Laurent Pichon Explained

Laurent Pichon
Fullname:Laurent Pichon
Birth Date:19 July 1986
Birth Place:Quimper, France
Weight:690NaN0
Currentteam:Retired
Discipline:Road
Role:Rider
Ridertype:Puncheur
Proyears1:2010–2012
Proyears2:2013–2016
Proyears3:2017–2023
Proteam3:[1] [2] [3]

Laurent Pichon (born 19 July 1986) is a French former racing cyclist, who competed as a professional from 2010 to 2023. He was named in the start list for the 2015 Vuelta a España.[4] In June 2017, he was named in the startlist for the Tour de France.[5] He was the winner of the 2017 French Road Cycling Cup.

Pichon was born in Finistère. Thrice has he placed in the top 10 at the Tro-Bro Léon, each time earning himself a piglet. The piglets, won in 2016, 2017, and 2022; and named Ty Pich, Ty Pich 2, and Pitchounette; were made into sausages and eaten by Pichon.[6]

Major results

2009
  • 10th Overall Kreiz Breizh Elites
    2010
  • 1st Scratch race, National Track Championships
  • 1st Stage 7 Tour de Normandie
  • 2nd Route Adélie
  • 2nd Boucles de l'Aulne
  • 4th Val d'Ille Classic
  • 6th Overall Kreiz Breizh Elites
  • 8th Overall Paris–Corrèze
  • 8th Paris–Bourges
  • 10th Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan
    2011
  • 1st Overall Kreiz Breizh Elites
  • 2nd Overall Circuit des Ardennes
  • 1st Stage 3
  • 2nd Overall Four Days of Dunkirk
  • 4th Tour de Vendée
  • 5th Overall Boucles de la Mayenne
  • 5th Rund um den Finanzplatz Eschborn-Frankfurt
  • 8th Flèche d'Emeraude
  • 9th Route Adélie
  • 10th Paris–Troyes
    2012
  • 1st Overall Boucles de la Mayenne
  • 2nd Route Adélie
  • 2nd Boucles de l'Aulne
  • 5th Overall Circuit de Lorraine
  • 5th Paris–Tours
  • 6th Tour de Vendée
  • 8th Overall Four Days of Dunkirk
    2013
  • 3rd Classic Loire Atlantique
  • 4th Tour de Vendée
  • 8th Val d'Ille Classic
  • 9th Route Adélie
  • 10th Paris–Camembert
    2014
  • 3rd Paris–Camembert
  • 5th Tour de Vendée
  • 7th Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise
    2015
  • 3rd Boucles de l'Aulne
  • 9th Grand Prix Pino Cerami
    2016
  • 4th Tro-Bro Léon
  • 9th Overall Tour de Wallonie
  • Vuelta a España
  • Held after Stage 2
  • Held after Stage 2
    2017 (3 pro wins)
  • 1st Overall French Road Cycling Cup
  • 1st Route Adélie
  • 1st Classic Loire Atlantique
  • 1st Stage 1a Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
  • 3rd Polynormande
  • 3rd Boucles de l'Aulne
  • 4th Tro-Bro Léon
  • 7th Paris–Camembert
  • 7th Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan
  • 8th Grand Prix d'Isbergues
  • 9th Grand Prix de Fourmies
  • 10th Overall Four Days of Dunkirk
    2018
  • 6th Overall Arctic Race of Norway
  • 10th Paris–Camembert
  • Combativity award Stage 7 Tour de France
    2019
  • 5th Overall Kreiz Breizh Elites
    2020
  • 4th Grand Prix de la Ville de Lillers
    2021
  • 4th Boucles de l'Aulne
    2022
  • 7th Tro-Bro Léon
  • 8th Paris–Roubaix
    2023
  • 7th Tro-Bro Léon
  • Combativity award Stage 3 Tour de France

    Grand Tour general classification results timeline

    Grand Tour20132014201520162017201820192020202120222023
    Giro d'Italia163129
    Tour de France12598124
    Vuelta a España111DNF
    Legend
    Did not compete
    DNFDid not finish

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: Arkéa-Samsic. French. Directvelo. Association Le Peloton. 7 January 2019.
    2. News: Franck Bonnamour et Romain Le Roux avec Arkéa-Samsic en 2020. French. Franck Bonnamour and Romain Le Roux with Arkéa-Samsic in 2020. . Pro Cycling Breizh. 14 October 2019. 11 January 2020.
    3. Web site: Team Arkea - Samsic. UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. 7 January 2021. https://archive.today/20210107032912/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15261/1001277/280. 7 January 2021.
    4. Web site: Vuelta a España 2015 . 21 August 2015 . Cycling Fever.
    5. Web site: 2017: 104th Tour de France: Start List . 28 June 2017 . Pro Cycling Stats.
    6. News: Davidson . Tom . ‘I’ve won three pigs… They've been made into sausages’ - Tro-Bro Léon and cycling's oddest prize . Cycling Weekly . 4 May 2023 . en.