Pierre Cazaux

Pierre Cazaux
Cazaux at the 2010 Four Days of Dunkirk
Personal information
Full namePierre Cazaux
Born (1984-06-07) 7 June 1984 (age 42)
Saint-Palais, France
Cycling career
SportCycling
Current teamRetired
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Amateur teams
2007–2009Roubaix–Lille Métropole
2013–2014GSC Blagnac
Professional teams
2010Française des Jeux
2011–2012Euskaltel–Euskadi

Pierre Cazaux (born 7 June 1984) is a French former road cyclist. Cazaux had previously competed as a professional for the Française des Jeux and Euskaltel–Euskadi teams; he became the third non-Spanish rider to ride for Euskaltel–Euskadi, being eligible because of his birth in the French Basque Country.

Biography

Pierre Cazaux began his professional career in 2008 with the Van Rysel–Roubaix continental team, with a reputation as an offensive rider acquired in the amateur ranks with Entente Sud Gascogne. He finishes tenth in his first professional race, the Grand Prix d'ouverture La Marseillaise. His best result in an international race was fourth place in the Tour du Doubs.

In 2009, he was fourth in the Classic Loire Atlantique, fifth in the Boucles de l'Aulne, eighth in Paris–Corrèze and ninth in the Trophée des Grimpeurs. In 2010, he was recruited by the Groupama–FDJ, including a long breakaway in stage 3 of the Four Days of Dunkirk.

Finishes 5th in the queen mountain stage of the 2010 Tour of Spain.

In 2011, he joined the Euskaltel–Euskadi (1994–2013) team. At the end of 2012, he was not retained by his team as he had not scored any UCI points.

In 2013, he joined GSC Blagnac Vélo Sport 31.

He plans to stop at the end of the 2014 season. He finally stopped on June 15, in the middle of the season, at the end of Pamplona-Bayonne, where he was the titleholder.

Major results

2007
6th Overall Tour des Pyrénées
2008
4th Tour du Doubs
2009
4th Classic Loire Atlantique
5th Boucles de l'Aulne
8th Overall Paris–Corrèze
9th Trophée des Grimpeurs

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour 2010 2011 2012
A pink jersey Giro d'Italia — 123 122
A yellow jersey Tour de France — — —
A red jersey Vuelta a España 110 147 —
Legend
DSQDisqualified
DNFDid not finish

References

  1. ↑ "Euskaltel-Euskadi has lost its soul, says Cazaux". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 20 November 2012. Retrieved 5 January 2013.
  2. ↑ "Pierre Cazaux : « Un dossard sur le dos et tout me convient »". cyclismag.com. 5 January 2008. Retrieved 19 January 2009.
  3. ↑ "Pierre Cazaux garde l'esprit du panache". cyclismag.com. 3 February 2008. Archived from the original on 11 December 2013. Retrieved 19 January 2009.
  4. ↑ "Euskaltel confirme pour Pierre Cazaux". cyclismactu.net. 28 September 2010. Retrieved 30 September 2010.
  5. ↑ "Cyclisme : Pierre Cazaux, l'orange amère". sudouest.fr. 25 October 2012. Retrieved 10 November 2012.
  6. ↑ "Damien Branaa et Pierre Cazaux au GSC Blagnac". direcvelo.com. 2012-11-09. Retrieved 2012-11-10.
  7. ↑ Pierre Carrey (3 April 2014). "La Grande Interview : Pierre Cazaux". directvelo.com.