Laurence Pithie (born 17 July 2002) is a New Zealand professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . Pithie attended Christchurch Boys' High School from 2016 to 2020.

Career

As a 17-year-old Pithie won two gold medals at the UCI Junior World Championships in the Madison and Omnium. In 2019 Pithie won the national criterium champs allowing him to wear the national jersey in all criteriums for that year. Pithie started the 2021 season off with top 10's in the sprint stages at the

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. Then fourth in Slovenia after leading out teammate

Marijn van den Berg Marijn van den Berg (born 19 July 1999) is a Dutch cyclist who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . His brother Lars is also a cyclist. Van den Berg is a sprinter who tends to perform best on sprints when the race also involves some climbing. http ...

to victory. He finally nabbed a podium in the Circuit de Wallonie behind winner

Christophe Laporte Christophe Laporte (born 11 December 1992 in La Seyne-sur-Mer) is a French cyclist who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . Laporte was a member of from 2014 to 2021. He was named in the Team Cofidis start list for the Tour de France for seven co ...

. He held his form to the

Tour de la Mirabelle The Tour de la Mirabelle is a multi-day road cycling race that has been held annually in Lorraine, France since 2002. It has been part of UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were int ...

where a second place in the reduced bunch finish of Stage 2 brought him to seventh overall. Pithie's greatest accomplishment came at the

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where he finished 2nd in every stage which allowed him to win Overall.

Major results

Road

;2019 : 1st Criterium, National Championships : 2nd Silver medal blank

Time trial, Oceania Junior Championships ;2021 : 1st Overall

::1st Points classification ::1st Youth classification : 1st Stage 1 ( TTT)

: 3rd Circuit de Wallonie : 4th

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: 7th Overall

;2022 : National Championships ::1st MaillotNuevaZelanda

Under-23 Road race ::2nd Under-23 Time trial ::3rd Road race : 1st

Grand Prix de la ville de Pérenchies The Grand Prix de la ville de Pérenchies is a road bicycle race held annually in France. It is organized as a 1.2 event on the UCI Europe Tour. Winners References

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: 1st Stage 3

Tour de Normandie Tour de Normandie is a road bicycle race held annually in the region of Normandy, France. The race started in 1939, but was not held in the periods of 1940–1955 and 1960–1980. It was originally a race for amateurs, but was opened for professi ...

: 3rd Overall

::1st Youth classification : 3rd

Gran Premio Sportivi di Poggiana The Gran Premio Sportivi di Poggiana is a professional one day cycling race held annually in Poggiana, Italy. It has been part of the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introd ...

: 8th

Grote Prijs Jean-Pierre Monseré The Grote Prijs Jean-Pierre Monseré is a one-day cycling race held annually in Belgium, named after Jean-Pierre Monseré. It is part of UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were intro ...

: 10th

Paris–Troyes Paris–Troyes is an annual single-day road bicycle race in France between Paris and Troyes. First held in 1959, since 2005 it has been a 1.2 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competiti ...

;2023 (1 pro win) : 1st

Cholet-Pays de la Loire Grand Prix Cholet-Pays de la Loire is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in March in Cholet, France. Since 2005, the race is organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle ra ...

: 2nd Classic Loire Atlantique : 5th

Hamburg Cyclassics The Hamburg Cyclassics (currently known as the Bemer Cyclassics for sponsorship purposes) is an annual one-day professional and amateur cycling race in and around Hamburg, Germany. Although the route varies, its distance is always around 250 ...

: 5th Circuit de Wallonie : 5th Grand Prix d'Isbergues : 8th

Nokere Koerse Nokere Koerse is a European semi classic single day cycle race held in the Belgian region of Flanders. Since 2005, the race has been organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. Starting in 2016 it was a 1.HC event. The Nokere Koerse was c ...

;2024 (1) : 1st Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race : 3rd Road race, National Championships : 5th Surf Coast Classic : 7th Paris–Roubaix : 8th

Le Samyn Le Samyn is an annual single-day road bicycle race in Belgium, held usually in late February or early March. The event was created in 1968 as ''Grand Prix de Fayt-le-Franc'', named after the former municipality where it started and finished. In 1 ...

Track

;2019 : UCI World Junior Championships ::1st Omnium ::1st Madison (with Kiaan Watts) : National Junior Championships ::1st Omnium ::3rd Team pursuit ::3rd Kiko : 1st Individual pursuit, Oceania Junior Championships ;2020 : National Championships ::1st Team pursuit ::1st Madison (with Thomas Sexton)

References

External links

* 2002 births Living people New Zealand male cyclists Sportspeople from Christchurch 21st-century New Zealand people People educated at Christchurch Boys' High School {{NewZealand-cycling-bio-stub