Pierre-Luc Périchon

Pierre-Luc Périchon
Personal information
Full name Pierre-Luc Périchon
Born (1987-01-04) 4 January 1987
Bourg-en-Bresse, France
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 69 kg (152 lb; 10.9 st)
Team information
Current team Fortuneo–Samsic
Discipline Road and track
Role Rider
Amateur team(s)
2008 Saint-Vulbas CC
2009–2011 SCO Dijon
Professional team(s)
2012 La Pomme Marseille
2013– Bretagne–Séché Environnement

Pierre-Luc Périchon (born 4 January 1987) is a French professional road and track bicycle racer who rides for UCI Professional Continental Team Fortuneo–Samsic.[1]

Career

Born in Bourg-en-Bresse, Périchon has competed as a professional since the start of the 2012 season,[2] having signed a deal with the La Pomme Marseille team in August 2011.[3]

Périchon has also been a member of the Saint-Vulbas CC,[4] and SCO Dijon amateur teams. Having featured highly in several domestic races during his career, Périchon won his first UCI Europe Tour race in April 2012, by winning the Paris–Camembert race.[5] Attacking 45 km (28.0 mi) from the finish in Camembert, Périchon won a three-man sprint to the finish line ahead of Saur–Sojasun's Cyril Bessy and Bretagne–Schuller's Jean-Marc Bideau.[6] He was named in the start list for the 2015 Tour de France[7] and the 2016 Tour de France.[8]

Career achievements

Major results

2003
1st Madison, National Novice Track Championships
2004
1st Madison, National Junior Track Championships
2005
2nd Points race, National Junior Track Championships
2006
2nd Points race, National Under–23 Track Championships
2007
National Track Championships
3rd Madison
3rd Under–23 Points race
2008
2nd Tour du Charolais
2nd Madison, National Track Championships
2009
1st GP Blangy
3rd Tour du Haut-Berry
7th Overall Tour Alsace
8th Paris–Tours Espoirs
2010
1st Beuvry la Forêt
1st Stage 3 Tour de Franche Comté
5th Overall Rhône-Alpes Isère Tour
2011
1st Overall Les Boucles de l'Artois
1st GP Blangy
1st Stage 5 Tour Nivernais Morvan
2nd Overall Tour du Loir-et-Cher
1st Stage 2
2nd Points race, National Track Championships
2012
1st Paris–Camembert
9th Overall Étoile de Bessèges
2013
7th Overall Tour de Bretagne
1st Stage 7
7th Tro-Bro Léon
2014
4th Tro-Bro Léon
8th Chrono des Nations
2015
5th Tro-Bro Léon
Combativity award Stage 14 Tour de France
2016
1st Stage 3 Tour de Savoie Mont Blanc
9th Overall Giro di Toscana
2017
1st Duo Normand (with Anthony Delaplace)
Tour de Savoie Mont Blanc
1st Mountains classification
1st Stage 5
4th Road race, National Road Championships
5th Overall Three Days of De Panne
2018
1st Polynormande
8th Road race, UEC European Road Championships
9th Tour du Doubs

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour 2015 2016 2017
A pink jersey Giro d'Italia — — —
A yellow jersey Tour de France 81 93 42
A red jersey Vuelta a España — — —
Legend
— Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

References

  1. ↑ "Bretagne-Séché Environnement (BSE) – FRA". UCI Continental Circuits. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 28 April 2013.
  2. ↑ Morand, Nicolas (19 January 2012). "La Pomme Marseille". Velochrono.fr. Velochrono. Retrieved 10 April 2012.
  3. ↑ Gachet, Frédéric (5 August 2011). "Pierre-Luc Périchon néo-pro à La Pomme Marseille" [Pierre-Luc Perichon neo-pro at La Pomme Marseille]. DirectVelo (in French). Association Le Peloton. Retrieved 10 April 2012.
  4. ↑ Gilson, Michael (1 September 2008). "Pierre-Luc Périchon choisit le SCO Dijon" [Pierre-Luc Perichon chooses SCO Dijon]. DirectVelo (in French). Association Le Peloton. Retrieved 10 April 2012.
  5. ↑ Walker, Lee (10 April 2012). "Perichon shocks field in Camembert". Yahoo! Eurosport. TF1 Group. Retrieved 10 April 2012.
  6. ↑ "Périchon gets the big cheese in Paris-Camembert". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 10 April 2012. Retrieved 10 April 2012.
  7. ↑ "2015 Tour de France start list". Velo News. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
  8. ↑ "2016 > 103rd Tour de France > Startlist". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.