Pierre Latour (born 12 October 1993) is a French cyclist who currently rides for UCI ProTeam Team TotalEnergies.[3] He is a stage winner of the Vuelta a España, and twice the winner of French National Time Trial Championships.
 Latour at the 2015 Tour de l'Ain | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Pierre Latour |
| Born | 12 October 1993 Romans-sur-Isère, France |
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1] |
| Weight | 64 kg (141 lb; 10 st 1 lb)[1] |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Team TotalEnergies |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | All-rounder |
| Amateur teams | |
| 2010–2011 | VS Romanais Péageois |
| 2012–2014 | Chambéry CF |
| Professional teams | |
| 2013 | Ag2r–La Mondiale (stagiaire) |
| 2015–2020 | AG2R La Mondiale[2] |
| 2021– | Total Direct Énergie |
| Major wins | |
Grand Tours
| |
Career
editLatour was born in Romans-sur-Isère. 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.[4]
AG2R La Mondiale (2015–2020)
edit2015
editIn 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 Alberto Contador and Nairo 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
editAt 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 Vuelta a España,[5] his first 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 Aitana climb.[6]
2017
editIn the 2017 season, Latour once again won the Young rider classification at the Tour de Romandie. In late June he also won the French National Time Trial Championships. He was named in the startlist for the Tour de France.[7] 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 final jersey standings. He ended the year with 9th at Milano–Torino and 6th place in the Chrono des Nations.
2018
editAt 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 French National Time Trial Championships for the second year in succession. In July he started his second Tour de France; he already lost time on the 1st stage, but gained back time when he finished 2nd on stage 6 behind Dan Martin. He managed to take the lead in the Young rider classification after stage 10, and won the jersey outright in Paris.
Total Direct Énergie
editIn August 2020, Latour signed a two-year contract with the Total Direct Énergie team, from the 2021 season.[8]
Major results
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- 2010
- 3rd Overall Tour du Valromey
- 2011
- 1st Classique des Alpes Juniors
- 2nd Road race, National Junior Road Championships
- 4th Overall Regio-Tour Juniors
- 1st Stage 1
- 5th Overall Trofeo Karlsberg
- 2013
- 1st
Road race, Jeux de la Francophonie - 4th Piccolo Giro di Lombardia
- 5th Tour du Doubs
- 6th Overall Ronde de l'Isard
- 1st
Young rider classification
- 1st
- 7th Overall Tour du Gévaudan Languedoc-Roussillon
- 1st Young rider classification
- 1st
- 8th Overall Tour des Pays de Savoie
- 2014
- 1st Grand Prix de Saint-Lyé
- 1st Grand Cours-la-Ville Price
- 3rd Tour du Jura
- 3rd Piccolo Giro di Lombardia
- 5th Overall Tour des Pays de Savoie
- 6th Overall Tour de l'Avenir
- 9th Overall Tour de l'Ain
- 2015 (1 pro win)
- 3rd Overall Tour de l'Ain
- 1st Young rider classification
- 1st Stage 4
- 1st
- 3rd Overall Route du Sud
- 1st Young rider classification
- 1st
- 5th Overall Vuelta a Burgos
- 7th Overall Tour of Austria
- 7th Overall Étoile de Bessèges
- 10th Overall Tour de Picardie
- 2016 (1)
- 1st Stage 20 Vuelta a España
- 1st Young rider classification, Tour de Romandie
- 2nd Overall Critérium International
- 1st Young rider classification
- 1st
- 3rd Overall Tour de l'Ain
- 7th Overall Étoile de Bessèges
- 1st Young rider classification
- 1st
- 10th Giro di Lombardia
- 10th Trofeo Laigueglia
- 2017 (1)
- 1st
Time trial, National Road Championships - 1st Young rider classification, Tour de Romandie
- 3rd Tour du Finistère
- 4th Overall Étoile de Bessèges
- 5th Classic Sud-Ardèche
- 6th Chrono des Nations
- 9th Milano–Torino
- Tour de France
- Held after Stages 3–4
- Held
- 2018 (1)
- National Road Championships
- 1st Time trial
- 4th Road race
- 1st
- 1st Young rider classification, Tour de France
- 3rd Overall Volta a Catalunya
- 1st
Young rider classification
- 1st
- 6th Chrono des Nations
- 7th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné
- 1st ] Young rider classification
- 1st
- 8th Overall Tour de Romandie
- 8th Classic de l'Ardèche
- 2019
- 6th Overall Tour de Pologne
- 7th Giro dell'Emilia
- 9th Giro di Lombardia
- 2020
- 4th Mont Ventoux Dénivelé Challenge
- 2021 (1)
- 3rd Overall Vuelta a Asturias
- 1st Stage 3
- 4th Time trial, National Road Championships
- 5th Overall Tour de Luxembourg
- 8th Chrono des Nations
- 2022
- 3rd Overall Tour Poitou-Charentes en Nouvelle-Aquitaine
- 4th Overall Étoile de Bessèges
- 4th Time trial, National Road Championships
- 4th Tre Valli Varesine
- 5th Overall Tour de la Provence
- 6th GP Miguel Induráin
- 6th Chrono des Nations
- 2023
- 3rd Overall Étoile de Bessèges
- 3rd Time trial, National Road Championships
- 10th Faun-Ardèche Classic
- 2024
- 1st Stage 5 (ITT) Tour du Rwanda
- 5th Time trial, National Road Championships
- 8th Overall Tour Poitou-Charentes en Nouvelle-Aquitaine
General classification results timeline
edit| Grand Tour general classification results timeline[9] | |||||||||
| Grand Tour | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Giro d'Italia
|
Has not contested in his career | ||||||||
 Tour de France
|
— | — | 29 | 13 | — | DNF | 47 | 57 | 75 |
 Vuelta a España
|
— | 28 | — | — | 35 | — | — | — | DNF |
| Major stage race general classification results timeline[9] | |||||||||
| Race | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
| Paris–Nice
|
— | 76 | 49 | — | — | DNF | 16 | 14 | 14 |
 Tirreno–Adriatico
|
Has not contested during his career | ||||||||
 Volta a Catalunya
|
96 | — | 32 | 3 | — | NH | — | — | — |
| Tour of the Basque Country
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— | 14 | — | DNF | — | 22 | DNF | DNF | |
| Tour de Romandie
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— | 12 | 14 | 8 | — | — | — | — | |
 Critérium du Dauphiné
|
— | — | 15 | 7 | — | 70 | — | — | DNF |
| Tour de Suisse
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— | DNF | — | — | DNF | NH | 11 | — | — |
Major championships timeline
edit| Event | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 World Championships
|
Time trial | — | — | — | — | 18 | — | — | — | |
 National Championships
|
Time trial | — | 10 | 1 | 1 | 14 | — | 4 | 4 | 3 |
| Road race | DNF | 53 | 65 | 4 | 71 | 88 | DNF | DNF | DNF | |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
| IP | In progress |
| NH | Not held |
References
edit- ^ a b "Pierre-Roger Latour". ag2rlamondiale.fr. Archived from the original on 18 September 2016. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
- ^ "Official presentation of the AG2R LA MONDIALE professional cycling team 2020". AG2R La Mondiale. Groupe AG2R La Mondiale. 10 December 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
- ^ "Total Direct Energie". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 7 January 2021. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
- ^ "inrng : saturday shorts". inrng.com.
- ^ "71st Vuelta a España". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
- ^ "Nairo Quintana poised to win the Vuelta". Vuelta a España. Unipublic. 10 September 2016. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
- ^ "2017: 104th Tour de France: Start List". Pro Cycling Stats. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
- ^ "Pierre Latour rejoint le Team Total Direct Energie" [Pierre Latour joins Team Total Direct Energie]. Total Direct Énergie (in French). SA Vendée Cyclisme. 2 August 2020. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
- ^ a b "Pierre Latour". www.procyclingstats.com.
External links
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- Pierre Latour at UCI
- Pierre Latour at Cycling Archives (archived)
- Pierre Latour at ProCyclingStats
- Pierre Latour at CQ Ranking
- Pierre Latour at CycleBase
