laporte.[9] He held his form to the Tour de la Mirabelle where a second place in the reduced bunch finish of Stage 2 brought him to seventh overall. Pithie's greatest accomplishment came at the Baltic Chain Tour where he finished 2nd in every stage which allowed him to win Overall.[10]
Major results
Road
- 2019
1st Criterium, National Championships
2nd Time trial, Oceania Junior Championships
- 2021
1st Overall Baltic Chain Tour
1st Points classification
1st Youth classification
1st Stage 1 (TTT) New Zealand Cycle Classic
3rd Circuit de Wallonie
4th GP Adria Mobil
7th Overall Tour de la Mirabelle
- 2022
National Championships
1st Under-23 Road race
2nd Under-23 Time trial
3rd Road race
1st Grand Prix de la ville de Pérenchies
1st Stage 3 Tour de Normandie
3rd Overall New Zealand Cycle Classic
1st Youth classification
3rd Gran Premio Sportivi di Poggiana
8th Grote Prijs Jean-Pierre Monseré
10th Paris–Troyes
- 2023 (1 pro win)
1st Cholet-Pays de la Loire
2nd Classic Loire Atlantique
5th Hamburg Cyclassics
5th Circuit de Wallonie
5th Grand Prix d'Isbergues
8th Nokere Koerse
- 2024 (1)
1st Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race
National Championships
3rd Road race
3rd Time trial
5th Surf Coast Classic
7th Paris–Roubaix
8th Le SamynGrand Tour general classification results timeline
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Track
- 2019
UCI World Junior Championships
1st Omnium
1st Madison (with Kiaan Watts)
National Junior Championships
1st Omnium
3rd Team pursuit
3rd Kiko
1st Individual pursuit, Oceania Junior Championships
- 2020
National Championships
1st Team pursuit
1st Madison (with Thomas Sexton)Notes and References
- Web site: Laurence Pithie . www.procyclingstats.com . 25 February 2022.
- Web site: Talented teenage riders sign for Groupama-FDJ . Cycling New Zealand . 25 February 2022.
- Web site: GROUPAMA – FDJ 2021. UCI . 25 February 2022.
- Web site: GROUPAMA – FDJ 2022. UCI . 25 February 2022.
- Web site: Groupama – FDJ. UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. 9 January 2023.
- Web site: Hard work and resilience paying off for Laurence Pithie . College Sport Media . 25 February 2022 . en.
- Web site: Kiwi dual gold medallist Laurence Pithie turns heads at world junior track cycling championships . Stuff . 25 February 2022 . en . 21 August 2019.
- Web site: Vantage Criterium National Championships . cyclingnewzealand.nz . 25 February 2022 . 17 November 2019.
- Web site: Kiwi teen cyclist Laurence Pithie gains first podium in Europe . NZ Sports Wire . 25 February 2022 . en-NZ . 14 May 2021.
- Web site: New-Zealand cyclist wins Baltic Chain Tour, Karl Patrick Lauk second . ERR . 25 February 2022 . en . 23 August 2021.
