Kévin Reza (born 18 May 1988) is a French former professional

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, who last rode for

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. He was named in the start list for the

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Early life

Reza was born in May 1988 on the outskirts of Paris. His family originate from

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Career

Reza signed his first professional contract in 2011 for French cycling team . In 2013 he took part in his first Grand Tour, the

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, finishing in 134th position overall. In 2015, Reza signed for French team . Whilst at FDJ, during the 2017 Tour de Romandie, Reza was a victim of racial abuse from rider

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. Moscon was subsequently suspended from racing with Team Sky for six weeks. In August 2017, Reza was named as one of fifteen riders joining new French cycling outfit . In June 2021, Reza announced that he would be retiring from cycling at the end of the season.

Activism and advocacy

At the

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, Reza was involved in a small gesture of solidarity with the

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movement. As the only black rider in the race, he rode at the front of the peloton on the final day of racing.

Major results

;2007 : 3rd Madison, National Junior Track Championships ;2008 : 1st Stage 2 Vuelta Madrid Under-23 ;2009 : 2nd Overall Circuit du Mené : 3rd Les Boucles de la Loire : 8th Overall Tour de Martinique ::1st Stages 1, 5 & 8a ;2010 : 1st Les Boucles de la Loire : 7th

Classic Loire Atlantique Classic Loire Atlantique is a road bicycle race held annually in the French department of Loire-Atlantique. Since 2011, it is organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing compe ...

;2011 : 3rd Madison,

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;2012 : 9th Overall

Rhône-Alpes Isère Tour Rhône-Alpes () was an administrative region of France. Since 1 January 2016, it is part of the new region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. It is located on the eastern border of the country, towards the south. The region was named after the river Rhône a ...

;2013 : 8th

Cholet-Pays de 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 ...

: 9th

Brussels Cycling Classic The Brussels Cycling Classic (known until June 2013 as Paris–Brussels) is a semi classic European bicycle race, one of the oldest races on the international calendar. History Paris–Brussels was first run on 12 August 1893 as an amateur eve ...

;2014 : 3rd

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, National Road Championships : 6th

: 9th Overall

Tour de Picardie The Tour de Picardie was a professional multi-stage cycle road race that was held between 1936 and 2016 in Picardy, France. In its last twelve editions, it was organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. The race was called Tour de l'Oise ...

;2015 : 4th

Classic Sud-Ardèche Classic Sud-Ardèche (also known as the Souvenir Francis Delpech) is a road bicycle race held annually in late-February in the Ardèche department of France. The race was a National Event from its inception in 2001 until 2007, before joining the ...

: 10th

;2016 : 7th Overall

;2017 : 3rd

Paris–Camembert Paris–Camembert (also Paris–Camembert Trophée Lepetit or Paris–Camembert Lepetit) is a semi classic held annually in April. Since 2005, the race is organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. The route of the race has varied over t ...

: 8th

Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan Grand Prix du Morbihan is a single-day men's road bicycle race held annually in May around Plumelec, in the region of Brittany, France. Since 2020, the race is organised as a 1.Pro event on the UCI ProSeries, also being part of the French Road ...

;2018 : 4th

Paris–Chauny Paris–Chauny is a one-day cycling race held in France. It was first held in 1922 and has been part of the UCI Europe Tour in category 1.2 since 2015 and 1.1 1.1 may refer to: * 1.1.1.1, a Domain Name System service * 1.1-inch/75-caliber gun ...

: 9th

Grand Prix de Wallonie The Grand Prix de Wallonie is an annual road bicycle race held annually in Wallonia, Belgium. Since 2005, the race has been organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. It has a profile similar to the Ardennes classics The Ardennes classics a ...

;2019 : 6th

: 10th

Heistse Pijl The Heistse Pijl is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in June around the municipality of Heist-op-den-Berg, Belgium. Since 2016, the race is organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of ...

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Reza, Kevin 1988 births Living people French male cyclists Sportspeople from Versailles, Yvelines Cyclists from Île-de-France Black French sportspeople French people of Guadeloupean descent