Steven Cozza Explained
| Steven Cozza |
| Birth Date: | 3 March 1985 |
| Height: | 180cm (70inches) |
| Weight: | 700NaN0 |
| Discipline: | Road |
| Role: | Rider |
| Ridertype: | Time Trials, Climbing, Stage races, Classics |
| Amateuryears1: | 2006 |
| Amateurteam1: | Yawadoo-Colba-ABM |
| Amateuryears2: | 2006 |
| Proyears1: | 2007–2010 |
| Proyears2: | 2011–2012 |
| Majorwins: | 2007 Vuelta a Chichuahua, 1st team overall, 1st stage 6, 2nd stage 2
2007 Tour of Missouri, 1st best young rider, 1st team overall |
Steven Cozza (born March 3, 1985) is a professional road bicycle racer, who last rode for .
Cozza helped his father co-found the Boy Scouts equality advocacy group Scouting for All when he was 12 years old, and was the focus of Scout's Honor, a film that documented his time as a boy scout and his fight against the Boy Scouts of America's discriminatory policy against gays being allowed in the organization.[1] [2]
Cozza broke his left collar bone in his first race of 2010 on stage 2 of the Tour of Qatar, requiring surgery as it was the third time he had broken it. Cozza announced that he would be taking a break from professional cycling in February 2012, in order to fully recover from colitis.[3] [4] [5] he is a Realtor for Frank Howard Allen in Petaluma, California.[6]
Palmares
Amateur
- 2003
- USA Junior National Time Trial Championship, 3rd
- Le Tour De L'Abitibi, 3rd overall, 1st time trial
- Keizer der Juniores, Overall, 3rd
- Grand Prix of The Nations Time Trial (Juniors), 4th
- Trophee Centre Morbihan, Overall, 4th
Professional
- 2004
- U.S. National Time Trial Championship, 4th
- Vlaanderens Tweedaagse der Gaverstreek, Time Trial, 3rd
- Tour du Haut Anjou, Time Trial, 1st
- 2005
- Steve Dunlap Memorial Time Trial, 1st
- Tour De Nez, Stage 1, 1st
- U.S. U-23 National Time Trial Championship, 1st
- Tour De Nez, 6th Overall
- 2006
- USA Cycling National Festival U-23 Time Trial Championship, 2nd
- USA Cycling National Festival U-23 Road Race Championship, 3rd
- Pescadero Road Race, 4th
- Tour of Utah, Stage 6, 17th
- 2007
- Driedaagse van West Vlaanderen, 7th overall, 2nd best young rider
- Vuelta a Chihuahua, 1st team overall, 1st stage 6, 2nd stage 2
- Tour of Missouri, 1st best young rider, 1st team overall
- Marin Double Century, 1st and new course record
- USA Pro Time Trial Championships, 16th
- Driedaagse van West Vlaanderen, 7th stage 1
- 2008
- Tour of Denmark, Stage 5 ITT, 8th
- Vuelta Castilla y Leon, 7th prologue
- Tour of California, 10th, prologue
- Monte Paschi Eroica, 16th
- Vuelta a Castilla y Leon, 19th
- World Road Championships, 23rd
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Guthmann . Edward . Badge of 'Honor' / Documentary captures story of Steven Cozza, who at age 12 took on the Boy Scouts' anti-gay policy . . June 18, 2001.
- News: Gay rights advocate grows up. Yusef. Najafi. ScoutingforAll.org. Scouting for All. November 7, 2003. February 27, 2012.
- News: Cozza quits NetApp contract due to health problems. February 27, 2012. February 27, 2012. Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited.
- News: Steven Cozza to pause his career. February 27, 2012. February 27, 2012. . NetApp Deutschland GmbH. https://web.archive.org/web/20120301085155/http://www.teamnetapp.com/en/news/detailview/news/steven-cozza-to-pause-his-career. March 1, 2012. dead. mdy-all.
- News: Steven 'The Stache' Cozza to pause his career. February 27, 2012. February 27, 2012. SEG Cycling. Sports Entertainment Group.
- News: New York Times. July 19, 2012. Boy Scouts Are Ashamed of This Ban. Steven Cozza.
