Pierre-Luc Périchon (born 4 January 1987) is a French former professional road and track bicycle racer. During his career, Périchon took two professional victories – both coming in one-day races – at the 2012 Paris–Camembert and the 2018 Polynormande.

Career

Born in

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, Périchon competed as a professional from the start of the 2012 season, having signed a deal with the team in August 2011. Périchon has also been a member of the VC Ambérieu, Saint-Vulbas CC, and SCO Dijon amateur teams. Having featured highly in several domestic races during his career, Périchon won his first

UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2005 by the Union Cycliste Internationale The Union Cycliste Internationale (; UCI; ) is the world governing body for sports cycling and ove ...

race in April

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, by winning the Paris–Camembert race. Attacking from the finish in

Camembert Camembert ( , , ) is a moist, soft, creamy, surface-ripened cow's milk cheese. It was first made in the late 18th century in Camembert, Normandy, in northwest France. It is sometimes compared in look, taste and texture to brie cheese, albe ...

, Périchon won a three-man sprint to the finish line ahead of 's Cyril Bessy and 's Jean-Marc Bideau. He was named in the start list for the 2015 Tour de France and the 2016 Tour de France. In October 2020, he was named in the startlist for the

2020 Vuelta a España The 2020 Vuelta a España was the 75th edition of the Vuelta a España, one of cycling's three grand tours. It was won for the second consecutive year by Primož Roglič of . The race was originally scheduled to be held from 14 August to 6 Se ...

. Périchon announced that he would retire from the sport at the end of the 2023 season.

Personal life

Périchon resides in Allinges.

Major results

Source: ;2003 : 1st MaillotFra

Madison, National Novice Track Championships ;2004 : 1st MaillotFra

Madison, National Junior Track Championships ;2005 : 2nd Points race, National Junior Track Championships ;2006 : 2nd Points race, National Under-23 Track Championships ;2007 : National Track Championships ::3rd Madison ::3rd Under-23 points race ;2008 : 2nd Madison, National Track Championships : 2nd Tour du Charolais : 6th Overall Tour des Pays de Savoie ;2009 : 1st GP Blangy : 3rd Tour du Haut-Berry : 7th Overall Tour Alsace : 8th Paris–Tours Espoirs ;2010 : 1st Beuvry la Forêt : 1st Stage 3 Tour de Franche Comté : 5th Overall Rhône-Alpes Isère Tour ;2011 : 1st Jersey yellow

Overall Les Boucles de l'Artois : 1st GP Blangy : 1st Stage 5 Tour Nivernais Morvan : 2nd Points race, National Track Championships : 2nd Overall Tour du Loir-et-Cher ::1st Stage 2 ;2012 : 1st Paris–Camembert : 9th Overall

Étoile de Bessèges The Étoile de Bessèges () is an early-season five-day road bicycle racing stage race held annually around Bessèges, in the Gard department of the Languedoc-Roussillon region of France. First organized in 1971 as a one-day race, it became a ...

: 9th Overall Boucles de la Mayenne ;2013 : 7th Overall

Tour de Bretagne Tour de Bretagne Cycliste, also known as the Tour de Bretagne trophée des granitiers and formerly known as Ruban Granitier Breton, is an annual early season professional road bicycle racing, cycling stage race held in late April and early May i ...

::1st Stage 7 : 7th Tro-Bro Léon ;2014 : 3rd Tour du Doubs : 4th Tro-Bro Léon : 8th

Paris–Tours Paris–Tours is a French one-day classic road cycling race held every October from the outskirts of Paris to the cathedral city of Tours. It is a predominantly flat course through the Chevreuse and Loire valleys; the highest point is 200 m ...

: 8th Chrono des Nations ;2015 : 3rd Overall Boucles de la Mayenne : 4th Overall

Tour de Langkawi The Tour de Langkawi is a stage race, multiple stage bicycle racing, bicycle race held in Malaysia. It is named after the archipelago Langkawi, where the first edition started and finished. The race has been held annually since 1996, primarily ...

: 5th Tro-Bro Léon : 9th Overall Tour des Pays de Savoie : Jersey red number

Combativity award Stage 14

Tour de France The Tour de France () is an annual men's multiple-stage cycle sport, bicycle race held primarily in France. It is the oldest and most prestigious of the three Grand Tour (cycling), Grand Tours, which include the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a ...

;2016 : 1st Stage 3 Tour de Savoie Mont-Blanc : 9th Overall

Giro di Toscana The Giro di Toscana is a road bicycle race held annually in Tuscany, Italy. From 2005 to 2014, the race has been organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. The race was not held in 2015. On 4 April 2016 it was announced that the race will ...

;2017 : 1st Duo Normand (with Anthony Delaplace) : Tour de Savoie Mont-Blanc ::1st Jersey polkadot

Mountains classification ::1st Stage 5 : 4th Road race, National Road Championships : 5th Overall Three Days of De Panne ;2018 : 1st Polynormande : 4th Duo Normand (with Anthony Delaplace) : 8th Road race, UEC European Road Championships : 9th Tour du Doubs ;2019 : 2nd Paris–Camembert ;2021 : 2nd Paris–Camembert : 3rd Overall

Tour du Limousin Tour du Limousin is a 4-day road bicycle race held annually in Limousin, France. It was first held in 1968 and since 2005 it has been organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle raci ...

: 5th

Tour de Vendée Tour of Vendée is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in October (Previously May) in the region of Vendée, France, finishing in a circuit inside La Roche-sur-Yon town. From 2005 until 2009, the race was organized as a 1.1 event on the ...

: 7th

Boucles de l'Aulne Boucles de l'Aulne is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in May or June around Châteaulin, in the region of Brittany, France. Since 2006, the race is organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. It was previously known as Grand ...

: 9th Tour du Doubs ;2023 : 6th Grand Prix La Marseillaise : 7th Overall

Tour de Wallonie The Tour de Wallonie is a stage race cycling race on the UCI Europe Tour. It runs in Wallonia, the French-speaking part of Belgium in the end of July. Between 1974 and 1995 it was reserved to amateurs. Since 2005, the race has been organized as a ...

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

References

External links

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La Pomme Marseille profile
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