Pierre Latour

Pierre Latour

Latour at the 2015 Tour de l'Ain
Personal information
Born	(1993-10-12) October 12, 1993 Romans-sur-Isère, France
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Weight	64 kg (141 lb; 10.1 st)[1]
Team information
Current team	AG2R La Mondiale
Discipline	Road
Role	All-Rounder
Amateur team(s)
2010–2011	VS Romanais Péageois
2012–2014	Chambéry CF
Professional team(s)
2013	Ag2r–La Mondiale (stagiaire)
2015–	AG2R La Mondiale
Major wins
Grand Tours Tour de France Young rider classification (2018) Vuelta a España 1 individual stage (2016) One-day races and Classics National Time Trial Championships (2017, 2018)

Pierre Latour (born 12 October 1993 in Romans-sur-Isère) is a French cyclist riding for AG2R La Mondiale.^[2] He is a stage winner of the Vuelta a España, and twice the winner of French National Time Trial Championships.

Career

Due to a clerical error when he was an amateur, Latour is more commonly known with a "Roger" in his name as Pierre-Roger Latour.^[3]

AG2R La Mondiale (2015-present)

2015

In his first year as a professional rider, Latour first made his name in the Route du Sud. He had attacked on stage 3 but on the last climb of the day, he was joined by Contador and Quintana. He ended getting dropped on the descent by Contador who attacked. He finished the stage in 3rd position, and took 3rd overall at the end of the race, as well as winning the young rider classification.

2016

At the Tour de Romandie, Latour won the Young rider classification which was his first in a World Tour stage race. After stage 5 at the Tour de Suisse, he was in the leaders jersey but eventually abandoned the race. He was named in the startlist for the 2016 Vuelta a España.^[4] The Vuelta was Latours first ever Grand Tour. In this race, he achieved his first Grand Tour stage victory on the penultimate stage, beating Darwin Atapuma to the finish on the Alto de Aitana.^[5]

2017

In the 2017 season, Latour once again won the Young rider classification at the Tour de Romandie. In late june he also won the National Time Trial Championships. In June, he was named in the startlist for the 2017 Tour de France.^[6] He had the lead in the young rider classification for 2 days before handing over the jersey to Simon Yates, who eventually ended up winning it. Latour ended 6th in the Young rider classification at the Tour. He ended the year with 9th at Milano-Torino and 6th place in Chrono des Nations.

2018

Latour wearing the white jersey at the 2018 Tour de France

At the Volta a Catalunya, Latour made the podium when he placed 3rd overall, and also won the Young rider classification. He also finished 8th overall at the Tour de Romandie, and 7th overall at the Critérium du Dauphiné winning the Young rider classification. In late june, Latour won the National Time Trial Championships for a second time in his career. In July he started his second Tour de France of his career. He already lost time on the 1st stage, but gained back time when he finished 2nd on stage 6 behind Daniel Martin. He managed to take the lead in the Young rider classification after stage 10, and win the classification on stage 21 in Paris.

Career achievements

General classification results timeline

Grand Tour general classification results timeline[7]
Grand Tour	2015	2016	2017	2018
Giro d'Italia	—	—	—	—
Tour de France	—	—	29	13
Vuelta a España	—	28	—	—
Major stage race general classification results timeline[7]
Race	2015	2016	2017	2018
Paris–Nice	—	76	49	—
Tirreno–Adriatico	—	—	—	—
Volta a Catalunya	96	—	32	3
Tour of the Basque Country	—	14	—	DNF
Tour de Romandie	—	12	14	8
Critérium du Dauphiné	—	—	15	7
Tour de Suisse	—	DNF	—	—

Major championships timeline

Event		2015	2016	2017	2018
Olympic Games	Road race	Not Held	—	Not Held
World Championships	Time trial	—	—	—	—
	Road race	—	—	—
National Championships	Time trial	—	10	1	1
	Road race	DNF	53	65	4

Legend

—	Did not compete
DNF	Did not finish

References

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