Laurent Pichon (born 19 July 1986) is a French former racing cyclist, who competed as a professional from 2010 to 2023. He was named in the start list for the 2015 Vuelta a España. In June 2017, he was named in the startlist for the Tour de France. He was the winner of the 2017 French Road Cycling Cup.
Pichon was born in Finistère. Thrice has he placed in the top 10 at the Tro-Bro Léon, each time earning himself a piglet. The piglets, won in 2016, 2017, and 2022; and named Ty Pich, Ty Pich 2, and Pitchounette; were made into sausages and eaten by Pichon.
Major results
2009 10th Overall Kreiz Breizh Elites 2010 1st Scratch race, National Track Championships 1st Stage 7 Tour de Normandie 2nd Route Adélie 2nd Boucles de l'Aulne 4th Val d'Ille Classic 6th Overall Kreiz Breizh Elites 8th Overall Paris–Corrèze 8th Paris–Bourges 10th Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan 2011 1st Overall Kreiz Breizh Elites 2nd Overall Circuit des Ardennes 1st Stage 3 2nd Overall Four Days of Dunkirk 4th Tour de Vendée 5th Overall Boucles de la Mayenne 5th Rund um den Finanzplatz Eschborn-Frankfurt 8th Flèche d'Emeraude 9th Route Adélie 10th Paris–Troyes 2012 1st Overall Boucles de la Mayenne 2nd Route Adélie 2nd Boucles de l'Aulne 5th Overall Circuit de Lorraine 5th Paris–Tours 6th Tour de Vendée 8th Overall Four Days of Dunkirk 2013 3rd Classic Loire Atlantique 4th Tour de Vendée 8th Val d'Ille Classic 9th Route Adélie 10th Paris–Camembert 2014 3rd Paris–Camembert 5th Tour de Vendée 7th Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise 2015 3rd Boucles de l'Aulne 9th Grand Prix Pino Cerami 2016 4th Tro-Bro Léon 9th Overall Tour de Wallonie Vuelta a España Held after Stage 2 Held after Stage 2 2017 (3 pro wins) 1st Overall French Road Cycling Cup 1st Route Adélie 1st Classic Loire Atlantique 1st Stage 1a Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali 3rd Polynormande 3rd Boucles de l'Aulne 4th Tro-Bro Léon 7th Paris–Camembert 7th Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan 8th Grand Prix d'Isbergues 9th Grand Prix de Fourmies 10th Overall Four Days of Dunkirk 2018 6th Overall Arctic Race of Norway 10th Paris–Camembert Combativity award Stage 7 Tour de France 2019 5th Overall Kreiz Breizh Elites 2020 4th Grand Prix de la Ville de Lillers 2021 4th Boucles de l'Aulne 2022 7th Tro-Bro Léon 8th Paris–Roubaix 2023 7th Tro-Bro Léon Combativity award Stage 3 Tour de France
Grand Tour general classification results timeline Grand Tour 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Giro d'Italia 163 129 — — — — — — — — — Tour de France — — — — 125 98 — — — — 124 Vuelta a España — — 111 DNF — — — — — —
+ Legend — Did not compete DNF Did not finish
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