Laurence Pithie
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Christchurch, New Zealand[citation needed]
 Pithie at the 2019 UCI Junior Track Cycling World Championships | ||||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Born | 17 July 2002[citation needed] Christchurch, New Zealand[citation needed] | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 187 cm (6 ft 2 in)[1] | |||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 74 kg (163 lb)[1] | |||||||||||||||||
| Team information | ||||||||||||||||||
| Current team | Red Bull–Bora–Hansgrohe | |||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Road | |||||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | |||||||||||||||||
| Amateur team | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2020 | Willebrord Wil Vooruit Juniors | |||||||||||||||||
| Professional teams | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | Équipe Continentale Groupama–FDJ[2][3][4] | |||||||||||||||||
| 2023–2024 | Groupama–FDJ[5] | |||||||||||||||||
| 2025– | Red Bull–Bora–Hansgrohe | |||||||||||||||||
| Major wins | ||||||||||||||||||
| One-day races and Classics | ||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
| ||||||||||||||||||
Laurence Pithie (born 17 July 2002) is a New Zealand professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Red Bull–Bora–Hansgrohe.[6]
Pithie attended Christchurch Boys' High School from 2016 to 2020.[7]
As a 17-year-old Pithie won two gold medals at the UCI Junior World Championships in the Madison and Omnium.[8] In 2019 Pithie won the national criterium champs allowing him to wear the national jersey in all criteriums for that year.[9] Pithie started the 2021 season off with top 10's in the sprint stages at the New Zealand Cycle Classic. Then fourth in Slovenia after leading out teammate Marijn van den Berg to victory. He finally nabbed a podium in the Circuit de Wallonie behind winner Christophe Laporte.[10] He held his form to the Tour de la Mirabelle where a second place in the reduced bunch finish of Stage 2 brought him to seventh overall. Pithie's greatest accomplishment came at the Baltic Chain Tour where he finished 2nd in every stage which allowed him to win Overall.[11]
In 2025, Pithie is to make his Tour de France debut as the only New Zealand rider in the race, with his role being a domestique and protector for Primoz Roglic.[12]
