Laurence Pithie

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Laurence Pithie
2019 UCI Juniors Track World Championships 291.jpg
Personal information
Born (2002-07-17) 17 July 2002 (age 20)
Christchurch, New Zealand
Height187 cm (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Weight74 kg (163 lb)[1]
Team information
Current teamGroupama–FDJ Continental Team
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Amateur team
2020Willebrord Wil Vooruit Juniors
Professional team
2021–Groupama–FDJ Continental Team[2][3]

Laurence Pithie (born 17 July 2002) is a New Zealand professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Continental team Groupama–FDJ Continental Team.[4]

Pithie attended Christchurch Boys' High School from 2016 to 2020.[5]

Career[]

As a 17-year-old Pithie won two gold medals at the UCI Junior World Championships in the Madison and Omnium.[6] In 2019 Pithie won the national criterium champs allowing him to wear the national jersey in all criteriums for that year.[7] 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 nabed a podium in the Circuit de Wallonie behind winner Christophe Laporte.[8] 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.[9]

Major results[]

Road[]

2019
1st MaillotNuevaZelanda.PNG Criterium, National Road Championships
2nd Silver medal blank.svg Time trial Junior Oceania Road Cycling Championships
2021
1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Baltic Chain Tour
1st Jersey green.svg Points classification
1st Jersey white.svg 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 Road Championships
1st MaillotNuevaZelanda.PNG 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 Jersey white.svg Youth classification
3rd
8th Grote Prijs Jean-Pierre Monseré
10th Paris–Troyes

Track[]

2019
UCI Junior World Championships
1st Jersey rainbow.svg Omnium
1st Jersey rainbow.svg Madison (with Kiaan Watts)
Junior National Championships
1st MaillotNuevaZelanda.PNG Omnium
3rd Team pursuit
3rd 1km
JunOceaniaChampionJersey.png Individual pursuit
2020
National Championships
1st MaillotNuevaZelanda.PNG Team pursuit (with Hugo Jones, Joshua Scott & Ryan MacLeod)
1st MaillotNuevaZelanda.PNG Madison (with Thomas Sexton)

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "Laurence Pithie". www.procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  2. ^ "Talented teenage riders sign for Groupama-FDJ". Cycling New Zealand. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  3. ^ "GROUPAMA - FDJ 2021". UCI. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  4. ^ "GROUPAMA - FDJ 2022". UCI. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  5. ^ "Hard work and resilience paying off for Laurence Pithie". College Sport Media. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  6. ^ "Kiwi dual gold medallist Laurence Pithie turns heads at world junior track cycling championships". Stuff. 21 August 2019. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  7. ^ "Vantage Criterium National Championships" (PDF). cyclingnewzealand.nz. 17 November 2019. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  8. ^ "Kiwi teen cyclist Laurence Pithie gains first podium in Europe". NZ Sports Wire. 14 May 2021. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  9. ^ "New-Zealand cyclist wins Baltic Chain Tour, Karl Patrick Lauk second". ERR. 23 August 2021. Retrieved 25 February 2022.

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