Damien Nazon

Damien Nazon
Nazon in 1997
Personal information
Full nameDamien Nazon
Born (1974-06-26) 26 June 1974 (age 51)
Épinal, France
Team information
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeSprinter[1]
Amateur teams
1995Castorama (stagiaire)
2006Pédale de L'Est Haguenau[2]
Professional teams
1996Banesto
1997–1999Française des Jeux
2000–2003Bonjour
2004–2005Crédit Agricole

Damien Nazon (born 26 June 1974) is a former French racing cyclist.[2] He finished in last place in the 1998 Tour de France.[3] Nazon took a total of 33 victories during his career, including stage wins in the Dauphiné Libéré, the Grand Prix du Midi Libre, the Critérium International and the Tour of Belgium. Nazon rode for the Castorama team as a stagiaire in the autumn of 1995,[2] before turning professional with Banesto in 1996. He then rode for Française des Jeux for three years, Bonjour for four and ended his professional career in 2005 after two years with Crédit Agricole.[1][4]

He is the brother of former racing cyclist Jean-Patrick Nazon.[5]

Major results

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1994 1st Stage 1 Circuit Cycliste Sarthe 1995 Peace Race 1st Stages 6 & 8b 1st Paris–Roubaix Espoirs 10th Overall Tour de l'Avenir 1997 Circuit des Mines 1st Stages 4 & 6 1st Stage 6 Tour de l'Avenir 2nd Road race, National Road Championships 10th GP de Denain 1998 1st Stage 2 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré 1st Stage 4 GP du Midi-Libre 3rd Overall Circuit des Mines 1st Stages 1 & 2 4th Tour de Vendée 1999 Circuit Cycliste Sarthe 1st Stages 3 & 5 Tour de Normandie 1st Stages 2 & 6b 1st Stage 5 Tour de l'Avenir 6th GP de Denain 10th Tour de Vendée 2000 1st Stage 3 Tour de Langkawi 1st Stage 1 GP du Midi-Libre 1st Stage 1 Tour du Poitou Charentes et de la Vienne 1st GP de Villers-Cotterêts 4th Cholet-Pays de Loire 7th Road race, National Road Championships 8th Tro-Bro Léon 9th GP de la Ville de Rennes 2001 2nd Overall Étoile de Bessèges 1st Stages 3 & 4 5th GP de Denain 6th Tour de Vendée 2002 1st Stage 1 Tour de l'Ain 1st Stage 1 Route du Sud 1st Stage 2a Tour of Belgium 1st Stage 3 Tour du Poitou Charentes et de la Vienne 2nd Overall Tour of Qatar 1st Stage 2 3rd GP de Denain 6th Grand Prix de la Ville de Lillers Souvenir Bruno Comini 9th Road race, National Road Championships 2003 1st Grand Prix de la Ville de Lillers Souvenir Bruno Comini 1st Stage 1 Critérium International 5th Overall Tour of Qatar 1st Stage 2 5th Classic Haribo 6th Cholet-Pays de Loire 7th Dwars door Vlaanderen 10th Le Samyn 2005 1st Stage 3 Circuit Cycliste Sarthe 1st Stage 3b Tour de Picardie 4th Cholet-Pays de Loire

References

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  1. ^ a b "Nazon the elder retires". cyclingnews.com. 20 April 2009. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
  2. ^ a b c "Damien Nazon". Cycling Archives. Archived from the original on 24 April 2014. Retrieved 24 April 2014.
  3. ^ "Damien Nazon". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 24 April 2014.
  4. ^ "Damien Nazon". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
  5. ^ Sandoz, Thierry (16 July 2009). "" Il faut semer le bordel "" ["It is necessary to sow chaos"]. L'Est Républicain (in French). Retrieved 2 March 2017.
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