Pierre Latour
Latour at the 2015 Tour de l'Ain
Personal information
Full namePierre Latour
Born (1993-10-12) 12 October 1993
Romans-sur-Isère, France
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Weight64 kg (141 lb; 10 st 1 lb)[1]
Team information
Current teamTeam TotalEnergies
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeAll-rounder
Amateur teams
2010–2011VS Romanais Péageois
2012–2014Chambéry CF
Professional teams
2013Ag2r–La Mondiale (stagiaire)
2015–2020AG2R La Mondiale[2]
2021–Total Direct Énergie
Major wins
Grand Tours
Tour de France
Young rider classification (2018)
Vuelta a España
1 individual stage (2016)

One-day races and Classics

National Time Trial Championships
(2017, 2018)

Pierre Latour (born 12 October 1993) is a French cyclist who currently rides for UCI ProTeam Team TotalEnergies.[3] He is a stage winner of the Vuelta a España, and twice the winner of French National Time Trial Championships.

Career

Latour was born in Romans-sur-Isère. Due to a clerical error when he was an amateur, Latour is more commonly known with a "Roger" in his name as Pierre-Roger Latour.[4]

AG2R La Mondiale (2015–2020)

2015

In his first year as a professional rider, Latour first made his name in the Route du Sud. He had attacked on stage 3 but on the last climb of the day, he was joined by Alberto Contador and Nairo Quintana. He ended getting dropped on the descent by Contador who attacked. He finished the stage in 3rd position, and took 3rd overall at the end of the race, as well as winning the young rider classification.

2016

At the Tour de Romandie, Latour won the Young rider classification which was his first in a World Tour stage race. After stage 5 at the Tour de Suisse, he was in the leaders jersey but eventually abandoned the race. He was named in the startlist for the Vuelta a España,[5] his first Grand Tour. In this race, he achieved his first Grand Tour stage victory on the penultimate stage, beating Darwin Atapuma to the finish on the Aitana climb.[6]

2017

In the 2017 season, Latour once again won the Young rider classification at the Tour de Romandie. In late June he also won the French National Time Trial Championships. He was named in the startlist for the Tour de France.[7] He had the lead in the young rider classification for 2 days before handing over the jersey to Simon Yates, who eventually ended up winning it; Latour ended 6th in the final jersey standings. He ended the year with 9th at Milano–Torino and 6th place in the Chrono des Nations.

2018

At the Volta a Catalunya, Latour made the podium when he placed 3rd overall, and also won the Young rider classification. He also finished 8th overall at the Tour de Romandie, and 7th overall at the Critérium du Dauphiné winning the Young rider classification. In late June, Latour won the French National Time Trial Championships for the second year in succession. In July he started his second Tour de France; he already lost time on the 1st stage, but gained back time when he finished 2nd on stage 6 behind Dan Martin. He managed to take the lead in the Young rider classification after stage 10, and won the jersey outright in Paris.

Total Direct Énergie

In August 2020, Latour signed a two-year contract with the Total Direct Énergie team, from the 2021 season.[8]

Major results

Latour wearing the white jersey at the 2018 Tour de France
2010
3rd Overall Tour du Valromey
2011
1st Classique des Alpes Juniors
2nd Road race, National Junior Road Championships
4th Overall Regio-Tour Juniors
1st Stage 1
5th Overall Trofeo Karlsberg
2013
1st Road race, Jeux de la Francophonie
4th Piccolo Giro di Lombardia
5th Tour du Doubs
6th Overall Ronde de l'Isard
1st Young rider classification
7th Overall Tour du Gévaudan Languedoc-Roussillon
1st Young rider classification
8th Overall Tour des Pays de Savoie
2014
1st Grand Prix de Saint-Lyé
1st Grand Cours-la-Ville Price
3rd Tour du Jura
3rd Piccolo Giro di Lombardia
5th Overall Tour des Pays de Savoie
6th Overall Tour de l'Avenir
9th Overall Tour de l'Ain
2015 (1 pro win)
3rd Overall Tour de l'Ain
1st Young rider classification
1st Stage 4
3rd Overall Route du Sud
1st Young rider classification
5th Overall Vuelta a Burgos
7th Overall Tour of Austria
7th Overall Étoile de Bessèges
10th Overall Tour de Picardie
2016 (1)
1st Stage 20 Vuelta a España
1st Young rider classification, Tour de Romandie
2nd Overall Critérium International
1st Young rider classification
3rd Overall Tour de l'Ain
7th Overall Étoile de Bessèges
1st Young rider classification
10th Giro di Lombardia
10th Trofeo Laigueglia
2017 (1)
1st Time trial, National Road Championships
1st Young rider classification, Tour de Romandie
3rd Tour du Finistère
4th Overall Étoile de Bessèges
5th Classic Sud-Ardèche
6th Chrono des Nations
9th Milano–Torino
Tour de France
Held after Stages 3–4
2018 (1)
National Road Championships
1st Time trial
4th Road race
1st Young rider classification, Tour de France
3rd Overall Volta a Catalunya
1st Young rider classification
6th Chrono des Nations
7th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné
1st Young rider classification
8th Overall Tour de Romandie
8th Classic de l'Ardèche
2019
6th Overall Tour de Pologne
7th Giro dell'Emilia
9th Giro di Lombardia
2020
4th Mont Ventoux Dénivelé Challenge
2021 (1)
3rd Overall Vuelta a Asturias
1st Stage 3
4th Time trial, National Road Championships
5th Overall Tour de Luxembourg
8th Chrono des Nations
2022
3rd Overall Tour Poitou-Charentes en Nouvelle-Aquitaine
4th Overall Étoile de Bessèges
4th Time trial, National Road Championships
4th Tre Valli Varesine
5th Overall Tour de la Provence
6th GP Miguel Induráin
6th Chrono des Nations
2023
3rd Overall Étoile de Bessèges
3rd Time trial, National Road Championships
10th Faun-Ardèche Classic

General classification results timeline

Grand Tour general classification results timeline[9]
Grand Tour 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
A pink jersey Giro d'Italia Has not contested in his career
A yellow jersey Tour de France — — 29 13 — DNF 47 57 75
A red jersey Vuelta a España — 28 — — 35 — — — DNF
Major stage race general classification results timeline[9]
Race 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Paris–Nice — 76 49 — — DNF 16 14 14
Tirreno–Adriatico Has not contested during his career
Volta a Catalunya 96 — 32 3 — NH — — —
Tour of the Basque Country — 14 — DNF — 22 DNF DNF
Tour de Romandie — 12 14 8 — — — —
Critérium du Dauphiné — — 15 7 — 70 — — DNF
Tour de Suisse — DNF — — DNF NH 11 — —

Major championships timeline

Event 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
World Championships Time trial — — — — 18 — — —
National Championships Time trial — 10 1 1 14 — 4 4 3
Road race DNF 53 65 4 71 88 DNF DNF DNF
Legend
— Did not compete
DNF Did not finish
IP In progress
NH Not held

References

  1. 1 2 "Pierre-Roger Latour". ag2rlamondiale.fr. Archived from the original on 18 September 2016. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  2. ↑ "Official presentation of the AG2R LA MONDIALE professional cycling team 2020". AG2R La Mondiale. Groupe AG2R La Mondiale. 10 December 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
  3. ↑ "Total Direct Energie". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 7 January 2021. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  4. ↑ "inrng : saturday shorts". inrng.com.
  5. ↑ "71st Vuelta a España". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
  6. ↑ "Nairo Quintana poised to win the Vuelta". Vuelta a España. Unipublic. 10 September 2016. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
  7. ↑ "2017: 104th Tour de France: Start List". Pro Cycling Stats. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  8. ↑ "Pierre Latour rejoint le Team Total Direct Energie" [Pierre Latour joins Team Total Direct Energie]. Total Direct Énergie (in French). SA Vendée Cyclisme. 2 August 2020. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  9. 1 2 "Pierre Latour". www.procyclingstats.com.
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